Pairing tea with food is a unforgettable experience and involves all senses. Like wine, tea can enhance the taste of a dish or food, it cleans the palate between dishes. When pairing food and drinks, it is important the flavors not overwhelm each other.
Cheese and wine pairing is very well known combination. What about pairing cheese and tea? Both tea and wine are high in tannins, and they are both astringent. Some teas are aged in the specific way as wine.
Here are a few great cheese and tea pairing we recommend you to try:
- Asiago: Keemun, Pai Mu Dan
- Brie: Dragonwell, Darjeeling
- Camembert: Gunpowder, Oolong
- Cheddar: Ti Quan Yin Oolong, Emrock
- Aged cheese - Golden 5 years Pu-erh
- Gorgonzola: Nilgiri Non Such, Hojicha
- Gruyere: Imperial Dragonwell
- Blue chesses: Lapsang Souchong or Lapsang Zhivago 1919
- Spanish Manchego: Genmaicha
We would love to hear about your favorite cheese and tea combination. So please share and enjoy trying out our pairing ideas.
Happy pairing !
