When I first saw this strange leafy “urchin” in a public market in Constantinople, I was flabbergasted. The merchant explained to me that the “urchin” was called jasmine globe flowering tea: you buy a tiny ball made of tea leaves and, once you put it in hot water, you see a flower blossoming in your tea pot. Sheer magic.
Jasmin Globe Flowering Tea
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Food Notes
Music Pairing
Claude Debussy, "Images", Book II, No, 2, “Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut/And the moon descends on the ruined temple”.
Music Bites
Russian virtuoso pianist Nikolai Lugansky performs the second part of the Second Book of “Images”, a set of three pieces for solo piano, written by one of the masters of French impressionism, Claude Debussy (1862-1918). Translucent music, floating melody, oneiric oriental ambience…
Food Notes
When I first saw this strange leafy “urchin” in a public market in Constantinople, I was flabbergasted. The merchant explained to me that the “urchin” was called jasmine globe flowering tea: you buy a tiny ball made of tea leaves and, once you put it in hot water, you see a flower blossoming in your tea pot. Sheer magic.
Music Pairing
Claude Debussy, "Images", Book II, No, 2, “Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut/And the moon descends on the ruined temple”.
Music Bites
Russian virtuoso pianist Nikolai Lugansky performs the second part of the Second Book of “Images”, a set of three pieces for solo piano, written by one of the masters of French impressionism, Claude Debussy (1862-1918). Translucent music, floating melody, oneiric oriental ambience…
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