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By David Sly and Cheong Liew
Published 2025
Cheong likes making his own green tea noodles, but his green tea is entirely different to what people buy.
I make mine with the young leaves picked every April from a huge persimmon tree in my backyard, and leave them on racks to air-dry. I first tried persimmon tea when I visited Japan, and I loved it.
I pulverise my dried persimmon leaves into a powder form, then grind them in a coffee grinder, and add about