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Tea culture has long been embraced by people around the world.
This magical plant is loved and revered, not only for the great variety of tastes and scents but also for its health benefits with high antioxidants and ability to prevent a great number of diseases. While most people are familiar with tea that simply involves brewing with hot water or as a side beverage served with a meal, or a mini meal of an afternoon tea, not that many people know that Ceylon tea can be an excellent cooking ingredient for savory and dessert dishes. The intricateness of its taste inspires an amazing array of gastronomic creations. To showcase the wonder of its premium-quality Ceylon tea, world’s leading tea brand, Dilmah, puts together a cooking competition, DILMAH TEA INSPIRATION FOR 21st CENTURY” to search for the best teams of chefs and mixologists whose creativity and masterful cooking techniques meticulously intertwined to deliver gourmet renditions inspired by Dilmah’s very own Ceylon tea, introducing the tea lovers an unprecedented delectable experience.
Founded by 1988, Dilmah is a Sri Lankan brand of tea whose founder, Merrill J. Fernando, known today as the world’s most experienced teamaker. The brand moves forward with a passion to bring tea drinkers around the world tea of the highest quality. Dilmah prioritizes the perfection of its tealeaves. Fresh and free of contamination, Dilmah tea prides itself for its unique and authentic tastes, grown and harvested from the plantation owned by the brand that is known as the pioneer of Single Origin Tea philosophy.
“We want to introduce and cultivate a new tradition among Thai people that tea can be an integral part of everyone’s everyday life. It can be enjoyed as cold and hot beverages, cocktails and savory dishes as well as desserts. This is why Dilmah initiates the idea for tea to be reinvented into new possible tastes, allowing everyone to experience tea in ways that are entirely different from what we are familiar with. Once tea is created into all these different new menus, it will be able to attract more interest and access more diverse groups of consumers. This year, we have organized a competition, welcoming new-faced chefs and mixologists to showcase their talents in designing dishes and beverages inspired by Dilmah’s Ceylon tea, introducing foodies around the world to some new, exciting recipes,” Miss Tasanee Asawagovitwong, General Manager and founder of Global Premium Wine Company Limited, official importer of Dilmah Tea in Thailand, explains the objective of the competition.
This magical plant is loved and revered, not only for the great variety of tastes and scents but also for its health benefits with high antioxidants and ability to prevent a great number of diseases. While most people are familiar with tea that simply involves brewing with hot water or as a side beverage served with a meal, or a mini meal of an afternoon tea, not that many people know that Ceylon tea can be an excellent cooking ingredient for savory and dessert dishes. The intricateness of its taste inspires an amazing array of gastronomic creations. To showcase the wonder of its premium-quality Ceylon tea, world’s leading tea brand, Dilmah, puts together a cooking competition, DILMAH TEA INSPIRATION FOR 21st CENTURY” to search for the best teams of chefs and mixologists whose creativity and masterful cooking techniques meticulously intertwined to deliver gourmet renditions inspired by Dilmah’s very own Ceylon tea, introducing the tea lovers an unprecedented delectable experience.
Founded by 1988, Dilmah is a Sri Lankan brand of tea whose founder, Merrill J. Fernando, known today as the world’s most experienced teamaker. The brand moves forward with a passion to bring tea drinkers around the world tea of the highest quality. Dilmah prioritizes the perfection of its tealeaves. Fresh and free of contamination, Dilmah tea prides itself for its unique and authentic tastes, grown and harvested from the plantation owned by the brand that is known as the pioneer of Single Origin Tea philosophy.
“We want to introduce and cultivate a new tradition among Thai people that tea can be an integral part of everyone’s everyday life. It can be enjoyed as cold and hot beverages, cocktails and savory dishes as well as desserts. This is why Dilmah initiates the idea for tea to be reinvented into new possible tastes, allowing everyone to experience tea in ways that are entirely different from what we are familiar with. Once tea is created into all these different new menus, it will be able to attract more interest and access more diverse groups of consumers. This year, we have organized a competition, welcoming new-faced chefs and mixologists to showcase their talents in designing dishes and beverages inspired by Dilmah’s Ceylon tea, introducing foodies around the world to some new, exciting recipes,” Miss Tasanee Asawagovitwong, General Manager and founder of Global Premium Wine Company Limited, official importer of Dilmah Tea in Thailand, explains the objective of the competition.
