About Marcus Stout
Owner of Golden Moon Tea. Amateur chef, wannabe world traveler and an obsessive compulsive tea drinker. Half Chinese, Half Irish which gives me a unique perspective on tea, culture and turning red when drinking alcohol.
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Owner of Golden Moon Tea. Amateur chef, wannabe world traveler and an obsessive compulsive tea drinker. Half Chinese, Half Irish which gives me a unique perspective on tea, culture and turning red when drinking alcohol.
Every time I am with the Chinese side of my family we always drink tea. My Uncle Vincent is the self-proclaimed tea master of the family and the one thing that he always insists on is rinsing the tea before serving it. If anyone makes the mistake of just…
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Barbecuing on the 4th of July is one of my favorite things to do. The days are long, the weather is nice and you really have nothing else to do while waiting to see some fireworks. The only downside to the all day BBQ is the fact that people…
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I don’t know about you, but over here in the Washington DC area we are going through a bit of a heat wave! When I was younger one of the best things about the summer was enjoying an ice cold popsicle on sweltering days like these. Oddly enough, my…
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There are a lot of ways to make iced tea. I’ll be talking about all of them in the next few months here, but what I want to focus on today is the “proper” way to make iced tea. The reason why I say it is “proper” is because…
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June 10th is officially “Iced Tea Day” in the US. I thought it would be fun to celebrate this occasion with one of the oldest iced tea recipes ever published. The recipe was published in 1839 in “The Kentucky Housewife” cookbook. There is a warning that comes with this…
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Just the other day, I did a tea tasting with the infectiously enthusiastic ladies of Whoopsies! Gourmet Whoopie Pies in Middleburg, VA. They were preparing for their grand opening (which is this Saturday) and it happened to be unseasonably hot outside and the air-conditioning had not been installed yet….
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Now that we have discussed Green Tea and Black Tea, let’s move on to the subtlest of all the teas – White Tea. White Tea is perfect for those who love delicate flavors that offer a complex tasting experience. People who have been drinking tea for years and can…
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Chili was one of the first things I ever cooked. My Dad and I would go to the store and buy our favorite Chili mix at the time. We would spend the next few hours standing over the bubbling cauldron adding spices until it came out with the perfect…
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We often get lost in the commercial side of Mother’s Day, but sometimes less in more! We research nice restaurants, make reservations and spend the afternoon dining on fine food. But, lost in this shuffle is the personal interaction that make holidays so special. So, if you are not…
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OK. So last week I kind of got in trouble with my wife. I guess she didn’t find the as much humor in the “Who’s on First” whiskey analogy as I did, even though she was a good sport about it. So, to keep in her good graces, I…
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