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Obviously there is so much to say about tea; the varieties, the flavours, the rituals, the habits, the individual peculiarities (ie: warming the pot, milk first, no second, no first… etc) But currently there seems to be a few new things in tea coming to the fore, some newer than others.
Jasmine Green Tea with Chrysanthemum Globe or Lily Sweet Scented Osmanthus (never can tell!)
Almost, your own fish tank...(minus the fish)
Maybe yerba matte isn't quite ornamental but the containers used to drink it from are. A traditional daily drink from Argentina (and other SA countries) this tastes like soil mixed in old cardboard boxes and gives a kick bigger than coffee.
The silver straws (bombillas) and the gourd and silver cups for yerba matte
Move-over, faux-retro printed and quilted tea cosy...the crocheted and pom-pommed is back!
Doubles as a winter hat.
Aged, roasted and smoked tea which is now coming in bricks, like chocolate. No bags, no loose leaves.
The bricks
Green tea just got more sophisticated. Green was the new black. But now 'Matcha' is the new green. Keep up, will you.
Making 'matcha' the proper way. It'll come in bags soon, promise!
But until then you can eat the 'matcha' green tea biscuits...
Or the chocolate (be warned, it tastes worse than it looks)
Fortunately, there is still the stainless steel pot for one - available throughout the world. Apart from the majority of the USA which only deals in java.
Oh yeah, they are bbbbback…not necessarily bigger but for sure, better… sexier and oh so, artisan, it makes your knees tremble.
Just a few marshmallow things happening…
These come in a variety of flavours such as white chocolate covered passion fruit marshmallow…
here they are in odd, handmade sizes...
these are kosher using non-porcine gelatin
and oddly, these are the exact opposite 'bovine free'!
the ubiquitous mallows on sticks ready for toasting...
The very popular S’mores in cupcake form. S’more (‘some more’ in American!) is a toasted marshmallow, squished between 2 Graham Crackers (like Digestives) with chocolate pushed in between the marshmallow so that it melts. Summer camping treat. Above is the ‘at home’ version.
Below are homemade marshmallows…it’s going to be the new big thing!
Pastry cases in triangles and squares
Coffee in cubes (like Oxo but tastes like the best stove top Italian roast)
More cases...
Pizza in a cone...equals messy...
Other filled cones...more mess...
Cheese rings
The lovely, very Gallician 'teta' cheese (Spanish for lady boob)
Bio-degradable, fair trade wine in tubes. Bottles are SO yesterday
Multi-shaped, branded, chocolate tags/business cards
Puddings have gone from round to long and tubular
