Chef Wemischner “owns” the category of delicious tea recipes here, but I ran across some mouth-watering recipes lately I’d thought I’d link you to this month if you are a lover of all things tea. If the recipe calls for tea bags, I say substitute loose tea…of course!
So, without further introduction, here they are:
The first is a tea and fruit bread that would be perfect for afternoon tea. You choose your favorite to drink along with it. They are calling it Irish Barmbrack and I’d probably enjoy this with a good strong black tea like, of course, Irish Breakfast.
Next, we move to matcha. Even if you’re not a fan of drinking matcha, you might love all the recipes it works so well in. Here are just a few:
Being a chocolate fanatic, these made me salivate just looking at the photos! First, the no-bake matcha and chocolate wafer refrigerator cake and then these totally scrumptious-looking mini-brownies with a matcha glaze topping:
Getting back to black tea, this one uses one of my all time personal favorites…Earl Grey. And what’s really great is that it uses the leaves after you steep. 
You can enjoy it as a hot cuppa to go with the biscuits/bars! Kind of a double Earl Grey delight!Whatever tea you love, you can probably find a way to incorporate it into a delicious recipe, be it as a sauce, a marinade, a bread, a dessert, or just an incredibly creative specialty beverage, like this beautiful iced matcha frappe!
Isn’t it fabulous how so many amazing treats are now available to be made with TEA. I’m loving it. I didn’t find the iced frappe, as I suspect the site rotates their offerings but I did find iced matcha mint oreos! That is just over the top. I have to agree with you on the switch to whole leaf from tea bags. That will provide a more robust flavor profile I believe. Thanks for turning me on to these delights. I hope Chef Wemischner weighs in on these.
Wonderful recipes all; there is so much more to tea than just drinking it (however pleasurable, we can all agree, that is.
Thanks for the shoutout Diane.
Happy drinking, cooking and baking!
Yes, Michelle…they do rotate recipes on that one site but you sound like you found something amazing with the iced match mint oreos. We used to make a Matcha Mint icy blended in our bricks and mortar which was crazy good..my nephew’s favorite drink ever. That site, though, is one to watch for incredible tea recipes. (Now, all I can picture and think about is an iced matcha mint oreo icy blended…is there anything better tasting than mint and dark chocolate?)
Yes, mint, and dark chocolate with a hot tea chaser!
We like seeing tea used in the nontraditional style in savory recipes, like with fish or chicken. We actually did a roundup just this week, too, on our blog. We’re loving tea-infused everything, as it joins the ranks of cooking with beer, coffee, and wine!