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GREEN TEA AND CHILLIES TO SPEED UP YOUR METABOLISM…
Enjoy your green tea and your chillies and at the same time burn up some calories. According to a recent study if you have two to four cups a day of green tea, it will […]
HOLD A ‘BLOOMING GREAT TEA PARTY’ FOR MARIE CURIE CANCER CARE…
June and July is the ‘eat cake for charity’ months for Marie Curie Cancer Care. Hold a ‘Blooming great tea party’, throughout these months to help raise money for them. For more information go to […]
JUNE IS ‘WORLD TEA MONTH’ in LAS VEGAS…
According to Mayor Carolyn G-Goodman, June is ‘World Tea Month’ in Las Vegas. During June 1st – 3rd the largest global event for the tea industry is held in Las Vegas, ‘The World Tea Expo’, […]
MORE BAKING TIPS…
For the flakiest upper pie crust, brush the top lightly with cold water before baking. To avoid your pie crust from becoming too soggy, sprinkle it with equal parts of sugar and flour before adding […]
OWN UP, WHO’S NICKED MY CHOCOLATE…
My chocolate weetabix that is. Ever since I told you, you could have chocolate for breakfast and how WONDERFUL chocolate weetabix is, you’ve all gone out and bought some. You must have as there are […]
MY TEA OF THE WEEK…
My tea of the week HAS to be ‘Tea Palace’s’, Diamond Jubilee Blend, which I have mentioned before. It has been made into a refined blend of the finest single estate black teas to celebrate […]
FANCY SOME CHOCOLATE?…
If like me, you cannot live without your daily chocolate fix, then go for the ‘Glamour Food Chocolate Bar’, by ‘The Organic Pharmacy’. Apparently the unprocessed cacao retains all its nutrients, and the antioxidant goji, […]
BOOK REVIEW – TEA AND CAKE by EMMA BLOCK, RECIPES FOR THE PERFECT AFTERNOON TEA…
What a fantastic book this is. Its a book to keep and look at with it’s fabulous illustrations and matte finish to the pages. It’s full of afternoon tea recipes which are all dooable, even […]
LITERARY TEA GIFTS…
Twinningshave introduced a range of book inspired mugs and notebooks. Each one is paired with either a box of their Earl Grey Tea, Sunshine Grey Tea or Traditional Afternoon Tea. The tea comes FREE with […]
FIRST FLUSH DARJEELING TEA – WORLD EXCLUSIVE…
Twinings first flush darjeeling exclusive to Twinnings has ‘TWO’ 2012 first picked darjeeling teas, Chamong Tea Gardena and ‘Upper Namring Tea Garden’. Amid the midst and mysterious cloud, nestled at the foot of the Himalayas, […]
MORE BAKING TIPS
Leave your cake on a wire rack in the tin you have baked it in for 10 minutes before you turn it out. If you weigh four whole eggs in their shells, then whatever the […]
THE BEST ROSE TEAS…
TEA PALACE – Eve’s blend, a rose petal and jasmine blossom tea. They will also donate 50p to The Eve Appeal www.teapalace.com and www.eveappeal.org.uk Jings Rosebud Gong Fu black tea made with dried rosebuds and […]
TEA FOR THE RESTORED CUTTY SARK…
To celebrate the re-launch of the restored Cutty Sark, Twinnings have worked with the team to create two decadent and historically classical tea blend to commemorate this spectacular occasion. They have a choice of two, […]