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EASY COCONUT CAKE RECIPE…

EASY COCONUT CAKE RECIPE… Ingredients 175g (6oz) caster sugar 175g (6oz) desiccated coconut 175g (6oz) butter, softened 225g (8oz) self-raising flour 3 medium eggs Zest and juice of 1 lemon 2 tbsp milk Method Preheat […]

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TEA IN 1560…

In 1560 the first European to encounter tea and write about it was Jasper de Cruz, a missionary on Portugal’s first commercial trade journey to China. Portugal, the most advanced navy at the time, was […]

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OOLONG TEA..

‘Phoenix Supreme’ Oolong tea is picked from bushes that grow on the Wudong peak of Phoenix Mountain in Guarngdong Province, China. It is made in small batches by and expert tea master and gathered twice […]

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A BRILLIANT FOODIE BLOG…

crumbsfeedyourfamily.blogspot.com – this is a family food blog, written by working mums Lucy McDonald and her sister Claire, was instantly popular with mummy colleagues. Lucy and Claire ‘work, have friends, love food and want children […]

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TEA IN CHINA…

In the early days of cultivation of tea in China, small plantations were often looked after by Buddhist monks on land near their mountain top temples and monasteries. The Chinese have always believed that famous […]

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THE CLOSING OF A TEA SHOP…

It was sad to read in www.yorkshirepost.co.uk that after 92 years of service, a cake shop, called ‘Sterchi’s’ in Filey, North Yorkshire is about to close. It’s heyday, it said, was in the 1930’s when […]

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FAMOUS QUOTE ON BREAD…

“The bread I eat in London, is a deleterious paste, mixed up with chalk, alum, and bone ashes: insipid to the taste, and destructive to the constitution.” Tobias Smollett, ‘The Expedition of Humphrey Clinker’ (1771)

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TEA IN 14th CENTURY…

In 1484 Tea’s popularity reached a new height when Zen priest Murata Shuko introduced the Cha-no-yu or Hot Water For Tea ceremony, which celebrates the physical, mental and spiritual aspects of tea preparation and drinking.