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The Language of Food: Tea if by Sea

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Picture by @docentjoyce We drink a lot of tea in San Francisco—I guess you should expect no less for a city originally named Yerba Buena, ...

The Language of Food: Tea if by Sea Sunday, August 3, 2014 Tea if by Sea Picture by @docentjoyce We drink a lot of tea in San Francisco—I guess you should expect no less for a city originally named Yerba Buena, after a local wild herb in the mint family (Satureja douglasii, shown to the right) used as an herbal tea. One local tradition is yum cha , 'drink tea' in Cantonese, the Chinese name for a mid-morning spent lingering over pots of tea with friends or family. Yum cha is invariably accompanied by dim sum: steamed shrimp dumplings, Malaysian-style steamed spice cakes, braised tofu ski

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