Tea and Me

Hurrah for a strong opener — welcome to  Gingerbread Chai ! Ingredients: rooibos, cardamom, cinnamon, ginger, mallow flowers, flavour They describe it thus: We have our Nordic neighbours to thank for the tradition of gingerbread. Every year the town of Bergen, Norway still build a lifesize gingerbread city to celebrate Christmas. What a nightmare for poor old Hansel and Gretel! Let's hope they are keeping a low profile and enjoying a steaming cup of our Gingerbread Chai instead! If you’ve read my other posts you will recall that it was the same friend (she really is amazing —  thanks Quincy) buying me a Gingerbread Chai Christmas bauble last year that got me back into serious tea drinking when I fell so in love with this amazing rooibos blend that 10 teabags just wasn’t enough. Once I had visited the site to buy more I was lost and have spent all year buying their astonishing collection of blends, most of which I have still to review. ...

It’s been ages since I’ve had a chance to blog as I’ve been unwell and then extremely busy with work and life and just haven’t had time for any reviewing – although I did really love Bluebird Tea Co.’s Limited Edition Pumpkin Spice tea and drank a colossal amount of it during October (seriously, I think I single-handedly depleted their stock despite it being a black tea). I moved onto Kent & Sussex Tea & Coffee Co.’s Milk Oolong in November and that love affair isn’t ending anytime soon either as I’ve just massively stocked up on it during their Black Friday sale (and it looks like I took all their stock too, oops). It really is a very special tea and I would highly recommend it when it comes back into stock. I was extremely lucky as my wonderful best friend bought me the Bluebird Tea Co. advent calendar for a Christmas present. I get to spend most of December opening the doors on the stylish blue box and uncovering the various teabags and more. I am ...

This week, as I’m sure you are all aware, is Afternoon Tea Week . As you know, I love any excuse to have an afternoon tea and with a whole week dedicated to it, you would think I would be in my element. Unfortunately, we are currently a tad busy at work, desperately trying to get ourselves sorted for an impending IT system change, so there isn’t time to go swanning off to a café, restaurant or hotel for the afternoon. However, not wanting to miss out on the fun, today we decided to have tea and cake – a kind of mini afternoon tea. And very nice it was too, providing a little break from the on-going madness of the week. Sadly, there are no photos of the event, but colleagues brought in various delicious cakes (and some crisps) and I, of course, provided the tea. The most popular selection and ideal for any afternoon tea was Garden of England Afternoon Tea by Kent & Sussex Tea & Coffee Co . This was closely followed by Gingerbread Chai by Bluebird Tea Co . There is ...