06/09/2026
From mycobacterium and petri dishes to mooncakes and pastry making: twenty years after our days at the lab bench, we are back together at the dining table. Grateful for a friendship that started in science and evolved into the sweetest collaboration.
🔬✨ 🌒🌓🌔🌕🐇 Here is a complete look at the three mooncake pairings exploring how different teas interact with the handmade snow skin pastries:
* Purple Sweet Potato Snow Skin & Yunnan Dianhong: Packed with protein powder, mung bean, sesame, and cranberries, this mooncake pairs wonderfully with Yunnan Dianhong. The natural fruitiness of the tea bridges the tart sweetness of the cranberries while weaving seamlessly into the rich cocoa notes running through the filling profile.
* Original Snow Skin & Aged Teas: Featuring a filling of mung bean, sesame, and protein powder bound with extra virgin coconut oil, this pastry yields two distinct experiences. Pairing it with an old tree aged white tea accentuates the coconut oil and nutty sesame profiles, whereas pairing it with a 2015 bug-bitten highly fermented oolong causes all individual flavours to melt entirely into the tea liquor, leaving the palate refreshingly clean.
* Matcha Snow Skin & High-Mountain Oolong / Liu’an Lancha: The matcha-swirled snow skin—filled with the same nutritious base and cranberries—is lifted by a light-fermentation High-Mountain Oolong. The floral bouquet of this oolong complements the matcha skin beautifully, delivering a crisp, bright sensation. Following this with an aged dark tea using Liu’an Lancha tea stems provides a deeply accommodating finish where the mooncake melts away completely into the warm infusion.