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HOW TO STEEP TEA…
Did you know that there is an art to steeping your tea ? Get it wrong and the tea can taste quite different. Follow the guide below to the temperature and time you should steep […]
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AN ELEGANT AFTERNOON TEA…
The Ramada York, Fairfield Manor has an elegant afternoon tea with scones which they serve in their Garden Lounge or out on the patio on a sunny day. Relax in the Yorkshire countryside at this […]
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IS IT EARLY GREY TEA OR NOT?…
According to The Telegraph, Earl Grey Tea fans are up in arms about the ‘new recipe’ for Earl Grey from Twinings. Maker Twinings trumpeted that adding “a dash of lemon and a touch more bergamot” […]
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DRINK TEA TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE…
According to the Charleston Daily Mail Dr. Hassan Amjad, who is the organizer of the fifth annual Summertime Appalachian Tea Festival said ‘Tea bags are blasphemy, people who drink from tea bags have never tasted […]
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THE BRITISH STREET FOOD AWARDS…
According to The Lonely Planet Magazine reading ‘Street Food Revolution’ by Richard Johnson (which is a guide to finding the best pavement cuisine in the UK and Ireland) is like walking through a food court […]
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EASY CHOCOLATE ORANGE LOAF CAKE…
Ingredients 175g/ Self Raising Flour 175g/ Caster Sugar 175g/ Flora or similar 1 Tablesp Baking Powder 3 Eggs (beaten) 2 Tablesp Milk Grated Rind of 2 Oranges ½ teasp Vanilla Extract Method Heat oven to […]
Tea History
HISTORY OF TEA MOVING ON FROM CHINA…
They think that around the 2nd or 3rd Century AD, the Mongolians and Tibetans learned to drink tea from the Chinese. Compressed cakes of dried tea from China were transported by camel and the drink […]
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BRITISH TEA IN 1773 DUMPED IN THE SEA..
In 1773 American nationalists dump crates of tea from a British ship into the sea in protest over rising taxes imposed by the British colonists. Known today as the Boston Tea Party, the riot served […]
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AFTERNOON TEA BOOK BY MARKS & SPENCER…
This book is all of £4 and worth every penny. Beautiful pictures get your taste buds wanting scones and cakes. They say, ‘most of us no longer make a point of sitting down properly with […]
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FREE CHAMPAGNE WITH YOUR AFTERNOON TEA…
Do you fancy some free champagne with your afternoon tea? All you have to do is become a customer of www.afternoontea.co.uk and click on the link for free champagne. Palm Court, Langham Hotel The Langham […]
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GYLLYNGDUNE TEA FESTIVAL…
On Sunday 28th & Monday 29th August 2011 – August Bank Holiday Weekend the newly restored Gyllyngdune Gardens in Falmouth is hosting its very first two-day Tea Festival and celebrating the gardens’ historic links to […]
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THE CHELSEA PHYSIC GARDEN and AFTERNOON TEA CAFE…
The Chelsea Physic Garden was founded by the Society of Apothecaries in 1673 in order to promote the study of botany in relation to medicine, then known as the “physic” or healing arts. As the […]
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TEA IN THE 400’s – 750’s…
In the 400-600s demand for tea being used as a medicinal drink rose in China. Tea in Japan during this period was rare and expensive, and enjoyed most by high priests and the aristocracy. During […]
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VINTAGE CHINA FOR HIRE…
With everything vintage being very fashionable at the moment, it was no surprise to find that you can now hire vintage china for your wedding/party or event. Jo Mortimer-Bush runs My Vintage Day crockery-hire, which […]
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VERY EASY BAILEY’S CHOCOLATE TRIFLE…
Ingredients 1 x Luxury Chocolate Swiss Roll (the more chocolaty the better) 2 x Chocolate flavoured Angel Delight 1 pint Semi-skimmed Milk 300 ml Double or Whipping Cream Baileys Liquor 1 Cadburys flake 1 Tablesp […]