These chilly days have us hankering for a warm drink, and this orange- and clove-tinged tea sounds mighty fine as we bid adieu to January.
ORANGE SPICED TEA
Serves: 4
1 orange
5 whole cloves
Peel of half a lemon
2 cinnamon sticks
4 teabags of black tea
4 teaspoons sugar
Slice an orange in half and stud one half with the cloves, reserving the other half for another use. Place the studded half in a square of cheesecloth along with the lemon peel and cinnamon sticks and tie with kitchen string.
Every London guidebook has a section devoted to afternoon tea. The authors gush about the pastries at Harrods, the finely cut sandwiches at the Brown Hotel, and the delicate scones served with clotted cream at Kensington Gardens. Is this what Londoners do in the afternoons? Sit, decked out in Chanel, prim and proper, on satin cushioned chairs, shelling out 50 bucks for a tier of patisseries? Unfortunately, the hotel scene is an overstuffed way of enjoying London’s oldest ritual. In short, it’s a tourist trap.
RedUmbrella launches online educational and commercial website to capture tea audience. RedUmbrella Tea launched its online commercial website Janaury 2008.
By launching an online website, RedUmbrella intends to address a growing global fascination with tea and tea health benefits.
Along with selling a wide variety of high quality loose leaf, bagged tea and related accessories, RedUmbrella will maintain a focus on discovering and sharing tea health benefits with the global marketplace with two knowledge sharing platforms.
Tea was touted as a health food as far back as the 17th century. Thomas Garway, a tea retailer, described the brew this way in 1658: “The Drink is declared to be most wholesome, preserving in perfect health until extreme Old Age.”
Mark “Dr. Tea” Ukra, owner of Dr. Tea’s, a tea garden and emporium in Los Angeles, says tea not only preserves health, but also can help people lose pounds.
He’s written a book about the subject, “The Ultimate Tea Diet: How Tea Can Boost Your Metabolism, Shrink Your Appetite and Kick-Start Remarkable Weight Loss,” which he’ll discuss and sign at 3 p.m. Saturday at Borders in Thousand Oaks. He advocates taking tea in the traditional liquid form and as an ingredient in recipes.
Can other types of fruit be used to flavor curd, and are the recipes interchangeable?
Lemon curd is a traditional English spread that’s typically served with bread and scones at breakfast or afternoon tea. But its delicious uses don’t stop there. Curd can be sandwiched between cookies or spooned into a tart shell. Thin curd makes a beautiful glaze when drizzled over cake. Topped with a dollop of whipped cream to cut its tartness, curd can even be enjoyed by itself.
When temperatures dip outdoors, there’s nothing quite like a nice cup of hot tea. Whether you drink black tea to start the day, chamomile tea to relax you at night or tea with lemon and honey to soothe a scratchy throat, the warm beverage provides a cozy sense of comfort, made even better by the fact that it’s good for you.
But, as anyone who’s ever thrown an imaginary childhood tea party knows, what makes tea even more enjoyable is the way it’s presented. And that’s where the teapot comes in.
What makes a delicious ice cream and might help you live a longer, healthier life? Unless you’ve been under a rock for the past decade, you probably know that tea has more than a few health benefits. But if you’ve relied on bagged teas for your fix, you may be convinced that all tea is bitter and expensive.
Thankfully, you’re wrong. A cup of tea, prepared correctly, requires neither loads of honey nor money.
But therein lies the problem: A pile of leaves doesn’t come with directions, and the number of tea gadgets on the market makes you want to run back to the bagged tea aisle.
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