A cup of tea is a British institution - it solves all manner of problems and I for one always feel better after having a freshly brewed cuppa!
At the moment, the tea of choice in our house is violet tea. It has a strong flowery perfume and I am hatching up plans of making violet tea sorbet and violet tea bread (soaking the raisins and sultanas in violet tea) when I next have a spare few minutes.
I also use tea as the base of my smoking liquor when smoking fish and duck.
We had the teas in the photo at my mums last weekend - they were her birthday present from my brother and were almost too pretty to use. The tea is in silk pyramid bags with a little leaf at the top! I'm not sure that the silk bag does much to improve the flavour but it certainly makes the tea drinking feel more decadent that usual!
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That's really beautiful - did the covered cups and tea bag stands (sachets would be more apt for these) come as a set?
I think that the English "way of tea" can be as much a ritual as the Japanese tea ceremony. It's just different.
Celia
Hannah - on MasterChef I recall making ENDLESS cups of tea for you :o)
Hopefully see you Sunday
Cheers
David x
I don't really drink tea anymore, but when I did I used to love drinking this special tea put out by Bigelow's Tea in America, called Constant Comment. It was a blend of tea mixed with orange and spice and it was lovely. I still love the smell of it!
Hi Hannah,
I totally agree about the tea, I can't live without it!
Do you know where the tea your brother bought came from?
Thanks!
G
I have asked my brother to come and leave details of where the tea was from so hopefully he will post it soon!
Great, thanks Hannah. I think it'll be perfect for my friend's birthday later this month. She's also a bit of a tea obsessive!
G
sorry ginger - i can't remember the name of the shop i brought them in. I have asked hannah to ask mum to look at the tin - there will be a website on it.
G x
I love tea, but I'm always disappointed that there are very few kinds of decaf tea.
I never touch caffeine (I sleep badly enough already without that!) so I really feel like I'm missing out. It's only recently I've been able to find decaf Earl Grey.
Violet tea sounds wonderful though!
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