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COMPRESSED TEA…
More than one thousand years ago in China during the days of the Tang Dynasty (AD618-906) tea producers started compressing processed tea leaves into cakes or bricks in order to conserve the leaf and make […]
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NATIONAL AFTERNOON TEA WEEK OFFERS…
Throughout August to celebrate National Afternoon Tea Week you can get 25% off some afternoon teas in London and the UK. Just click onto www.afternoontea.co.uk and click on the link for your 25% offer plus […]
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AFTERNOON TEA IN BETWS-Y-COED, CONWY, NORTH WALES…
The Riverside Restaurant at the Craig-y-Dderwen Riverside Hotel serves afternoon tea with buttered bara birth, which is a loaf of bread similar to, but lighter than, fruitcake. The Hotel was built in the late Victorian […]
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EASY BAKE MARMALADE TEA LOAF…
Ingredients 125g/5oz Marmalade 150g/6oz Butter or Margarine 150g/6oz Light Brown Sugar 200g/7oz Self Raising Flour 3 eggs ½ tsp Baking Powder 2 tsp ground ginger 1 tsp mixed spice Method Preheat oven to Gas Mark […]
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THE ANCIENT TEA CEREMONY…
In Australia the ancient Chinese tea ceremony is being used to teach young women the finer points of dressing, deportment and manners. An Oriental Teahouse is holding monthly seminars set around the Chinese afternoon tea, […]
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HEALING POWERS OF YOUR SPICES IN YOUR FOOD…
I bet you didn’t realise that some of your common herbs which are used to spice up cakes and other recipes have many healing powers. Saffron has medicinal and culinary purposes and has been used […]
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SPEARMINT TEA FOR PAIN OF ARTHRITIS…
Spearmint Tea has been shown to ease the pain of arthritis. According to a leading newspaper, researchers are prescibing two cups of tea a day for four months for people diagnosed with osteoarthritis of the […]
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AFTERNOON TEA BY JANET …
My blog friend Janet has written a beautiful post on ‘Afternoon Tea’ with pictures and her talented artists paintings which you should see and read. Visit http://janetweightreed10.blog.co.uk/2011/07/17/afternoon-tea-11491990/ to see and enjoy more. Thank you Janet […]
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OLLERTON WATERMILL TEA SHOP WINS ANOTHER AWARD…
One of my local tea shops has been given another Tea Guild Award of Excellence. The Ollerton Watermill Tea Shop on Market Place, Ollerton, Nr Newark, Nottinghamshire is not far from me on the edge […]
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TEA IN THE UK IN THE 1940’s….
In the 1940’s the United Kingdom was considered to have the highest tea consumption in the world. The countrys love of tea is perhaps best represented by the tea card phenomenon which gripped the country […]
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TEA DRINKERS ‘LESS LIKELY TO CARRY MRSA’…
Yes, according to the Daily Mail today a recent study has found that people who regularly drink tea and coffee are less likely to carry the potentially fatal MRSA superbug. Apparently some 1.4 per cent […]
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A TEA WEEKEND EXPERIENCE…
Warner Leisure Hotels are now holding tea tasting experiences among there many experiences. Alex Probyn who is a master tea blender who holds the tea tastings and blending workshops. He will show you how to […]
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THE DESIGNER HOTEL ADOBE CHESTER, FOR A VERY SPECIAL AFTERNOON TEA…
The Adobe Hotel in Chester is not like your ordinary Hotel with the setting for your afternoon tea being a bit different from the norm. Perched on top of this new designer Hotel, the Michael […]
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EASY VERY VERY BERRY CAFFEINE FREE FRUIT LOAF CAKE RECIPE…
Ingredients 350g/12.5oz dried mixed fruit 2 packets of Raspberry High Fruit Dried Buttons (or similar raspberry dried fruit) 1/2 pint/10floz of Whittard’s Very Very Berry Caffeine Free Fuit Infusion using 3 x tea bags (or […]
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GREEN TEA ICE-CREAM…
Get some healthy green tea ice-cream from Haagen-Dazs – they say our green tea ice cream is made from a highly sought Japanese Matcha green tea, a ceremonial tea prized for its intense yet delicate […]