Stash Chai Spice

This week we are serving Stash Chai Spice black tea and homemade zucchini bread in the parlor. Spicy with a pronounced clove flavor, it has a strong taste, and makes a nice change. We are going to try it iced, too.

Teavana Royal English Breakfast

Teavana Royal English Breakfast is a very mild tea, perfect for a new tea drinker. No astringency, very smooth, and it handles milk and sugar well. We're serving it with fruit and yogurt and cinnamon cakes. 

Tea That Should Be

Keep Calm and Carry On Tea

Our neighbor gave us a tin of Keep Calm and Carry On tea for Christmas. This very mild, blended tea is very suitable for new tea drinkers as it is not tannic or astringent, and takes milk and sweetener very well. Plus, we dearly need to follow the advice on the tin. So keep calm and enjoy. 

Lipton English Breakfast

Lipton has introduced new tea blends, and we had to try our favorite, English breakfast. It has a very mild taste, and roaring and daring it is not. It's just too mild to stand up to other English Breakfasrs. But it's a widely available ootion for those prefer this blend to orange pekoe. We served it with cheese blintzes and turkey bacon.

Twining's Vanilla Black Tea

We are taking a break from decorating the parlor for the holidays with Twining's Vanilla Black Tea and homemade Christmas cookies. 

The tea is strong, with enough vanilla flavor to give it almost a malty feel that contrasts with the sharp tannin of the blended black tea. It is a nice companion to holiday baked goods and an easi introduction to flavored teas for the novice.

Now, to put our feet up and enjoy the twinkling lights.

British Tea Company

The parlor was given British Tea Company Premium Gold tea. It was a very mild and smooth blend, and we particularly enjoyed that it had labels and directions in Polish.