Sant’Anna™ Revisited №2: Qì Yǔ Lǐ 氣與理 – PREVIEW

This recipe is still under development and may change in the future. This recipe focuses on the energy, vibrancy and charisma of tea. While providing a rather reliable brew, it should invigorate its strengths and character, offering an intense and charming experience. The recipe benefits from the unique effect on tea provided by the interaction of the sodium and chloride ions. When the right balance is achieved, they seem to work in unison to enhance the sapidity and liveliness READ MORE

Sant’Anna™ Revisited №1: Shòu Jīn Tǐ 瘦金體 – PREVIEW

This recipe is still under development and may change in the future. This recipe focuses on balance and transparency, and should be suited for any tea. In my experiments, it produced a clear, reliable and vibrant brew, where volatile compounds were intense and easy to discern through retronasal olfaction, and taste was fully-expressed and transparent. The bones of tea (身骨), its tactile sensations, were intense. If you wish for the body of your brew to be even more present READ MORE

Water Recipe Calculator – v.18

This tool was designed to serve as a Swiss army knife for simplifying the common calculations required in the processes of remineralizing water and creating new recipes. Click on the following link to create a copy of the calculator spreadsheet on the main folder of your Google Drive. Water Recipe Calculator (v.18) – Google Sheets To start working on a recipe: Please input into the orange cells the desired concentration in milligrams per litre for each salt that you READ MORE