Meal and wine pairing
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Black tea
Serve at: 40-55°C or 104-131 °F.
Aging potential (estimation) : 3 to 5 years old.
This drink is paired well with:
Meal families
Cheeses
Alpha Tolman
United States. Vermont.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a washed rind.
Ripening : 8 to 11 months.
Cheeses
Bent River
United States. Minnesota.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with bloomy rind.
Ripening : 5 weeks.
Cheeses
Big woods blue
United States. Minnesota.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk.
Ripening : 6 to 8 months.
Prefer a pairing with an oak tea.
Miscellaneous
BLT sandwich
Sandwich made with two slices of sandwich bread (often toasted), filled with slices of smoked or pan-fried bacon (usually three), lettuce leaves (often iceberg or romaine), and tomato slices (BLT : Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato), with mayonnaise.
Cheeses
Bohemian blue
United States. Wisconsin.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk.
Ripening : 6 months.
Prefer a pairing with an oak tea.
Cheeses
Cabrales
Spain. Asturias.
Blue cheese made from raw cow's milk or a blend of two or three types of milk (cow, sheep, and goat), with a blue-green veined paste.
Ripening : 3 to 6 months.
Prefer a pairing with an oak tea.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Cherry scones
United Kingdom. Scotland.
Small sweet cake or loaf made with oat, wheat, or barley flour and leavening.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Crème brûlée
Caramel pudding with crunchy caramel topping under an iron broiler or with a flame.
Cheeses
Crozier blue
Ireland. County Tipperary.
Soft-ripened blue-veined pasteurized sheep’s milk cheese with a natural rind.
Ripening : 4 to 11 months.
Prefer a pairing with an oak tea.
Cheeses
Le bleu 1924
France.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized cow’s and sheep's milk.
Ripening : 4 months minimum.
Prefer a pairing with an oak tea.
Cheeses
Little boy blue cheese
United States. Wisconsin.
Blue cheese made from pasteurized sheep's milk.
Ripening : 6 to 8 weeks.
Prefer a pairing with an oak tea.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Petit four glacé
Glazed : spreading a shiny, often sweet, substance over food before finishing the cooking, so that when served, the food has a shiny appearance.
Cheeses
Roquefort
France. Occitania. Aveyron. Roquefort-sur-Soulzon.
Blue cheese made from raw sheep's milk.
Ripening : 3 months minimum.
Prefer a pairing with an oak tea.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Sticky toffee pudding
United Kingdom.
Sponge cake made with brown sugar and finely chopped dates, topped with caramel (brown sugar).
Served with custard, vanilla ice cream or single cream.
Prefer a pairing with an oak tea.