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May 2005 - Posts

Farewell to Masalisa

I went to a farewell party for Masalisa, the little tea shop in Ballard that I’ve been going to occasionally for maybe a year and a half. They will turn over the tea shop to another couple in a few days and then focus full-time on the new business, Read More...
Posted Sunday, May 29, 2005 11:59 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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A little work, a little distraction

The day started off with a blast of heat and never quite cooled down. I hit most of my planned tasks today, most of which were mundane: phone calls, a quick check on a customer of mine who had been out sick for a few days, packing internet orders, and Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 26, 2005 11:11 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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More blues, possibility of improvement

I’m not feeling much better today, but I met a couple of customers for two different purposes today… one a dragon beard candy customer and the other is a customer for Japanese ceramics. I was a little behind schedule on everything I did today Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 25, 2005 11:13 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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Tall Grass Baguette

Most of today I was feeling a little blue and didn’t get much done today except filling an internet order and making a couple of phone calls. As customary with a small number of internet orders, I drop off packages at a location in Ballard, so I Read More...
Posted Monday, May 23, 2005 7:16 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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Matcha-Kinako waffles, soba waffles, soba okonomiyaki

How to make green tea waffles with kinako. Read More...
Posted Sunday, May 22, 2005 10:10 AM by jason | 0 Comments
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A week of new accounts

I don’t think I’ve been so optimistic in a long time. With only a few days of active sales efforts, I’ve had pretty good luck getting new accounts this week. Central Market in Shoreline took delivery of the Matcha Latte today and the Read More...
Posted Friday, May 20, 2005 8:53 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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If I can keep this momentum...

Today I got two new wholesale accounts for the green tea latte and filled one re-order for Uwajimaya Bellevue, and took care of a couple of decent weekend internet orders. Small victories, all, but if every day of the month was like this I’d be Read More...
Posted Monday, May 16, 2005 11:12 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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Cheese, green tea, connections

I went to the Pike Place Market cheese event today and tried to jockey for position to taste samples from various unfamiliar dairies, and a couple of familiar ones. A woman with very good pitching skills from Ritrovo introduced a truffle salt, which I Read More...
Posted Sunday, May 15, 2005 11:37 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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Godoufu memories

On eGullet , someone asked about what to eat in Fukuoka , but most of what I could think of was not particularly special to the city, alas. But it triggered a memory of godoufu (ごどうふ, more likely to be rendered in English as godofu), of which I’m a huge Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 12, 2005 12:19 PM by jason | 2 Comments
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Matcha-Matsu-White-Choko Cookies

Continuing my Matcha theme, I made these cookies with cooking matcha, white chocolate and pine nuts. Jason's Matcha-Matsu-White Choko Cookies ½ cup (113 g) unsalted butter ¼ tsp salt ½ cup unprocessed cane sugar (blond) (roughly 80g) 1 Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 11, 2005 12:02 AM by jason | 0 Comments
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First attempt at Matcha Mousse

I’m not completely happy with the results, but this is my first attempt at Matcha Mousse since about 1996. The texture is light, but the white chocolate I used turned out to be a bit sweet. I started with about 300g of white chocolate (2/3 lb), Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 10, 2005 1:15 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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Recovering from Mother's day

The weekday demos last week weren’t terribly productive, in spite of an imminently approaching holiday, but I managed to sell a modest amount. However, it did seem that some people started picking up products on Saturday and Sunday, both with and Read More...
Posted Monday, May 09, 2005 11:35 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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Lamps and Yakimono

I kept promising myself to photograph more ceramics for YuzuMura , but I’ve only been making small dents in the work… there’s just too much to keep up with. But I really need to do it, because there are still a hundred or so pieces in Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 05, 2005 12:11 AM by jason | 0 Comments
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One of those good day/braindead day kind of days

I was filling a number of orders today with moderate efficiency… and then, of course, it came time to take care of one other errand that required my digital camera and an extra light source… I was planning to shoot pictures of some other Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 03, 2005 11:55 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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A series of small repairs

My nifty MPX-220 cell phone took a unusually painful journey to be repaired after a problem with the power conversion. Friday it came back, though I was told it was supposed to ship out last Friday via FedEx 2–day. I really, really appreciate ActivSync Read More...
Posted Monday, May 02, 2005 10:47 AM by jason | 0 Comments
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