Boba Milk Tea has become such a popular trend. This may be an unpopular sentiment, but… I actually prefer the milk tea without the boba. So I figured out how to make my favorite one – mango milk tea – at home, which is much more convenient and saves money. Now it’s my daily afternoon…
Tag: Tea
Medicine Ball Tea
Medicine Ball Tea was a customer-created Starbucks “secret menu” item that developed such a cult following they eventually put it on the regular menu as Honey Citrus Mint Tea. Lots of people swear by its medicinal properties for alleviating cold and flu symptoms. My boyfriend had talked repeatedly about how delicious and healing the tea…
Pickled Rooibos Grapes
Cookbook Club – Baco Our September cookbook was Josef Centeno’s Baco. Centeno has several restaurants in LA – I’ve been to Baco Mercat, for which the cookbook was named, and really enjoyed the sandwiches made from the flatbread he calls “baco”. To find out how our homemade versions of the baco and other selections from…
Tea Time II
We had so much fun at Tea Time, that we decided to do an encore presentation. We had tea and sweets again of course, but also expanded into more of a full-on meal – no complaints here! We’re hoping to make this an ongoing occurrence, and I’m personally hoping the feast continues to get more…
Tea Time
Coincidentally, a week after we did our Alice’s Tea Cup Cookbook Club (check it out here), I was invited to another tea party. One can never have too many tea parties in my opinion. We had an adorable tea table filled with snacks – kale and peach salad, crudités and hummus, cumin carrot tea sandwiches,…
Lemon Poppy Seed Scones
Cookbook Club – Alice’s Tea Cup February’s Cookbook Club was an afternoon tea party! We used Alice’s Tea Cup by Haley and Lauren Fox. I chose the Lemon Poppy Seed Scones. Go to my Cookbook Club site to see the snackable spread of scones, sandwiches and more at our adorable afternoon tea. For now –…