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Fresh Teas, lunch.....

post #1 of 5
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What a treat! A buddy of mine traveled to Dubai then Sri Lanka over Christmas break....I've been getting email stories from this past English teacher/current student & mother. Several was about their adventures going to tea plantations in Sri Lanka. I asked if she'd bring back some teas including silver needles. Well, she called last night and I'm making lunch/tea for her today.....part is cleaning out the fridge, but I'm into balance so.....here goes the first menu:


Biscuits with country ham, finally picked up some southern flour!!!
mustarda

Cheese selection (the one no one touched Jan 1!!!)
crackers/nuts/boozy prunes/probably apples/dried fruit

Cucumber sandwiches
Crab ? maybe in a gougere
Red Pepper Chevre rolls (?)....alot of red peppers hanging around, may make a quick soup


rugelach, brownies, candies......

Which ever teas she brings, with honeys, lemons, cream, sugar......

Any of you serving tea this season?

I've got an itch to make chai soon, seems like we had a healthy thread on chai combos a few years ago.....
post #2 of 5
One of the scientists I work with spent 15 years as a tea specialist and she brings me all kinds of neat stuff to try. She blends her own at home still and will do both medicinal and drinking tea, she just blended some of the best Yurba Mate I have ever had and I get mine every 3 months from a guy down in Brazil who I work with.

I have had to replace coffee recently with tea and remove the caffine as the coffee I drink and the amount I was drinking was messing with my kidneys. I have really grown to appreciate the nuances in the leaves and blends as compared to what is generally avaliable in the stores.
post #3 of 5
My favorite tea is green tea with pomegranate extract. I find that scones are lovely with a cup of green tea! YUM!:lol:
post #4 of 5
I have a group of friends who come to my home every couple of weeks and I do a real, traditional Scottish High Tea - with lots of scones, shortbread, tealoaf and a hot savoury like finnan haddie or Scotch woodcock. I serve Twinings teas, usually Darjeeling, Lapsang Souchong and Earl Grey. We eat, drink and gossip and generally catch up!
post #5 of 5
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She brought Silver Needles and Fragrant Flower.....both loose teas, gorgeous.
final menu:

backfin crab salad on arugula
southern biscuits
country ham
mustarde
morel cheese grits rolled into balls, breaded and fried.....sorta southern arincini.
cheeses, crackers
brownies/caramels

both teas with assorted honeys....tasmanian & local honey comb were the most consumed.
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