Passion Tea de Somela
Jul 16,10 | 02:12 PM on wordpress by 
kuppa
Hace poco Somela sacó al mercado la Passion Tea, una tetera capaz de preparar 1 litro de té, con timer (de 2 a 16 minutos) que permite programar el tiempo de infusión para cada tipo de té manteniendo además el calor de la infusión una vez preparada gracias a su calefactor integrado.
Teteras eléctricas
Jul 16,10 | 02:09 PM on wordpress by kuppa
Hoy existen electrodomésticos que automatizan todo lo que hacemos en la cocina: desde una simple tostadora hasta robots de cocina, maquinitas que nos hacen más sencillos los procesos y a la vez nos ayudan a ahorrar tiempo.
Chai con leche de soya
Jul 15,10 | 08:57 AM on wordpress by kuppa
Para quienes no pueden tomar leche (o para quienes desean probar algo diferente), existe una alternativa para preparar un chai latte: con leche de soya. La preparacion es como un chai latte normal (se prepara la taza de té con la mitad de agua y se agrega la otra mitad de leche) pero tiene un saborcito bastante particular. Vale la pena probarlo.
Masala Chai
Jul 15,10 | 12:56 AM on wordpress by kuppa
Masala chai es una bebida típica del sur de la India, consistente en una mezcla de té con especias y hierbas aromáticas. Es muy consumida por las clases populares y puede adquirirse por las calles a través de los vendedores llamados chai wallahs.
Galletas de Jengibre
Jul 15,10 | 12:23 AM on wordpress by kuppa
El año pasado decidí hacer galletas de jengibre así que estuve preguntando entre mis amigos (los que tienen mamá/abuela/tía cocinera experta) quién me podría dar una buena receta de galletas.
Cupcakes!
Jul 12,10 | 07:30 PM on wordpress by kuppa
Hace días que ando pegada viendo cupcakes por internet. En Flickr hay unos preciosos! así que me muero de ganas de prepararlos. Intenté una receta hace poco pero no me quedaron muy suaves, así que intentaré esta receta en video que está bien explicada y se ve simple. A ver como salen esta vez! No [...]
Lapsang Souchong
Jul 12,10 | 05:15 PM on wordpress by kuppa
Pocos tés me han llamado la atención como el Lapsang Souchong. Hace mucho tiempo probé uno en casa de un amigo (que se hizo fanático de este tipo de té) y sólo recordaba que tenía un aroma ahumado muy pregnante, como a tabaco o madera quemada. Luego, cuando asistí a la cata de té de [...]
“Una buena taza de té” (George Orwell, 1946)
Jul 12,10 | 08:56 AM on wordpress by kuppa
Ensayo publicado en el Evening Standard el 12 de enero de 1946. (The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell, Volumen 3, 1943-45, Penguin. Traducido por Manel Franquesa, subsubdirector de La Veritat, diario renacentista de Castelldefels. Si buscas ‘té’ en el primer libro de cocina que cae en tus manos, seguramente no lo encontrarás; [...]
La vainilla
Jun 26,10 | 03:46 PM on wordpress by kuppa
Hay más de 100 tipos de vainilla en el mundo. Y es quizás por eso que, cocineros y chefs, han sabido darle tan variados usos a estas pequeñas vainas que provienen de la familia de las orquídeas. La vainilla es completamente transversal. La podemos encontrar en todo, desde el té hasta los vodkas más aromáticos. [...]
Cha Jing: El primer libro sobre el té
Jun 26,10 | 02:38 PM on wordpress by kuppa
Lu Yu es conocido por su monumental obra titulada “Clásico del Té” (Cha Jing), el primer libro conocido sobre el cultivo del té, su producción y modo de beberlo.
Bubble Tea
Jun 25,10 | 01:28 PM on wordpress by kuppa
Si vas de visita por Taiwan o Hong Kong, no necesitarás ayuda para darte cuenta la cantidad de tiendas de Bubble Tea (o Té Burbuja) que hay en cada esquina. Es Té Burbuja es a Taiwan lo que un Café es a Nueva York.
