How to Make Tea according to Brew Tea Company
How long do I need to brew my tea? Do I need to add milk?Ā Tea Bags or Loose Leaf? These questions make something clear. Thereās a lot of confusion over…
In the name of the Holy Spirit
One of the oldest surviving social institutions in the world can be found in the German city of LĆ¼beck. Itās the Hospital of the Holy Spirit, built by wealthy merchants…
AMATLLER HOT CHOCOLATE, A DIVINE RITUAL
We all associate the bar of drinking chocolate (āxocolata a la pedraā in Catalan) with the moment we drink a cup of chocolate with a slice of bread or cake.…
Der Mensch ist, was er isst
āOnly the rich and aristocratic would allow themselves to consume chocolate,ā wrote the Spanish historian Oviedo y ValdĆ©s in the 16th century. āBecause they were literally drinking their money away.…
When the almond blossoms
The almond, an ancient species of the plum family – prunus amygdalus, to give the scientific name – originally came from the lands now known as Turkey, Iran and Afghanistan,…
March bread
The thinker and theologian Foma Akvinsky said that marzipan could be eaten during times of religious fasting. The great Bocaccio linked it to romantic passion. While Hans Christian Andersen said…