Thursday, 12 July 2007


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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8 comments:

  1. Celia Hart12 July 2007 at 10:40

    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

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  2. David Hall12 July 2007 at 11:39

    Hannah - on MasterChef I recall making ENDLESS cups of tea for you :o)

    Hopefully see you Sunday

    Cheers
    David x

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  3. Anonymous12 July 2007 at 18:40

    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!

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  4. Anonymous16 July 2007 at 13:56

    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

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  5. Hannah16 July 2007 at 14:05

    I have asked my brother to come and leave details of where the tea was from so hopefully he will post it soon!

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  6. Anonymous17 July 2007 at 09:49

    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

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  7. Anonymous18 July 2007 at 21:42

    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

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  8. Robbiegirl24 July 2007 at 15:34

    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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