Galletas de Avellana
Jun 22,10 | 04:29 PM on wordpress by kuppa
Sencillas galletas de avellana! Un exquisito acompañamiento para la hora del té... mmm!!
El té verde podría ayudar a combatir el glaucoma
Jun 22,10 | 12:11 AM on wordpress by kuppa
El té verde, conocido por sus múltiples beneficios a la salud de las personas, ahora tiene una nueva cualidad: Científicos han confirmado que las sustancias presentes en este líquido protegeríam contra el glaucoma y otras enfermedades comunes del ojo. Esta sería la primera vez que se documenta que esta variedad del té logra penetrar en los [...]
Nikka Costa - Everybody Got Their Something
Dec 22,09 | 05:38 PM on last.fm by kuppa
Nikka Costa (born Domenica Costa, June 4, 1972), is an American singer whose music combines elements of funk, soul, and blues, among other genres. Though she is relatively unknown in the United States, she has achieved impressive commercial success overseas, most notably in Australia and Germany. She is the daughter of Don Costa, a legendary arranger and producer of pop music, with whom she recorded several albums as a child, many of which have gone platinum.
Nikka Costa - Fooled Ya Baby
Dec 22,09 | 05:36 PM on last.fm by kuppa
Nikka Costa (born Domenica Costa, June 4, 1972), is an American singer whose music combines elements of funk, soul, and blues, among other genres. Though she is relatively unknown in the United States, she has achieved impressive commercial success overseas, most notably in Australia and Germany. She is the daughter of Don Costa, a legendary arranger and producer of pop music, with whom she recorded several albums as a child, many of which have gone platinum.
Luciana Souza - Here It Is
Dec 03,09 | 05:14 PM on last.fm by kuppa
Luciana Souza is a Brazilian jazz singer and composer. Daughter of poet Tereza Souza and singer-composer-guitarist Walter Santos, she grew up in São Paulo. She began her career by recording jingles for commercials. She has also worked in the field of European classical music, working with the Bach Akademie in Stuttgart, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Brooklyn Philharmonic, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, composer Osvaldo Golijov, the Los Angeles Master Chorale, the New York Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet.
New Sector Movements - Anthem
Nov 10,09 | 04:07 PM on last.fm by kuppa
IG Culture is a London musician and performer best known as a pioneer of the broken beat movement. He first became known as a member of the hip-hop duo Dodge City Productions in 1990. After the demise of that outfit, he founded an independent record label One Drop Interouter which released four albums. Later, he worked with the People and founded the Main Squeeze labels. Culture founded the New Sector Movements featuring a number of broken beat artists. His production features rhythms and hybrids of several musical styles such as jazz-fusion, funk and soul.
Art Tatum - Sweet Lorraine
Nov 10,09 | 04:07 PM on last.fm by kuppa
Arthur Tatum, Jr. (1909-10-13 – 1956-11-05) was a famous American jazz pianist known for his virtuosic playing and creative improvisation. Tatum drew inspiration from his contemporaries James P. Johnson and Fats Waller, and had a great influence on other famous jazz pianists, such as Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, Chick Corea, and Oscar Peterson. Saxophonist Charlie Parker took his first job in New York as a dishwasher where Tatum played, just for the experience of hearing Tatum's harmonic inventions.
Ramona Borthwick - A New Leaf
Nov 08,09 | 12:18 AM on last.fm by kuppa
Growing up in Bombay, a bustling port city on the west coast of India, pianist-composer Ramona Borthwick was exposed to music at an early age through her father, a professional musician and composer. She began piano lessons at age six, and pursued private studies in classical music, earning performance degrees through the Trinity College and Royals Schools of Music, London, UK. During this time she also taught music in schools, led choral ensembles and did studio sessions.
Egberto Gismonti - Bodas de Prata
Nov 08,09 | 12:01 AM on last.fm by kuppa
Egberto Gismonti (born 1947 in Carmo, RJ, Brazil) is a Brazilian composer, guitarist and pianist. He began his formal music studies at the age of six on piano. After studying classical music for 15 years, he went to Paris to study with Nadia Boulanger (orchestration and analysis), and composer Jean Barraqué, a disciple of Schoenberg and Webern. After his return to Brazil, Gismonti began to glimpse a reality broader than the classical world of music.
