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Originally posted by kena:
Do you have recipes for any easy tea-time foods that can be prepared in advance?

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The newest issue of Martha Stewart (with all the blue egg cups on the cover) has an article on tea sandwiches, if you're still interested.

Here's my scone recipe, which I make about once a week:

2 c unsifted all-purpose flour
3 tsp baking powder
2 T sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 c butter (or margarine)
2 eggs, beaten
1/3 c milk
2 tsp granulated sugar

In a large bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, 2 T sugar and salt. Cut in butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Reserve 1 T of the eggs for brushing the tops of the scones. Mix remainder of eggs with milk. Stir into flour mixture to make a stiff dough. Turn out onto lightly floured board and knead 2 or 3 times just until dough holds together in a ball. (Dough will be very sticky.) Divide into 2 parts. Shape each into a cake, about 6 inches in diameter, 1/2 inch thick. Place on ungreased cookie sheet (I usually line it with foil, because the sugar tends to make them stick). With knife, cut into 4 quarters, making 4 wedges out of each cake, but leave pieces in place. Brush top with reserved egg. Sprinkle with 2 tsp sugar. Bake at 400 degrees F for 15 - 20 minutes or until golden.

They are delightful with lots of butter and strawberry jam. Yum....

(edited because I really can't type today...)

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Originally posted by yeefan:
hey Joanna: for ginger tea, try buying candied ginger and just letting a few pieces of that steep in hot water. You get that soothing ginger flavor but it's very sweetened, which makes it a lot tastier.I'm actually not a big fan of ginger in general, but I love tea made from candied ginger.

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Originally posted by MissMel:
Here's my scone recipe, which I make about once a week. (...) They are delightful with lots of butter and strawberry jam. Yum....

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Originally posted by MissMel:
[B]I've never even thought to freeze them! They usually all get eaten in one sitting, and they take like 20 minutes to make.
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Originally posted by Pistachio:
Stash makes a tea called licorice spice that is very good...and naturally sweet too. Don't let the name fool you, it really doesn't taste like licorice at all!

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Green tea with sushi.

I really like Irish tea brands(Bewleys, Lyons gold etc)as the Australian ones don't tend to brew up as strong.

And...ok...I will admit a weakness for the occasional non-fat Chai Latte from Mega-Huge National Coffee Chain That Shall Remain Nameless Since They Certainly Don't Need More Publicity [There's no less than 4 of 'em within about a 2 block radius in my local downtown area.]Anyway. Moving on.

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Originally posted by Jinxie:
The family favorite is Barry's Gold Label, and I personally think it's the best of its kind...but it's sometimes hard to find in the US. I stock up whenever I come upon an import shop that carries it.

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I love Barry's Gold Label. I got hooked on it when I did a year abroad in Dublin during college. It's so yummy. I stock up whenever I can find it too.

When I'm not drinking Barry's, I like Earl Grey, English Breakfast, or Irish Breakfast. If I'm just buying something at the grocery store, I'll usually buy Twinings. My boyfriend likes to order from Tealuxe, which has some great bulk teas. We bought a new teapot recently, and we're breaking it in.

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Originally posted by yam:
is bubble tea made with actual tea, or is it just a soda with balls in it?

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It's real tea...green or black.

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despite loving tapioca, I have always chickened out of trying bubble tea. I blame a bad experience with Orbitz.

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Originally posted by Nieci:
croissant rolls and fill them with jarred mince. sprinkle with 10x sugar. mmmmm. soooooo yummy!

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Jarred mince... what? I don't get it?

I love english breakfast and D1lmah black tea. It just has a beautiful flavour. I drink peppermint tea after a big, filling meal (so, nearly every night).

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Originally posted by jstrizzy:
I've fallen in love with adagio.com; their website is fabulous to order from, and their earl grey is the best I've ever had.

and after you place your order they let you send free $5 gift certificates to people.

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Well, feel free to have them send me a $5 certificate whenever the mood strikes you.....

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Originally posted by yam:
>the bubbles/pearls are actually made of tapioca and YAM! We so have to go to Bubble tea for our next digsmeet!

sold!

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When I lived in residence, our meal hall was closed between meals and in the evenings, but there was unlimited tea and supplies available to us - so we all got to adore tea and got in the habit of having little tea breaks. Now it's a soothing daily thing for me.

The only teas I don't really like are the really fruity herbal ones. I don't mind black tea with fruit flavour - I have a raspberry flavoured black tea which I really like - but I don't like apple tea, cranberry, cherry or what have you. It tastes too much like warm juice for me.

I used to have a co-worker whose family lived in Nepal who made amazing, amazing chai spiced tea from scratch - too bad I don't remember the recipe!

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Originally posted by ng-la:
This has always been one of my favorites. Trader Joe's sells one that tastes exactly the same as the Stash. I can't remember the exact name they call it, but it does have to word licorice in it and that is really all you need to know to find it.

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