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Renowned mixologist, Tomek Malek, the fourth winner of World Champion Flair Bartender, talks about what makes tea distinctive as an ingredient of his specially invented drink. “Creating a new drink with tea being the main ingredient is just like an art of interweaving flavors. Tea can play a principle role in cocktails, mocktails and shooters. Bringing together all these different tastes and flavors is no different from creating a work of art. Incorporating tea in a drink requires the skills and creativity and a mixologist needs to have a great understanding in the characteristics of each type of tea for each has its own idiosyncratic flavor and smell. Tea adds an interesting and exciting flair to a drink, especially the Ceylon Tea because it has such as unique, full flavor.”
The acclaimed mixologist also introduces a drink he specifically creates using Dilmah Tea for the mocktail enthusiasts to try making at home. Named Black tea with Lychee Ice Cream Soda, the drink consists of 25 ml., lychee Dilmah tea, 120 ml. sparkling water, and two scoops of vanilla ice cream. Start off by filling half a glass with ice, pour the black tea and sparkling water in, mix them together before placing the vanilla ice cream on top and finish with another layer of sparkling water. Decorate with toppings of your likings but make sure the flavors complement.
The acclaimed mixologist also introduces a drink he specifically creates using Dilmah Tea for the mocktail enthusiasts to try making at home. Named Black tea with Lychee Ice Cream Soda, the drink consists of 25 ml., lychee Dilmah tea, 120 ml. sparkling water, and two scoops of vanilla ice cream. Start off by filling half a glass with ice, pour the black tea and sparkling water in, mix them together before placing the vanilla ice cream on top and finish with another layer of sparkling water. Decorate with toppings of your likings but make sure the flavors complement.
Renowned Australian chef, Peter Kuruvita, Dilmah’s brand ambassador discusses the concept of using the brand’s high quality Ceylon tea as a cooking ingredient. “Tea is full of incredible health benefits. It’s rich in antioxidants, can reduce cholesterols and keep you physically healthy. That is why we have the idea of incorporating tea as a cooking ingredient because with such amazing arrays of tastes and smells, many different types of tea that we produce combined with the creativity of these talented chefs and mixologists, new dishes and tastes can be created. We have seen exciting menus such as the wholesome tea soup and vegetable set, the tea spaghetti that is so rich of nutrients, super delicious tea dipping sauce, and so many amazing dessert dishes such as crape cake with tea filling, tea Crème brûlée, to name a few. You will be amazed how diverse flavors can be created from our tea. It’s a new dimension that every tea lovers will be able to enjoy.”
For this special project, Chef Kuruvita creates a dish called Dilmah Exceptional Rose with French Vanilla Pannacotta with the recipe is incredibly easy to follow. Prepare 375 ml. of cream, 375 ml. of milk, one vanilla bean, 115 g. of castor sugar, 4 g. of gelatin, and Dilmah’s Exceptional Rose with French Vanilla Tea. Start by mixing the cream and milk together. Scrape vanilla seeds from the bean into a pan, following by the Dilmah’s Exceptional Rose with French Vanilla Tea and the earlier mixed liquid ingredients. Let everything boil at medium heat for 10 minutes. Take the vanilla bean out, add the sugar and keep the ingredients on low heat for another 5 minutes until the sugar is nicely melted. Add the dissolved gelatin to the ingredients. Pour the mixture into the serving utensil, finish up with some decoration and it’s ready to serve.
Experience another dimension of tea with Dilmah at “DILMAH TEA INSPIRATION FOR 21st CENTURY”. The event is set to take place on 22nd and 23rd August 2019. For more information, visit Dilmah Tea Thailand’s facebook page and the project’s official website www.teainspired.com
For this special project, Chef Kuruvita creates a dish called Dilmah Exceptional Rose with French Vanilla Pannacotta with the recipe is incredibly easy to follow. Prepare 375 ml. of cream, 375 ml. of milk, one vanilla bean, 115 g. of castor sugar, 4 g. of gelatin, and Dilmah’s Exceptional Rose with French Vanilla Tea. Start by mixing the cream and milk together. Scrape vanilla seeds from the bean into a pan, following by the Dilmah’s Exceptional Rose with French Vanilla Tea and the earlier mixed liquid ingredients. Let everything boil at medium heat for 10 minutes. Take the vanilla bean out, add the sugar and keep the ingredients on low heat for another 5 minutes until the sugar is nicely melted. Add the dissolved gelatin to the ingredients. Pour the mixture into the serving utensil, finish up with some decoration and it’s ready to serve.
Experience another dimension of tea with Dilmah at “DILMAH TEA INSPIRATION FOR 21st CENTURY”. The event is set to take place on 22nd and 23rd August 2019. For more information, visit Dilmah Tea Thailand’s facebook page and the project’s official website www.teainspired.com
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