Dino Saluzzi - Cuchara
Nov 07,09 | 12:02 AM on last.fm by kuppa
Timoteo "Dino" Saluzzi (born on May 20, 1935 in Campo Santo (Ingenio San Isidro), Salta Province) is an Argentine musician. The son of popular carpero composer and instrumentalist Cayetano Saluzzi, Dino played the bandoneón since his childhood. Other than his father, he was influenced by Salta musicians such as Cuchi Leguizamón, and by the lyrical strain of the tango of Francisco de Caro and Agustin Bardi.
Simple Acoustic Trio - Without Them
Nov 06,09 | 11:50 PM on last.fm by kuppa
So far the Simple Acoustic Trio, formed by Marcin Wasilewski - piano, Slawomir Kurkiewicz - double-bass and Michal Miskiewicz – drums, has recorded four CDs. The first one called “Komeda” (Gowi Records) released in February 1995 was inspired by a successful live performance dedicated to Krzysztof Komeda during the Jazz Jamboree’94. “When will the blues leave” (Polonia Records) is the title of the second release from December 1995.
Miles Davis - Two Faced
Nov 06,09 | 03:00 PM on last.fm by kuppa
Miles Davis (Miles Dewey Davis III, Alton, Illinois, May 25, 1926 – Santa Monica, California, September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter , flugelhorn player, bandleader and composer, Davis was at the forefront of almost every major development in jazz after World War II. He was one of the most influential and innovative musicians of the 20th century. Along with Charlie Parker & Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis was one of the most important individuals in jazz.
Tomasz Stańko Quartet - Suspended Variation VI
Nov 06,09 | 02:58 PM on last.fm by kuppa
Tomasz Stańko (b. 1942) is a polish jazz trumpeter and composer. Stańko was born in Rzeszów, Poland, on 11th July 1942. He formed the quartet Jazz Darings in 1962 with Adam Makowicz (later replaced by Janusz Muniak); this was one of the first European groups to be influenced by Ornette Coleman. He played with Krzysztof Komeda (1963-1967) and Andrzej Trzaskowski (mid-1960s), then led the Tomasz Stanko Quintet (1968-1973), which included Muniak and Zbigniew Seifert, and received considerable critical acclaim.
Jan Garbarek, Anouar Brahem, Shaukat Hussain - Epilogue
Nov 06,09 | 02:55 PM on last.fm by kuppa
This is a trio to be noticed, Tunesian ud virtuoso Anouar Brahem, Indian tabla master Shaukat Hussain and on saxophone Norwegian Jan Garbarek. On various occasions they prove to be worldmusicians, working with long melodylines, using their skills to let their instruments do what ever enjoyable can be, by telling intelligent stories about building bridges, creating new cultures by using the best of their (old) cultures.
Tomasz Stańko Quartet - Suspended Variation II
Nov 06,09 | 02:44 PM on last.fm by kuppa
Tomasz Stańko (b. 1942) is a polish jazz trumpeter and composer. Stańko was born in Rzeszów, Poland, on 11th July 1942. He formed the quartet Jazz Darings in 1962 with Adam Makowicz (later replaced by Janusz Muniak); this was one of the first European groups to be influenced by Ornette Coleman. He played with Krzysztof Komeda (1963-1967) and Andrzej Trzaskowski (mid-1960s), then led the Tomasz Stanko Quintet (1968-1973), which included Muniak and Zbigniew Seifert, and received considerable critical acclaim.
Anat Fort - Lullaby
Nov 06,09 | 02:42 PM on last.fm by kuppa
Pianist Anat Fort was born in Israel and began her classical music education there at the age of five. Her early attraction to improvisation and interest in jazz ultimately led to a summer session at the Eastman School of Music and enrollment in the jazz program at William Paterson University. While there, she started composing and continued to perform different styles under the guidance of jazz notables Rufus Reid, Norman Simmons, Harold Mabern and Vic Juris.
