Bees and teas just naturally go together. Whether it’s honey in your cuppa or the fact that without bees pollination doesn’t happen and crops don’t grow, bees are a very important part of tea time! Honey Making Honey, a wonder of nature, takes a lot of hard work — not by us, but by bees. …
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Tea Moment — “Honey, I’m Home!”
From the Boston Tea Party to modern day tea shops and tea rooms, we enjoy our tea moments. Often, we enjoy those moments at home in front of the TV, so much so that you could say tea and TV are part of US culture. In my early years, I watched shows where the wife …
10 Different Ways to Eat a Scone
Scones are a very traditional teatime treat, so much so that some people are quite adamant about the proper way to eat them. I, however, can think of at least 10 different ways to indulge my scone craving. They may not be traditional, but they are certainly tasty. The first five ways cover different methods …
Honey Makes Teatime So Sweet
“Look out, it’s a bee!” No, it’s a cog in the intricate machinery of honey-making. Where would teatime be for many of us without honey? Honey can sweeten your tea and add a delicious sticky sweetness to your toast, scones, crackers or other teatime treat. Of course, it can also get all over your fingers, …
Drink to Your Health
by Stephanie Hanson It’s that time of year again. Cold and flu season. It’s been rather overshadowed by the great H1N1, piggy flu. But in any case, people are dropping like flies from this virus or that virus. Including, unfortunately, this author. But there’s nothing like a good cup of tea to make me feel …
How Sweet It Is!
It never ceases to surprise me how many people apologize for wanting to put sugar in their tea, as if admitting a serious tea-drinking faux pas. I’ve always invited my guests to do what makes them comfortable and to drink their tea in any fashion they feel most pleasing. Still, I get meek apologies as …
Honey – Processing, Quality and Grading
Yesterday we learned how honey bees make honey, and we also talked about a few of its uses, but to get the most out of your honey-experience, it's often helpful to know a little about honey processing, quality and grading. Honey can be processed in a wide variety of ways. The following has been collected …
Cinnamon Honey Buns Recipe
Christmas is always one of my favorite times to bake and share my sweet treats with friends and family. I love the variety of baked goods available and am constantly trying new recipes. This year, for Christmas breakfast I’ll be making our family’s traditional foods, but will also be trying a new recipe for Cinnamon …
Tea and Honey
Tea can be sweetened with a number of different substances such as sugar, sugar substitutes and, my personal favorite, honey! Though honey seems to be available in vast quantities (often packaged in cute bottles), we may not all know where honey comes from or how it is made. The type of honey that humans consume …
Iced Tea: The Silver Lining
It seems that everywhere you turn these days, there is another article about this recession we’re stuck in -- tent cities springing up, unemployment rates sky high. One of the most prominent topics is how to save money, which isn’t a bad thing. Being frugal is a good idea even in the best of times, …
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