The Table
Winter Snow
The best way to deal with winter snow and ice? With a hot cup of tea in your hand!
Read MoreOh Christmas Tea
A fun tea mug for the holidays! Large enough to keep your hands warm.
Read MoreSanta Tea Set
Two special things come together. Tea time and Christmas time. Here is one of my Santa tea pots. Such detail on the little cardinal and the carrot nose on the snowman/sugar bowl, the little Christmas Tree creamer and Santa’s happy eyes. The spout is at Santa’s right hand and his arm and tree make up the…
Read MoreThanksgiving Tea
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you had a wonderful day with family like we did. The nice thing about my family is they understand, support and share in my tea habit and a couple are even responsible for it! I pulled out this pretty pumpkin colored tea set with fruit and rose details, topped off with…
Read MoreThree course afternoon tea
If you’re wondering what to serve at your next afternoon tea here’s the traditional fare but creativity is always appreciated! 1st Course: Savories – Typically small, delicate finger sandwiches such as cucumber, watercress, tomato and chicken salad. 2nd Course: Scones – often with clotted cream, jams and/or lemon curd. 3rd Course: Sweets. Self explanatory. Traditionally…
Read MoreHow to Start the Day
Tea is the perfect way to start the day but add in a charming tea service and beautiful late season flowers and you’ve got all the components for a divine breakfast in bed.
Read MorePretty little tea pots
Here’s one of my teapots. It’s an inexpensive but pretty little pot made by Mud Pie that I picked up at Cracker Barrel. I was a bit shocked that it was less than $15 and yet has such delicately crafted flowers on it. The teapot is a bit smaller than normal. It only holds about…
Read MoreCoffee Tea
Have you ever had “coffee tea?” I have. Tea made in a coffee maker will taste like coffee. Bleah. The coffee taste is nearly impossible to remove so keep your coffee pots separate from your tea pots.
Read MoreA Beautiful Morning
I just have to share my morning with you. Get ready for lots of adjectives! It was a beautiful morning on the back patio. I had a pot of Apple Crumble Tea from Steeped Teas. It’s a nice, strong tea with real dried apple pieces and cinnamon. Good for the morning. We had an unusual…
Read MoreMother’s Day 2014
We continued our afternoon tea tradition for Mother’s Day. Our theme this year was locally-made food! Up front on the left are the requisite crumpets served with toppings of lemon curd and locally-made Queen Bee Blueberry Lemon Jam. My sister made beautiful open-face cucumber sandwiches (front right, bottom tier) and olive nut sandwiches (front right, top tier).…
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