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Cardamom Fever Tea

April 18, 2015 by Ariel Leave a Comment

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I made this tea blend thinking I would use it in my future baking projects (which I’m sure I will at one point) but up to date, I’ve been drinking it everyday!

If you’re a cardamom fanatic, this is for you 🙂

Cardamom Fever Tea
 
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Prep time
5 mins
Total time
5 mins
 
Author: Zesty and Spicy.com
Recipe type: Tea Blend
Ingredients
  • 6 teaspoons of green cardamom pods - coarsely crushed
  • 4 teaspoons of coriander seeds - coarsely crushed
  • 2 teaspoons of Szechuan peppercorns - coarsely crushed
  • 6 tablespoons of red rooibos tea
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Filed Under: Recipes, Tea Tagged With: Ariel, blend, cardamom, coarsely crushed, coriander seeds, green cardamoms pods, peppercorns, pods, recipe, red, rooibos, spices, Szechuan, Szechuan pepper, tea

Basil Tea Cookies (Gluten Free)

January 31, 2014 by Ariel 5 Comments

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Just the perfect butter cookie texture with the delicious aroma and flavor of the basil.  For everybody who had an over flow of fresh basil last summer and made my recipe for BASIL SUGAR, this is the recipe I told you so much about.  These gluten free butter cookies are just out of this world and even Max who usually the type of guy who’s gonna go for the big double chocolate cookies with a ton of fat and calories beg for these ones…

Give them a try and you’ll see 😉

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Filed Under: Cookies, Gluten Free, Recipes, Snacks, Sweets Tagged With: 2013, 2014, amazing, ariel rebel, arielrebel, aroma, basil, basil plant, butter cookies, cookies, corn flour, delicious, desert, gluten free, perfect, recipe, snak, summer, tapioca starch, tea

How to prepare Matcha Tea

January 17, 2013 by Ariel 1 Comment

I’m obviously not an expert at preparing matcha and I realized that when I shot those pics, I didn’t even prepare it the right way. lol  You should be seeing a much bigger mousse on the top of the tea plus my cups are really far to be the right size compare to the regular matcha bowl so the quantity showing in the photos is not accurate to the indications of this post.  So instead of explaining you in my words how to prepare it and taking the risk of giving you false information, I found some extremely good info on yuuki-cha.com and this is what I’m presenting to you today.  In this post, you’ll be able to find the method of preparation of usucha (thin matcha) and koicha (thick matcha).  There are also other slightly different variations of preparing usucha and koicha that you may have learnt and enjoy using.

If so, please feel free to use that method instead.

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Filed Under: Recipes, Tea Tagged With: bamboo, ceremony, how to, japanese, koicha, matcha, preparation, recipe, sifted, tea, usucha

Why I decided to drink Matcha Tea everyday

January 15, 2013 by Ariel 8 Comments

Have you ever heard of Matcha tea?  It’s a cancer-fighter, fat-burner, Cholesterol reducer and much more amazing tea!  The “magic” power of the delicately selected and grown matcha leaves other green teas FAR behind and if you’re not already drinking some every day yet, you have to start now!

Since I started drinking matcha tea everyday (and sometime more than once a day) I have noticed how much I’m feeling much more energetic, I also sleep better, feel happier and I’m doing a lot more goodness to my inside body that you couldn’t imagine.  If you’re not convinced after reading all the arguments and facts about matcha that I will be listing in this post, you’re a lost cause… 😛

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Filed Under: #FoodieLife, Tea Tagged With: cancer fighting, health, life, lower cholesterol, matcha, tea

Two Tones Swirl Earl Grey “Biscuits”

September 13, 2012 by Ariel 8 Comments

I’ve been debating the fact of calling them cookies or biscuits but after researching online, I think the final texture of these are closer the traditional biscuit compare to the cookies just because they are very soft and moist on the inside with a crunchy outside…  Not too sweet, just the way I like it and perfect to go with a good tea or a glass of milk.

Since my Anastasia Bread, I really started enjoy cooking with delicious teas and I think I will keep going with my experimentations.  Hope you will like these biscuits.

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Filed Under: Bread, Cookies, Recipes, Snacks, Sweets, Tea Tagged With: baking powder, biscuit, chocolate, cookie, desert, earl grey, recipe, sugar, tea, tones, two

Anastasia Bread…

August 31, 2012 by Ariel 5 Comments

My boyfriend bought me this book where some professional cook from Quebec are cooking great meals and deserts with the famous Kusmi teas. I am for myself a HUGE fan of all sort of tea (drinking tea is my almost my only way to drink water in a day) in general and I find the Kusmi tea incredible so I absolutely wanted to created my own Kusmi recipe 🙂 I hope you enjoy this quick and easy bread!

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Filed Under: Bread, Nuts, Recipes, Snacks, Sweets, Tea Tagged With: Anastasia, bread, brown sugar, cardamon, coconut oil, desert, egg, kusmi, macadamia nuts, maple syrup, milk, recipe, sugar, sweet, tea

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