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Teh tarik
Teh tarik (拉茶, pulled tea) is the frothy milk tea of Malaysian and Singaporean mamak stalls: strong black tea with condensed and evaporated milk, poured repeatedly between vessels to cool, mix, and foam it; UNESCO-listed in 2024.
Tempeh
Tempeh (tempe) is an Indonesian fermented soybean cake from Java, made with Rhizopus molds, over 400 years old, high in protein (18 g per half cup), and a Codex-standardized staple food.
Temperance movement
Temperance movement: social reform campaign to limit or ban alcohol, strongest in the US (1780s to 1933), Britain, and New Zealand; led by the WCTU and Anti-Saloon League, culminating in US Prohibition (1920 to 1933) and lasting effects on drinking norms.
Tempranillo
Tempranillo (also Tinta del País, Tinto Fino, Aragonés) is Spain's early-ripening black wine grape, backbone of Rioja and Ribera del Duero, about 231,000 ha worldwide, first documented in 1513, drought-sensitive.
Tempura (天ぷら)
Tempura (天ぷら) is the Japanese deep-fried battered seafood-and-vegetable dish of Portuguese origin, defined by its thin Edo-style coating, tentsuyu or salt serving, 160-180 C frying, and distinct Nagasaki and Satsuma-age variants.
Ten Cent Beer Night
Ten Cent Beer Night: Cleveland Indians beer promotion, June 4, 1974, Cleveland Municipal Stadium, vs Texas Rangers; 10-cent Stroh's beer, 25,134 fans, drunken riot, game forfeited 5-5 to Texas.
Tencha (碾茶)
Tencha (碾茶) is shade-grown Japanese tea leaf, steamed, dried without rolling, and destemmed; ground in a stone mill it becomes matcha. Key regions: Uji, Nishio, Kagoshima; 5,336 t produced in 2024.
Tenmei riots
The Tenmei riots (天明の騒動) were the wave of food riots and peasant uprisings that shook Japan during the Tenmei famine, peaking in the great urban riots of 1787.
Tennent Caledonian
Tennent Caledonian, also Tennent Caledonian Breweries, is the Glasgow brewing business behind Tennent's lager at Wellpark Brewery, formed in 1966 and owned by C&C Group since its £180 million purchase from AB InBev in 2009.
Tennessee whiskey
Tennessee whiskey: corn-based whiskey made in Tennessee to bourbon standards plus maple-charcoal filtering before aging (the Lincoln County process), mandated by a 2013 state law with one grandfathered exemption for Prichard's; Jack Daniel's is the largest producer.
Teochew cuisine (潮州菜)
Teochew cuisine (潮州菜, Chaozhou/Chiu Chow) is the cooking tradition of the Chaoshan region of eastern Guangdong, China, marked by light flavors, seafood, master-stock braising, and gongfu tea, protected as national intangible cultural heritage since 2021.
Tepache
Tepache (Nahuatl tepiatl, corn drink) is a Mexican fermented beverage now made from pineapple peel, piloncillo, cinnamon, and clove, fermented 2-3 days with about 1-3% alcohol, sold as a street drink and studied for probiotic strains.
Teppanyaki (鉄板焼き)
Teppanyaki (鉄板焼き) is Japanese grilling on a flat iron plate, from postwar okonomiyaki stalls to the Misono steakhouse style founded in Kobe in 1945, later spread abroad by Benihana in 1964 and often mislabeled "hibachi" in America.
Tequila
Tequila: Mexican distilled spirit from blue agave (Agave tequilana Weber azul) under NOM-006-SCFI-2012, 35–55% ABV, appellation since 1974, classes blanco to extra añejo, regulated by the CRT.
Teriyaki (照り焼き)
Teriyaki (照り焼き) is a Japanese cooking method glazing fish or meat with a sweet soy, mirin, sake, and sugar tare for a glossy finish; Edo-period origin, distinct from American bottled-sauce teriyaki.
