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Please, Put the Kettle On!
A cup of hot tea has always been something of a rallying cry in my family – over the summer, iced tea prevails, generally garnished with fresh slices of orange. In winter time, however, hot tea...
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Traveling in India: Darjeeling Tea, Flatbreads and Spices
Staff members here at Formaggio Kitchen regularly travel the world to seek out the unique products that we carry. While our trips have tended to focus on Europe, my colleague Tim and I recently had...
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Dammann Frères Teas: A Few of Our Favorites
Over the past few months, Julia, our tea buyer, has been working hard to refine and focus our tea selection. Among the companies she works with is Dammann Frères, an impressive, third-generation...
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Staff Survey Results: Our Top 10 of 2012
At the end of each year, staff members at all three of our shops – in Cambridge, the South End and in New York – fill out a staff survey. We reflect on our year in food, pick our favorites and share...
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Ideal Iced Tea: Four Summer Favorites
I am a year-round tea drinker and always start my day with a hot cup. That said, when it gets really steamy outside, there is nothing better than a fresh brewed cup of iced tea. As the shop’s tea...
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Fine Teas from China: Introducing Tranquil Tuesdays
I first met Charlene Wang from Tranquil Tuesdays during one of her many trips to Boston from Beijing (as a Boston native and Wellesley College alumna, Charlene tends to be in Boston quite a bit)....
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Longjing: An Imperial Tea from Heaven on Earth
Drinking Longjing Tea in Hangzhou I love Chinese teas. While I won’t turn down a full-bodied British cuppa or Indian Assam, China is where I fell in love with tea, and it’s Chinese teas that keep me...
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True Matcha Tea: Sencha vs. Tencha
Matcha can be a rather confusing category of tea. This is because, in the United States, there is no strict classification of different varieties. In Japan, “matcha” refers to a particular variety of...
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Beat the Heat with Iced Chai
Fresh Chai Hot or Iced After a winter that seemed like it would never end, we have finally made it to the hot and humid days of mid-summer. Somewhat ironically, these days I find myself coming back to...
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A Digestif Tea for the Holidays: Pu’er
Pu’er teas: Silk Road Teas Imperial Leaf tea bags, Silk Road Teas Dark River (Lin Cang) Pu-erh, and Tranquil Tuesday’s Ancient Tree Raw Pu’er The holidays bring us an endless array of feasts for the...
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Declare Your Love for Local
An array of local honeys from Carlisle Honey in Carlisle, MA.Several weeks into the new year, we are starting to see how our resolutions are panning out (mine — not so well). One thing I have had a lot...
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Matcha, Sencha, Gyokuro, Hojicha: A Guide to Ippodo’s Japanese Green Teas
Ippodo MatchaMatcha, gyokuro, sencha, hojicha, these are familiar terms to Japanese tea lovers, but to many Americans they’re still pretty obscure. To be honest, I think it’s hard to find really great...
View ArticleA Traditional Cup of Tea, on Ice
When I think of “iced tea” what usually comes to mind is something fruit flavored, like “mango passion,” or a glass of Southern sweet tea, or maybe an iced chai latte from somewhere like Starbucks, but...
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