241 – On Accompaniments: Cube 5

A good cup of tea or coffee would never be complete without any accompaniment, whether sweet or savory. This varies across different countries and cultures. The British prefer their tea with scones, jam and clotted cream. Singaporeans and Malaysians prefer kaya toast and soft-boiled eggs with teh tarik (pulled milk tea) for breakfast. The Dutch …

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183 – On A Legacy Of Matcha: Tsujiri Matcha, The Podium

The year is 1860 in Japan. Commodore Matthew Perry opened up the once-isolated nation to world trade five years before, ending the Tokugawa shogunate's sakoku policy implemented two centuries prior. Conflict between the French-backed pro-shogunate forces and British-supported imperial loyalists was fomenting. The full-blown Boshin War eventually broke out between the two sides, with firearms …