Tea Enjoyment
Moments, stories, traditions, books to read with tea, etc., showing how tea is part of life.
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A Scramble for English Breakfast Tea No. 2
I’ve been enjoying a bit of the English Tea Store’s English Breakfast Tea No. 2 lately, and came up with a couple of pairings that I wanted to share. Back in June I tried this tea for the first time and found it to be tasty, though often best when served with food due to… Continue reading
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Favourite Tearooms in Australia — Part II
In a previous post, I talked about a couple of Afternoon Tea places in the UK which I hold dear to me. In this post, I’d like to share with you a couple of places that I had the privilege of going to here in Australia. Emporium Hotel is a five star luxury boutique hotel… Continue reading
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Cupcakes at Tea Time
Sweets at tea time are a natural. Scones, cookies, those finger-sized sandwiches, and, of course, cupcakes! The thought stirred my inner tea poet and inspired this ditty: (Sing to the tune of “On Top of Old Smokey”) Oh, I love a cupcake With icing so sweet. Without it my tea time Is just not complete!… Continue reading
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Winding Down Summer with Tea
Another trip around the sun, another Summer winding down, and another occasion to celebrate with tea: the Autumnal Equinox rolls around once more. For those of you who don’t pay a lot of attention to the various phases of our journey through this solar system, I’ll give a brief rundown of what “Autumnal Equinox” is.… Continue reading
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Favourite Tearooms in Australia – Part I
In keeping with a current theme, my previous two posts talked about my favourite tearooms in the UK. Having moved over to Brisbane last year, I naturally had to check out the tearooms here and two places spring to mind! The Tea Centre is rapidly growing having just opened a new place in Chermside, with… Continue reading
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Tea Moments — A Castle on My Teaspoon
Teaspoons are great for adding a touch of sugar to your teacup or for shoveling sticky toffee pudding and green tea ice cream into your mouth. Did you know that teaspoons are also capable of holding up castles? Ok, not real castles, but tiny replicas do well on them. One of the most architecturally astounding… Continue reading
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Unsatisfactory Restaurant Tea
I’ve got a deep, dark secret. I almost never order hot tea in restaurants. If I need a hot beverage with or after my meal, I order coffee. I have reasons for my treachery: Most restaurants don’t serve good tea, and even if they do, they don’t always know how to serve it. In fact,… Continue reading
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Does Milk Fat Effect the Taste of Your Tea?
Milk is a surprisingly complex subject and controversial when it comes to tea. Healthy? Not healthy? Hides the flavor of tea? Enhances the flavor of tea? The first two only science can answer. The last two are up to you and your tastebuds. Personally, I find that the percentage of fat in my milk makes… Continue reading
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Longing Heart Flowering Tea and “Love Lies Bleeding” — A Taste of Mystery
If you’ve ever tried a flowering tea, you know there’s more to the experience than just the end result. A flowering tea is crafted as a beginning-to-finale art form. A tight little ball of mystery is dropped into a warm bath, and a breath of anticipation is held. Then, slowly and deliberately, petals of green… Continue reading
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20 Reasons to Drink Tea in September
September is a month of transition, the last three weeks of Summer soon giving way to Autumn. The Equinox, marking that change from one season to the other, is on the 23rd this year. Most kids are also back in school, making the home seem peaceful yet a bit lonely without their antics and high-pitched… Continue reading
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