Cooking with Tea

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Cheong Liew: Inside My Food

By David Sly and Cheong Liew

Published 2025

  • About

I’ve always been fond of using tea as an ingredient to add subtle flavour to dishes. Tea can subdue gamey tastes, and improve colour. I like mystical tea flavours that can be infused to marinate and tenderise, especially those scented with fruits or flower like Jasmine, or with smoky characteristics like Lapsang Souchong.

Method

The diversity of tea influence in cooking is profound.

A Korean friend uses green tea to marinate belly pork and then grills it over charcoal. Going in another direction,