Terry's Chocolate Orange
Terry's Chocolate Orange: British segmented orange-flavored chocolate ball, launched early 1930s by Terry's of York; predecessor Chocolate Apple 1926; York factory closed 2005; now made in Strasbourg, France by Carambar & Co.
Tesco
Tesco PLC, British multinational grocery retailer founded by Jack Cohen in 1919 as an East London market stall; name from T.E. Stockwell plus Cohen. Largest UK grocer at 28.2% market share, 3,724 stores, FY25/26 sales £66.6bn, headquartered in Welwyn Garden City.
Tesco Clubcard
Tesco Clubcard is Tesco's UK supermarket loyalty scheme, launched in 1995 as the UK's first supermarket loyalty card. Members earn one point per £1, redeem vouchers at double or triple value with partners, and get member-only Clubcard Prices.
Tetra Pak
Tetra Pak (founded 1951, Sweden, by Ruben Rausing as a subsidiary of Åkerlund & Rausing) is a food packaging company known for tetrahedron and brick beverage cartons and aseptic packaging, sold in over 160 countries.
Tex-Mex
Tex-Mex is a Texas-born regional cuisine blending Mexican, Native American, Spanish, and Anglo traditions; known for chili con carne, nachos, fajitas, yellow cheese, cumin, and flour tortillas, distinct from Mexican food.
Texas Roadhouse
Texas Roadhouse (TXRH) is a Louisville, Kentucky-based casual dining steakhouse chain founded by Kent Taylor in 1993 in Clarksville, Indiana, operating Texas Roadhouse, Bubba's 33, and Jaggers, with 832 restaurants and about $5.9 billion in fiscal 2025 revenue.
Texas toast
Texas toast is thick-sliced white bread, about twice normal thickness, buttered and grilled; invented in 1941 at the Pig Stand in Beaumont, Texas, by Royce Hailey and cook Wiley W. W. Cross, now served nationwide.
Textured vegetable protein
Textured vegetable protein (TVP, also TSP or textured plant protein), a dehydrated extruded ingredient from defatted soy flour (also lentils, peas, faba beans), invented by ADM in the 1960s, approved for US school lunches in 1971, used as meat extender or meat analogue.
TGI Fridays
TGI Fridays, the American casual dining bar and grill chain founded by Alan Stillman in New York in 1965, peaked at 601 U.S. restaurants in 2008, entered Chapter 11 in November 2024, and now operates under Sugarloaf ownership with a 2030 turnaround plan.
Thai cuisine (อาหารไทย)
Thai cuisine, also known as Thai food or ahan Thai, is the national cuisine of Thailand, balancing spicy, sweet, sour, and salty flavors in four regional cuisines: Central, North, Northeast (Isaan), and South.
Thai curry
Thai curry (แกง, kaeng) is a Thai cuisine dish built from curry paste, coconut milk or water, and meat, seafood, or vegetables. Known types include gaeng phet, gaeng keow wan, panang, and massaman; pastes date to the Sukhothai period.
Thai tea (ชาไทย)
Thai tea (ชาไทย, cha yen) is a sweet orange-colored Thai milk tea of strongly brewed black tea with condensed and evaporated milk, often dyed with Sunset Yellow FCF; ChaTraMue (since 1945) leads the market, and TasteAtlas ranks it among the world's top 10 non-alcoholic drinks.
Thali (थाली)
Thali (थाली), the Indian round platter and set-meal format of katoris with dal, bread, rice, curd and regional dishes; from Vedic sthali to Karnataka-invented restaurant thalis and Thalinomics pricing.
The Abbey (bar)
The Abbey Food & Bar, West Hollywood gay bar, restaurant and nightclub founded by David Cooley in 1991 as a coffeehouse; sold in 2023-2024 to Tristan Schukraft; distinct from Abbey bars in Edinburgh, Philadelphia, Manchester, and Donegal.
The Blind Beggar
The Blind Beggar, Whitechapel Road pub in London's East End, built 1894 by Robert Spence; former Manns Albion Brewery tap, home of the first modern brown ale, linked to William Booth's 1865 sermon and Ronnie Kray's 1966 murder of George Cornell.