Tea-infused sweets

[egalicontrarian]

Here is a recent piece on NPR's site by Allison Aubrey, "Tea-Infused Sweets: Chocolate + Jasmine Tea is a Match Made in Heaven." Maybe there's another thread on this, but perhaps people could share their tea-related food creations.

[heidih]

Savory uses discussed here http://forums.egullet.org/topic/120142-cooking-with-tea/  

 

 

Sweets here:

 

http://forums.egullet.org/topic/140305-infusing-tea-into-melted-tempered-chocolate-not-ganache/

 

http://forums.egullet.org/topic/145702-looking-for-spicing-suggestions-for-tea-bread/

 

just a sampling of prior discussions

Edited July 8, 2015 by heidih (log)

[liuzhou]

I mentioned these in the Chinese Desserts thread.

 

 

These are pastries filled with sticky rice flavoured (and coloured) by green tea then rolled in sesame seeds.

[liuzhou]

Not my creation. Store bought. 

 

Matcha and almond cookies (抹茶西式小点).

 

[ChocoMom]

Shott's does a Jasmine Tea in dark chocolate in one of his confections books. The tea is infused in the heavy cream. I was shocked at how well the tea stands out in the dark chocolate.

After dipping, the cubes are topped with just tiny piece of the dry tea. Looks cool, tastes pretty amazing.   (sorry, no pics of these. They went so fast, I never got to photograph it.)

[paulraphael]

I've experimented with lapsang souchong, but have had better results in savory dishes. I'd love to use it for a smokey dessert. So far my attempts have tasted pretty off-kilter.