About this episode

The episode explores the art of pairing tea and chocolate with guest Debbie Raab from Tea for All.

We're exploring pairing tea and chocolate today with Debbie Raab, co-owner and co-founder of the unique and delightful Tea for All in Lawrence, New Jersey. One of the things that makes Tea for All unique is its location inside the Trenton Farmers Market, the longest-running indoor farm market in New Jersey. Before delving into the pairings, Debbie shares with us a bit of the history of Tea For All and the tea journey she and her husband Mike Raab (Tea For All's other co-owner and co-founder) have taken, as we discuss Debbie's approach to teaching about tea and to creating and experimenting with pairings. Debbie chats with us about her view of the importance of trial and error in exploring and experiencing tea and tea-chocolate pairings and her preferences for choosing chocolates for pairing , and then begins the pairings themselves. We taste six tea and chocolate pairings in all. During the pairings, we talk about the differences between pairings that contrast, pairings that complement and pairings that enhance the flavors of the tea and the chocolate, different methods for tasting the teas and the chocolates, and how tea and chocolate pairings can lead to new discoveries about…

People in this episode

Host: Ken Cohen

Guest: Debbie Raab

Topics covered

• tea
• chocolate
• pairing
• food
• experimentation

Keywords

• tea
• chocolate
• pairings
• Tea for All
• Trenton Farmers Market

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tea for All

Places: Lawrence, New Jersey, Trenton Farmers Market, New Jersey

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