Tea Talk in Chinatown: with Anthony DeVries

Terroir +

• Terroir Definition
  12 Feb 2016

  Local produce traveling a short distance with low carbon emission / Photo by Willow-Creek Feighery     Terroir is putting food in a cultural context, playing off of flawed human memory, halcyon, affected by cultural normalities, culture dictating how gender and laboral roles are perceived and administered. These sociologic ideas merge with more solid ideas … Continue reading »

• Attributing Taste to Terroir: Opinion
  12 Feb 2016

  Hand holding flavored processed insects / photo by Willow-Creek Feighery   The bug chewed the leaves to oxidase them. Terroir. The machine ran over the leaves and bit the leaves. Terroir? The leaves could oxidize on the plant in two ways; bitten by hand or bitten by insecta. Would the flavor remain the same? Would … Continue reading »

• Bibliography
  12 Feb 2016

  Works Cited   “Botanical Information,Plant Description Of Camellia Sinensis.” Botanical Information,Plant Description Of Camellia Sinensis. MDidea Exporting Division Extracts Professional, 19 Aug. 2015. Web. 8 Feb. 2016.   Sealy, J. (1958) A Revision of the Genus Camellia, Royal Horticultural Society, London.   “The Plant: Camellia Sinensis.” The Plant: Camellia Sinensis. In Pursuit of Tea, 2014. … Continue reading »