Thé Series Vol. 2: Collection of Teas

I hope the first instalment of the Thé Series was interesting to you. In the second volume, I thought I would talk about my own tea collection. To be very honest, I don't have that many kinds of teas, just the basic green and black teas, but I feel like this selection is enough to make me satisfied. 

I'm not a huge fan of sweetened teas, and is more of a plain-jane kind of girl. I like plain teas, simple tastes. I've seen a lot of blended teas and have tried them, but they were not my 'cup of tea. *wink wink* 

Decaffeinated tea is a definite essential in my cupboard. As a person that drinks tea 24-7, I really need tea without caffeine so I don't stay up all night. I also drink tea to get myself warm, I'm not a hot chocolate or coffee kind of girl, but a good cup of tea would comforted me.

I had been blessed to not have menstrual pains (yes, I'm going into that department), but for some reason, I started getting cramps 6 months ago. It hit me every single month from then on. I did some research into it and found that chamomile tea actually helps ease cramps. Then on, it had worked wonders and is a lifesaver during that time of the month. If you also am annoyed by the pain, try drinking Chamomile tea. :)

I've actually mentioned the two flavoured teas in a recent post (here.). They are my recent loves they are SO AROMATIC and, most importantly, unsweetened. It would be amazing iced and maybe with some honey added (yummers!!). 

My collection consists of:

Twinings Ceylon Tea

Twinings Earl Grey Tea

Twinings Camomile Tea

Clipper Pure Green Tea

Clipper Decaf Green Tea

Fortnum & Mason Black Tea with Peach

Fortnum & Mason Green Tea with Elderflower

Well, I hope you enjoyed this post. What teas do you like? Do you have any weird habits with tea?

Hope you are well. 

Love,               

Vivien

Thé Series Vol. 1: Earl Grey Chiffon Cake

For volume 1 of Thé Series, I thought I would do some baking with tea. Incorporating tea leaves or infusing tea flavours into pastries and cakes had been very popular in recent years. I've had Matcha green tea cakes, earl grey cookies etc. 

I'm not exactly a baker, as a matter of fact, I have never baked alone before (have always baked with friends), but was in the mood to bake so I decided to make use of some of the Earl Grey tea bags. I used the recipe from the Happy Home Baking blog. The recipe was quite simple (I specifically chose this recipe without using cream of tartar and other stuff I didn't have), and was quite easy to follow. I poured the tea leaves/ powder directly into the batter (as the recipe called for), but other recipes used Earl Grey infused milk. I would imagine that actual tea leaves would give a stronger tea taste, so decided to go with this. 

Thé Series

I'm really excited to start a series I will be working on for a while. I'm excited to announce....(drum roll~)

Thé Series!

You may notice that 'Thé' is written in a different way. Basically, 'Thé' is french for 'Tea', and since I am a heavy tea-drinker, I thought I would make a series focused on tea!! I may sound like a granny, here, "Would you like some tea?" *trembling granny voice*, but I feel like drinking tea isn't just plain old black or milk tea, but have diversified,there are tonnes of different flavours,and people even make food with tea leaves (I shall talk about it later.). 

I have already planned a few posts for this series (I'm committed.) For the following weeks, I will be talking about everything and anything about tea: my favourite teas, different types of teas, popular tea places etc. If you are a tea-drinker, like me, stay tuned to 'Thé Series'. 

The picture above was Afternoon tea at B.B. Bakery, Covent Garden. The pots and cups were very unique, I went with a few girl friends and we all had different tea pots. 

Hope you are well.

Love,              

Vivien