Hello world!
Oct 30,09 | 08:47 PM on wordpress by kuppa
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Angel Torres Aléu, artista pintor en Flickr
Oct 25,09 | 03:17 PM on delicious by kuppa
Galería Flickr de Angel Torres Aléu, artista pintor.
“Audrey” de Koziol
Oct 20,09 | 12:55 PM on wordpress by kuppa
La propuesta producida por la marca alemana Koziol, innova no solamente por su reconocida fabricación en plástico; sino que también por su funcional y atractivo diseño. Y es que la diseñadora originalmente se planteó este producto para un segmento etárero de 50+. Sin embargo el producto final llega fuerte y encanta a un público cada vez más amplio que gustamos del té.
Aaron Parks - Travelers
Oct 19,09 | 01:22 AM on last.fm by kuppa
Pianist/composer Aaron Parks was raised in Seattle, WA. He began playing piano at age 10, learning mostly by ear, and was immediately attracted to improvised music. He first came on the radar screen when at 14 years old, he skipped high school and started the University of Washington as part of the Early Entrance Program. At first, he intended to triple-major in math, computer science, and music, but soon realized that he wanted to follow his passion for music fully.
Brad Mehldau - Blame It on My Youth
Oct 15,09 | 12:45 PM on last.fm by kuppa
Brad Mehldau is an American jazz pianist born on August 23, 1970 in Jacksonville, Florida. He plays original compositions and jazz standards, as well as interpretations of non-jazz songs by The Beatles, Nick Drake, Radiohead and Soundgarden, for example. He has also contributed to movie soundtracks, including Midnight In The Garden of Good and Evil (1997), Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Space Cowboys (2000), Million Dollar Hotel (2000).
Bolsas de té Origami
Oct 09,09 | 12:47 PM on wordpress by kuppa
La diseñadora rusa Nathalia Ponomareva nos sorprende con este poético diseño de bolsas de té “origami”. Recreadas con un blend ficticio (”Green Berry Tea”) las bolsitas origami con forma de pájaro tienen la gracia de abrir sus alas al tomar contacto con el agua. Un acierto de diseño que realza la experiencia estética del té, [...]
One: Hervir y servir
Oct 06,09 | 10:01 PM on wordpress by kuppa
El equipo multidisciplinario Vessel Ideation de Chicago, se llevó el primer lugar de la competencia "Tea Off" organizada por World Kitchen este año 2009 con One
Innovación a la hora de té
Oct 06,09 | 09:06 PM on wordpress by kuppa
La firma de diseño Minimal ha impuesto un estilo moderno a los diseños de la industria del té con su elegante hervidor de agua y sus artefactos premiados en el concurso de diseño Tea-Off organizado por World Kitchen. Creada para promover un pensamiento innovador y crítico del diseño, la competencia se centra en el papel del [...]
FineT: La perfecta taza de té
Oct 06,09 | 08:36 PM on wordpress by kuppa
Preparar una taza de té parece un proceso simple pero preparar la “perfecta taza de té” es una verdadera ciencia donde la calidad del agua, la temperatura exacta, el tipo de té y el tiempo de infusión juegan un rol clave. Diseñada para preparar cualquier tipo de té, la FineT (para 4 tazas) es [...]
Qi Spirits: Licores de té
Oct 06,09 | 06:22 PM on wordpress by kuppa
Qi Spirits es una compañía norteamericana que ha introducido recientemente en el mercado el primer licor basado en té, en dos versiones, Qi Negro y Qi Blanco. Ambas versiones han ganado críticas muy positivas lo que comienza a asegurarles un buen espacio en el mundo de los licores. La variedad Qi Blanco, tiene base de [...]
Teapot.cl está de aniversario
Oct 04,09 | 07:44 PM on wordpress by kuppa
El 18 de septiembre de 2008 lancé oficialmente este blog/magazine, con la simple idea de compartir mi fanatismo y pasión por el té, su historia, riqueza cultural y por sobre todo su sabor. Lo que jamás imaginé en ese momento, fue el feedback que recibiría por esta bella causa. He recibido todo tipo de [...]