https://thewoksoflife.com/category/recipes/beverages/ a culinary genealogy Thu, 08 Jul 2021 14:00:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 https://thewoksoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-TWOL-favicon-4-32x32.png https://thewoksoflife.com/category/recipes/beverages/ 32 32 https://thewoksoflife.com/tamarind-iced-tea/ https://thewoksoflife.com/tamarind-iced-tea/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2020 04:01:12 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=41044 I will confess that tamarind has long been one of those ingredients I’ve overlooked. Sure, it’s a mainstay in our Shrimp Pad Thai recipe, but what else can one do with it? Well, that mystery has been solved, because this tamarind iced tea is all you need this summer!  What is Tamarind? Tamarind is a ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/tamarind-iced-tea/feed/ 24 https://thewoksoflife.com/hawthorn-iced-tea/ https://thewoksoflife.com/hawthorn-iced-tea/#comments Tue, 13 Aug 2019 13:31:23 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=32746 You’ve probably never tasted Hawthorn Iced Tea, but it’s easy to make, wonderfully refreshing, and has a unique tangy fruit flavor that goes great with any meal. Hawthorn is also prized in Traditional Chinese Medicine for its many health benefits! A Refreshing Berry Iced Tea If you’re an iced tea lover, you’re nearing the end ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/hawthorn-iced-tea/feed/ 33 https://thewoksoflife.com/sweet-corn-drink/ https://thewoksoflife.com/sweet-corn-drink/#comments Thu, 11 Jul 2019 04:48:03 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=31340 An abundance of sweet and tender summer corn is hitting markets near you. You may be grilling it, buttering it, chopping it up for salads, or putting it in a seafood boil, but I usually like my corn steamed simply for its natural sweetness. For that exact reason, I want to let you in on ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/sweet-corn-drink/feed/ 8 https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-ginger-tea-dates/ https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-ginger-tea-dates/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2019 15:57:46 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=25269 I’ve watched plenty of Chinese TV dramas to know that this Chinese Ginger Tea with Dates (姜茶 – jiang cha or 姜汤 – jiang tang in Chinese), is a much relied-upon home remedy for a cold! Every time a main character gets caught in the rain without any rain gear, a parent or love interest ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-ginger-tea-dates/feed/ 43 https://thewoksoflife.com/hong-kong-milk-tea/ https://thewoksoflife.com/hong-kong-milk-tea/#comments Sun, 24 Mar 2019 04:45:42 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=24785 Hong Kong Milk Tea is a magical, highly caffeinated, wonderfully smooth morning drink that I had for the first time in its true glory on our trip to Hong Kong. Always served piping hot and perfectly sweetened, it has just the right amounts of evaporated milk and sweetened condensed milk. It gives you a jolt ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/hong-kong-milk-tea/feed/ 87 https://thewoksoflife.com/peach-daiquiris-frozen/ https://thewoksoflife.com/peach-daiquiris-frozen/#comments Fri, 24 Aug 2018 13:59:50 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=22507 Peaches, peaches, peaches! We love the usual suspects––pies, cakes, cobblers, and crisps––but these frozen peach daiquiris are our latest favorite use for fresh peaches. Late July and August is peach season here in the Northeast, and there’s no better way to enjoy fresh fragrant peaches than a frozen peach daiquiri to cool you down in ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/peach-daiquiris-frozen/feed/ 21 https://thewoksoflife.com/sour-plum-drink-suan-mei-tang/ https://thewoksoflife.com/sour-plum-drink-suan-mei-tang/#comments Sat, 21 Jul 2018 00:34:08 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=22265 So we know that Sour Plum Drink doesn’t exactly sound very good, but it happens to be the commonly used translation of a popular Chinese drink known as suan mei tang (酸梅汤) in Chinese. (While an awkward Chinese translation never gets old, we prefer to call this drink Sour Plum Tea!) What Is This Sour ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/sour-plum-drink-suan-mei-tang/feed/ 35 https://thewoksoflife.com/chrysanthemum-tea-benefits/ https://thewoksoflife.com/chrysanthemum-tea-benefits/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2018 05:12:35 +0000 http://thewoksoflife.com/?p=21031 This is less of a recipe and more of a PSA about some of the health benefits of Chinese chrysanthemum tea. I’m no expert or technically qualified to give health advice, but I was once a very very grumpy chrysanthemum tea drinker and have since become a pretty strong and zen believer in its abilities ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/chrysanthemum-tea-benefits/feed/ 91 https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-make-vietnamese-coffee/ https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-make-vietnamese-coffee/#comments Tue, 19 Dec 2017 04:20:57 +0000 http://thewoksoflife.com/?p=20034 . The first time I had a Vietnamese coffee made and served the traditional way was in, of all places, Colorado Springs. We were visiting friends who suggested what turned out to be a great Vietnamese restaurant. It served big, flavorful bowls of pho and Vietnamese grilled pork chops with rice noodles (we have a ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-make-vietnamese-coffee/feed/ 80 https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-make-soy-milk/ https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-make-soy-milk/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2017 05:16:58 +0000 http://thewoksoflife.com/?p=17122 I don’t know when it was exactly that my days of drinking a glass of milk with every meal ended, but I think it was around the same time that one of our family friends turned vegan and started solemnly telling us about how the body doesn’t actually need dairy (or any other animal products, ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-make-soy-milk/feed/ 70