Our Adventures in Japan

I saw this drink (the one on the right) when I passed by Dean & Deluca the other day and wanted to try   I had the chance on Saturday......

V wanted the recipe for the iced strawberry matcha latte....here you go! Iced Strawberry Matcha Latte : serves 1 3 strawberries, diced 1/2 t...

Learned about Hisui lemon tea. Apparently it is a Taiwanese drink and called hisui, which means jade in Japanese, because the jasmine tea th...

In Osaka, they have a drink called mixed juice (mikkusu ju-sue) all sorts of fruits are blended with milk, a liquidy smoothie. You can find ...

1st time trying to make umeshu (plum wine). The directions were similar to when I made ume syrup  (5 years ago). 1kilogram ume 1 kilogram ro...

The peels of the blood orange are so floral and fragrant that I only realized recently that I could infuse vodka with them. I bought a sma...

Tried a relatively new boba tea place in our area, Max See. This shop is so teeny! There were several big orders in front of me, so I ha...

Lupicia's Sakura Vert (green tea with cherry blossom leaves) cold brewed in carbonated water...so delicious! Had to be careful opening...

Before it gets too cold here for cold beverages, I thought I should post this. Since I made carbonated cold brew tea , I thought that I co...

Love social media...all the sharing of information... Back in August, Chika of She Who Eats , posted about making a fizzy cold brew tea dr...

Saturday, it was so brutally humid. Still, we wanted to check out the fireflies, so we made our way to Minoo Falls. Before heading out o...

If you have been following us on Instagram , you'll know we were making ume syrup and jam for the first time. All these years I've...

It's been awhile since I did one of these... Ika-ten that we brought back from Onomichi...fried, a little fishy (from the squid), swee...

I recreated the matcha tea soda that I had in Kyoto . Put 1 teaspoon of matcha into a bowl and add 1/2 a teaspoon of light brown sugar. ...

Last year we tried Pierre Hermé's Ispahan yogurt. Well, the same company came out with a yogurt drink version of it...so good! Love...

Been making mizudashi (cold brew) coffee these days. The days are still very warm and it's only in the early mornings or evenings tha...

Yesterday I was able to meet up with blog friend, Sheri of Happy Little Bento . She and her family are on vacation here and she was nice t...

The weather here is far from being summery, but blueberries are in the markets, so it was my chance to try this recipe I saw in "USA To...

Remember that mint water I was intrigued with at La Tour Cafe? Well, I tried re-creating it the other night. I don't have specific ...

It's the end of June...So many things eaten, so little time to blog about them...here's what's what... Pure Bar's Dark Cho...