The ghosts of memories past float by as the warm fire crackles in the grate. There is an enduring nostalgia to the end of each year that almost demands reflection. As the light fades, Tea with Mary Kate would love to share her best Tea moments from this quite wonderful year.
Best Afternoon Tea
Although a very tough choice, it has to be the vintage afternoon tea, with flower filled tea cups & enticing menu’s on white linen table cloths, quite splendid indeed.
Vintage Afternoon Tea
Best Tea Discovery
That Two British Tea growing estates are now in existence - I adore Pembrokeshire Tea Company’s Rose Tea – it is aromatic & fragrant while retaining s lovely strength & depth of flavour. Cornish Estate Tregothnan has a rather splendid classic blend too that evokes the quintessional Britishness of tea drinking.
Best Leaf Tea
Henrietta Lovell’s Royal Airforce Tea
While the kettle is brewing, I always shake the eye catching tea caddie, so when I open the lid, I am bathed in the full aroma of this amazing Tea. Each smell transports me back instantly to my very first memory of leaf tea. Nostalgic, and evoking wonderful memories of tea times past, her tea also commemorates the valor shown in the Blitz, a unique and critical moment in British history.
Tea in the underground during World War II
Best Tea Knowledge Sharing Experience
Without a shadow of a doubt, Mary Kate’s amazing visit to the enthusiastic Northern Tea Merchant’s owner James Pogson. James generously shared his knowledge & passion for tea, including Top Tips on how to assess the quality of Tea.
Northern Teas James Pogson tea tasting
Best Vintage Tea Cup
Tea is an experience. It is full of warmth, fantastic flavours, and is made rather special by dusting off your favorite tea cups. Now, I will admit a weakness for vintage china, and I just had to have this gorgeous cup, with it’s acid yellow and gold decoration with a beautiful rose decoration. Absolutely contentment in a tea cup.
Beautiful Vintage Tea Cup - Perfect for afternoon tea
The eve of a new year beckons. Has it been a good one? What did you promise yourself you would do? Whatever the situation in which you may find yourself, each new year offers the prospect of a new start and fresh beginnings. Tea with Mary Kate’s wish for this blog post is that you seize each new and precious opportunity. What are your Best Tea Moments of the Year?
Pembrokeshire Tea do not grow their own tea in the UK – though they have claimed this to be so. Now they have been rumbled they have ceased to make the claim. Tregothnan in Cornwall do grow tea there – though much less than they sell.
Nigel at Teacraft
hi Nigel, thanks so much for your comment, very interested to know that! mk
We are glad to hear that you live our Pembrokeshire Rose Tea, we love it too!
Thanks for adoring our tea!
We blend all of our teas by hand right here in Pembrokeshire, we do have a few tea plants ( not exactly a plantation yet ) but they are not ready for tea production at the moment….but watch this space.
lovely to hear from you, and that you have a few tea plants in the lovely Pembrokeshire