{"id":9306,"date":"2018-01-15T20:33:30","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T20:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thriftingwonderland.com\/post\/tea-for-two-or-three-or-more"},"modified":"2022-01-18T15:16:25","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T15:16:25","slug":"tea-for-two-or-three-or-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/?p=9306","title":{"rendered":"Tea for Two or Three or More"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tea is one of those wonderful, civilized pasttimes that we don’t indulge in often enough. I also have a fondness for teapots that I can justify buying… to myself… by having daily tea. I teach a class on tea and we enjoy a good mystery as we are learning about the ins and outs of Afternoon Tea. Having said that, I am not an expert. There are many tea experts out there. It’s a similar path to becoming a wine expert which takes years of studying. I’m just a lady who enjoys tea and will happily be sharing with you some of the teas and recipes used in class.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

These are blueberry scones<\/a>, easy to make and wonderful to eat. Most Afternoon Tea tables have a scone course along with finger sandwiches and several dessert choices. However, I have served quiche, soup, and other options along with the traditional selections.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

For the tea class my co-teacher and I put together a recipe book that we give to each participant. It includes most of the recipes we use during the eight week course. We’ve had a great time putting this together and sharing it with others.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Afternoon Tea requires teapots and tea cups and saucers which is the perfect excuse to look for those things at the Thrift Store. More on that in another post. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

So today I’m going to talk about the menu for our first class. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

A Northern Tea <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Raisin Scones with Strawberry Preserves. <\/p>\n

Roast Beef Tea Sandwiches w\/ Horseradish Cream <\/p>\n

Kalamata Olive Cream Cheese Squares.<\/a> <\/p>\n

Butter Tart Squares. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

In a normal Afternoon Tea you would serve several choices of sandwiches and desserts but this is a class so we constrain the choices just a bit. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

We also serve two teas in each class. A tasting tea which is generally a white, yellow, or green tea and a main tea which is served with the food. This is almost always a black tea. Today’s selections are: Tasting Tea: Young Hyson Tea Organic; Main Tea: Apricot Brandy Black. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

These are some of the teas we will be using in class over the next few weeks.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

This is the tasting tea. I use a variety of tea companies but they are all available on Amazon. You can see that the tea leaves are green in color. Brewing recommendations: Pour 8-12 oz of simmering water (180 degrees F.) over 1 tsp. of tea. Steep 2-3 minutes.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

This is the main tea and it is a black tea with little bits of Apricot mixed in for a slightly fruity flavor. Brewing recommendations: .5 TBS – 2 TBS in 8-12 oz. of water at 212 degrees F. for 3 minutes.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Generally, the blacker the tea the hotter the water for brewing. Brewing times are really geared to individual tastes. Some folks like their tea to be really strong while others prefer a lighter brew. There’s no absolute. The instructions given by the tea company are for the optimum flavor but really each individual decides what that might be.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

It’s always an adventure trying new teas. We’ll hope these two turn out to be a good choice.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tea is one of those wonderful, civilized pasttimes that we don’t indulge in often enough. I also have a fondness for teapots that I can justify buying… to myself… by having daily tea. I teach a class on tea and we enjoy a good mystery as we are learning about the ins and outs of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70469586,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[635055331],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-add-a-page-title"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9ziaG-2q6","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/70469586"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9306"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16922,"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9306\/revisions\/16922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thriftingwonderland.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}