AfternoonTea4two

GOOD FOOD SHOW…

8 May 2011 Treeca 0

The BBC Good Food Show at the NEC in Birmingham is on 15-19th June, which is only a month away so it’s time to get your tickets now. This is one food show that I […]

TOP CITY AND COUNTRY HOTEL TEA AWARD 2011…..

6 May 2011 Treeca 0

The Angel Hotel in Abergavenny, Gwent won this years Hotel Tea Award by The Tea Guild,for their afternoon tea which they said ‘surpassed all expectations’, giving the tea room a near perfect score. The Hotel […]

A BOOK ABOUT TEA…

5 May 2011 Treeca 0

‘Time for Tea’ with Mary Engelbreit is a lovely colourful book with lots of beautiful colour illustrations. She writes, ‘there is no companion so companionable as Solitude (Thoreau)’ which is how she thinks tea is […]

CAMBRIC TEA…

3 May 2011 Treeca 0

They say this is the kind of tea served in English nurseries for centuries. It was simply a very milky tea with sugar to taste. The name comes from the French ‘ the de Cambrai’, […]

TAKE SOME MORE TEA…

3 May 2011 Treeca 0

Take some more tea the March Hare said to Alice very earnestly ‘I’ve had nothing yet’, Alice replied in an offended tone’ ‘so I can’t take more’. Lewis Caroll Alice in Wonderland

SAVING THE RAINFOREST WITH TEA COSIES…

2 May 2011 Treeca 0

For the month of May, Yorkshire Tea are saving the rainforest with tea cosies Their mission is to save an area of rainforest the size of Yorkshire. Tea cosies are being put up for auction […]

EVERYONE IS JOINING THE AFTERNOON TEA CRAZE…

2 May 2011 Treeca 0

It seems that everyone is joining in the latest craze for an afternoon tea on their menus, even pubs. The Slug and Lettuce Pubs have an ‘Afternoon Tea’ offer from 22nd April until 2nd May […]

EASY INDIVIDUAL RASPBERRY MERINGUE PIES…

30 April 2011 Treeca 0

Ingredients 200g/7oz pack of fresh dessert shortcrust pastry 12 tbsp raspberry jam 1 medium egg white 50g/ 1.75oz caster sugar Method Preheat oven to 200C/180/Gas G Roll out the pastry to around 3mm thickness and […]

TIME FOR TEA…

30 April 2011 Treeca 0

Drinking three cups of tea a day can help ward off heart disease and stroke according to an Australian study which found that drinking either ordinary tea or green tea can reduce the risk of […]

TWINNINGS TEA STORY…

29 April 2011 Treeca 0

Their story started in 1706. Back then, the most popular drinks in England were coffee, gin and ale even at breakfast! Although tea had been drunk in China for thousands of years, it had […]

EASY CHOCOLATE, DATE AND ALMOND FLOURLESS TORTE…

27 April 2011 Treeca 0

EASY CHOCOLATE, DATE AND ALMOND FLOURLESS TORTE… Ingredients 250g/9oz whole almonds (unpeeled) 250g/9oz dates (pitted and chopped) 250g/9oz dark chocolate 6 Egg Whites Half a cup of castor sugar Icing sugar for dusting Method Preheat […]

CHOCOLATE FRIED EGGS…

27 April 2011 Treeca 0

Easy Recipe for Chocolate Fried Eggs :DD

THE MARS BAR, MALTESERS AND KIT KAT…

27 April 2011 Treeca 0

‘But 1932 the Mars Bar and 1936 Maltesers and 1937 the Kit Kat – these dates are milestones in history and should be seared into the memory of every child in the country.’ Roald Dahl, […]

WHEN AFTERNOON TEA FIRST BEGAN…

26 April 2011 Treeca 0

Dinner, during the 18th century, was served between 7pm and 8.30pm and an extra meal called ‘luncheon’ was created to fill the midday gap. But as this meal was very light, people were left feeling […]

AFTERNOON TEA IN LONDON…

26 April 2011 Treeca 0

Afternoon teas have become so popular that a website has been designed in order for you to find your local afternoon venue in London. http://www.afternoon-tea-london.co.uk/restaurants/default/index.asp Afternoon Tea London offers you real-time availability into Londons best […]