4 questions: honey powder, tea question and Qi Tea Liqueur and candy

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I could use some input here! I've used powdered honey in bread making for a good

time and wanted to use some in a black tea mix I'm making for a

friend. Unfortunately I am out of powdered honey and have to reorder.

(www.bulkfoods.com - awesome site, good prices)Before I end up buying 25 pounds

rather than 26 ounces, if anyone here has some powdered honey and will go taste

it and tell me if it tastes like honey or not. Sounds silly, I know, but all

this time and I never tasted it. I've tasted the molasses powder (yummy) but not

honey, which is another favorite of mine. (Maybe because knowing myself, if I

had, there wouldn't have been any left for bread.)

 

Also, since tis the season to start thinking of making the candy for

Christmas/Yule presents, has anyone tried mixing a nice matcha (green tea) or

other finely ground tea like gunpowder in with white, dark or milk chocolate? I

was thinking the flecks of white against the white chocolate would be gorgeous

and since I love chocolates of any kind with hot tea, this wasn't a huge stretch

of the imagination. I'd go ahead and try it today but to be horribly honest, I

am not a huge fan of green tea so it isn't in my tea cabinet. I am a peasant.

 

Another also, is has anyone tried Qi Tea Liqueur? Dreadfully expensive, but I am

thinking of making candy with it - fondant flavored with the Qi tea liqueur,

formed then dipped in dark chocolate or dark chocolate swirlled with white.

Anyone who's had the liqueur please let me know, since I don't want to blow

almost $38 on a bottle of liqueur and a good bit on my chocolates.

 

Thanks, Jeanne in GA

PS: Tried Golden Monkey today - a Yunan tea - was yummy but didn't have the

morning zip that is in Irish Breakfast Blend or a good Colombian done to a full

city roast.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Jeannie

Great to hear from you. I have never heard of powdered honey.

I mix matcha with soy ice crean to make green tea ice cream abd I mix it into

sugar cookie dough for green tea sugar cookies.

Donna

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Jeanne B <treazured

 

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:53:35

 

4 questions: honey powder, tea question and Qi Tea

Liqueur and candy

 

 

I could use some input here! I've used powdered honey in bread making for a good

time and wanted to use some in a black tea mix I'm making for a

friend. Unfortunately I am out of powdered honey and have to reorder.

(www.bulkfoods.com - awesome site, good prices)Before I end up buying 25 pounds

rather than 26 ounces, if anyone here has some powdered honey and will go taste

it and tell me if it tastes like honey or not. Sounds silly, I know, but all

this time and I never tasted it. I've tasted the molasses powder (yummy) but not

honey, which is another favorite of mine. (Maybe because knowing myself, if I

had, there wouldn't have been any left for bread.)

 

Also, since tis the season to start thinking of making the candy for

Christmas/Yule presents, has anyone tried mixing a nice matcha (green tea) or

other finely ground tea like gunpowder in with white, dark or milk chocolate? I

was thinking the flecks of white against the white chocolate would be gorgeous

and since I love chocolates of any kind with hot tea, this wasn't a huge stretch

of the imagination. I'd go ahead and try it today but to be horribly honest, I

am not a huge fan of green tea so it isn't in my tea cabinet. I am a peasant.

 

Another also, is has anyone tried Qi Tea Liqueur? Dreadfully expensive, but I am

thinking of making candy with it - fondant flavored with the Qi tea liqueur,

formed then dipped in dark chocolate or dark chocolate swirlled with white.

Anyone who's had the liqueur please let me know, since I don't want to blow

almost $38 on a bottle of liqueur and a good bit on my chocolates.

 

Thanks, Jeanne in GA

PS: Tried Golden Monkey today - a Yunan tea - was yummy but didn't have the

morning zip that is in Irish Breakfast Blend or a good Colombian done to a full

city roast.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

That is great to hear! My friend loves green tea and vanilla ice cream so this

will probably work really well. I've been surfing all over the Internet looking

for some blends but none of them have everything I wanted or have things I don't

want (like peppercorns and flowers), so I'll mix my own.

 

You'll like this. One of the recently dumped female kittens who hadn't been here

long enough to name herself wouldn't keep her nose out of my Oolong, so her full

name is Alishan Oolong, or Oolong for short. Carl has already shortened it to

Ooooo. She doesn't care as long as she gets her teaspoon of tea (vet said ok -

is one of the lighter oolongs).

 

Jeanne in GA 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I've got a foster kitten right now who eats everything -- cornbread last

week, half a muffin -- probably would have eaten more if I had let her!

She's a tortoiseshell, so that explains part of the weirdness!!

 

Audrey S.

 

On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 12:40 PM, Jeanne B <treazured wrote:

 

> That is great to hear! My friend loves green tea and vanilla ice cream

> so this will probably work really well. I've been surfing all over the

> Internet looking for some blends but none of them have everything I wanted

> or have things I don't want (like peppercorns and flowers), so I'll mix my

> own.

>

> You'll like this. One of the recently dumped female kittens who hadn't been

> here long enough to name herself wouldn't keep her nose out of my Oolong, so

> her full name is Alishan Oolong, or Oolong for short. Carl has already

> shortened it to Ooooo. She doesn't care as long as she gets her teaspoon of

> tea (vet said ok - is one of the lighter oolongs).

>

> Jeanne in GA

>

>

[Guest guest]

Aaahhh cats are so special, so are dogs but those little soft kitty paws reach

right into my heart.

Donna

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Jeanne B <treazured

 

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:40:42

 

Re: 4 questions: honey powder, tea question and Qi

Tea Liqueur and candy

 

 

That is great to hear! My friend loves green tea and vanilla ice cream so this

will probably work really well. I've been surfing all over the Internet looking

for some blends but none of them have everything I wanted or have things I don't

want (like peppercorns and flowers), so I'll mix my own.

 

You'll like this. One of the recently dumped female kittens who hadn't been here

long enough to name herself wouldn't keep her nose out of my Oolong, so her full

name is Alishan Oolong, or Oolong for short. Carl has already shortened it to

Ooooo. She doesn't care as long as she gets her teaspoon of tea (vet said ok -

is one of the lighter oolongs).

 

Jeanne in GA 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

, " Audrey Snyder "

<AudeeBird wrote:

>

> I've got a foster kitten right now who eats everything --

cornbread last

> week, half a muffin -- probably would have eaten more if I had let

her!

> She's a tortoiseshell, so that explains part of the weirdness!!

>

When my daughter was a child, she also had a tortiseshell that loved

non-cat food. Her very favorite " people " food was alfafa sprouts

with raw zucchini a close second. She also loved asparagus as well

as any type of bread. She once stole a bagel with strawberry cream

cheese from my daughter. We started calling her Bun Bun after she

chewed into a bag of hamburger buns. We soon learned to never leave

any food out where she could get to it.

 

I have no cats now but do have a dog that will eat anything except

lettuce.

 

Deb in Idaho