Posts tagged 'tea' - page 2
18 October 2011
Blending Breakfast Teas (Part 3)
So how to get us started? Well, I decided to start at the end first and to work backwards, so I tried to work out what were the types or styles of tea that we wanted to come out with as products. Basically, we were looking for light, medium and stron...
Read more10 October 2011
Blending Breakfast Teas (2)
These developments in tea blending style are best described through the developments in the composition of the standard household tea blend over the years. These show how the blends became more complicated, even as they became less complex in flavou...
Read more06 October 2011
Blending Breakfast Teas (1)
I have been doing some research while trying to create a range of Breakfast Tea blends to complement our very popular English Breakfast Tea. This has partly been a matter of curiosity as I like, in a slightly anoraky way, reading old books on tea, s...
Read more01 August 2011
Two places for tea – The Old School House and Galloway Activity Centre
I seemed to spend the first week of our holidays driving a triangle from Loch Ken to Cream O’ Galloway at Rainton and then to Kirkcudbright, ferrying our kids from activity to activity. We did manage to break for tea a few times.
Read more22 September 2010
Recipe For Pears In Rooibos With Vanilla And Saffron
One of the classics of British cuisine is to poach pears in red wine or syrup. As a variation on this, I sometimes create a sweet spicy syrup to poach the pears in, then reduce these to a thick, sweet sauce. Recently, however, I have been...
Read more17 September 2010
Recipe For Yorkshire Fruit Tea Bread
We have always loved teabreads here at home like those made by Elizabeth Bothams of Whitby, but I reckoned that some of those homely, comforting cakes could not be too difficult to make. So this weekend I set out to make a traditional Fruit Teabread...
Read more19 April 2010
Steenbergs Listed in Rose Prince's Latest Book
Rose Prince has been really lovely and kind and listed us twice in her new book - The Good Food Producers Guide 2010 - under Drinks and under Delis and Specialists. We always feel flattered - and a bit embarassed - when someone so influential likes ...
Read more24 March 2010
Chinese Green Art Teas - Yin Yuan
I have received a few Chinese Green Teas that have been hand crafted into intricate shapes - they are called Art Teas or Flower Teas and they really do look exquisite. And for those tea drinkers like me, who love the ceremony and artistry of the who...
Read more11 March 2010
Enjoying Tasting Oolong Tea
Today it's a sunny day with a warming, clear fresh light and a blue sky. This is great weather to look at tasting oolong teas from China and Taiwan (sometimes called Formosa by tea drinkers). The clear light allows you to see the subtle colour diff...
Read more09 March 2010
Tasting Japanese Green Tea
At Steenbergs, we are undergoing some changes to our loose leaf specialist teas. Last year, we redesigned the labels to be bespoke for each tea type and with better descriptions on making tea, as well as being bright and fun looking. Next week, we...
Read more01 January 2010
Recipe For Luxuriant Chocolate Chai Latte
The snow is still here and it's a white and cold Christmas and New Year period. We've travelled to Northumberland, my home county, where we have observed the traditional first footing in a harshly, cold and rural climate - I love it.
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