Oh What Have I Done. . . .

. . . . and why did I wait so long to do it! I don't know what's gotten in to me but as you can see from the photos I didn't stop after Tuesday's little 'taste of tea'. Thank you for all your ideas about which teas to try and thank you Sadie for the idea of getting a little 'one cup' tea pot. As you can see from the photos, I did just that.

I was out and about this morning running some errands and needed to take curtains back to Linens and Things (that I had gotten to try for the bathroom), but it was a few minutes before 10am and they weren't open yet. So I popped next door to TJ Max. Usually I don't go in the shop, the one here just seems to have it's shelves packed with odds and ends it's almost like a yard sale! I didn't go in for anything particular, I just needed to wait a few minutes for the other store to open, but as I wandered the household aisles I remembered what Sadie had said about a teapot and lo and behold I saw one of those little cup and pots sitting on the shelf. It was a pretty little thing with red poppies on it and it was $12.99. Not a bad price really, but considering I didn't even know if I would like having 'real afternoon tea' I wasn't in a hurry to purchase it. I'm glad I didn't for just around the corner on another shelf was the little cup and pot you see in my picture. You're probably wondering where the teapot lid is? Well it isn't there. . . . and that's why the little set cost only $1 (yes that's about 50p Sadie!). I don't mind spending a dollar, and the way I look at it if it's just me wanting to drink a cup of tea (or two) I won't really miss the lid, after all it's not like I need to keep the whole pot hot.

So, here is a bigger picture of the pot with the cup under it, along with some other goodies I bought later in World Market.

Yay! as you can see Sadie, I managed to get the Twinings tea :-) I love this shop, I can actually buy a lot of 'English' goods there like Cadbury's Flakes, Mcvities biscuits and other choccies, PG Tips (if I wanted them) and today I saw Penquin biscuits and Jammie Dodgers - all this probably only makes sense to Sadie ;-) So I tried the Earl Grey, and I like it.

After just trying it on it's own I decided to try it with milk. . . .

. . . . . urghhhhh! And that's why I always thought I didn't like tea. With milk it just wasn't the same kind of drink. I didn't like it at all. Well now I know what to answer when someone says "milk and sugar in your tea, or lemon" ? I can already tell there is a slight lemony taste to Earl Grey and I think it would just add to the yumminess if I were to add a squeeze of fresh lemon.

Now about those scones! My Mam used to make some lovely scones and I have a recipe book that tells me how to make them (the ones that she did) but for today I wanted something quick, so I picked up the scone mix in World Market. Mix with 3/4 cup of water and pop them in the oven, in 15 minutes they were done.

Let's see a larger picture of them too . . . .

Y-U-M! I wish I had picked up a little jar of strawberry jam but I will have to get that another day. These were delicious, but I plan on seriously trying the recipe to create the ones my Mam used to make. And this will be no surprise to Sadie, these along with the cup of tea was my lunch!

I doubt I'll find time every day to have my little tea party, but I do plan on trying to do it at least 2 or 3 times a week. And perhaps you'll join me. Oooh, I think I'm going to like tea parties!