How to pair Cheese with Tea instead of Wine

Most people know wine goes well with cheese or chocolate and a cold beer pairs nicely with BBQ, but what about tea and cheese?

Rachel Safko is a writer and researcher specializing in global niche markets. She’s also a New York-based food and drink luminary at the luxury experience firm IfOnly, where she offers private tea consultations and small, highly customized events that benefit the Edible Schoolyard Project. We asked her why she thinks most people don’t consider pairing tea with cheese and why she feels tea makes a good drink to pair with cheese.

“Most people, in my experience, think of tea as a drink for rainy days, grandmas, or as a little sister to coffee,” Safko claims. “All of the above can be true, but there’s much more versatility to tea—it’s the chameleon of beverages.”


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