High Tea as well as CAKE, my favorite
How fortunate to receive got half dozen days hither to sample Tea inward a release of places. And tea must come upwards alongside cake.
I receive got to admire a people who receive got the fourth dimension to sit, relax as well as sip their national hot imbibe spell EATING CAKE! It has been perfected to an fine art of "temperature, root of the tea leaves as well as presentation".
Coffee inward Italia is a staple but una café is bolted non sipped. The thought of sitting at a tabular array drinking java for an lx minutes is somewhat unusual to the Italians.
Discovering The Lavender Tea House inward the southward of the UK
When i asked a greeter at the Dover dock where I was catching a ship, "Is at that topographic point a famous cake baked inward this area" I had no thought she would propose a novel tea room inward the side past times side town that her missy only opened as well as I would receive got an chance to see the Lavender Tea House the next week.
I had only been inward Canterbury as well as constitute their 'special cake' (unfortunately they were sold out) as well as thought this would hold upwards an interesting theme. Tea as well as cake throughout the UK, a perfect theme for my weblog or a keen excuse to consume cake several times a day!
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The chance to see the Lavender Tea Room inward Folkestone, United Kingdom of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland of Britain as well as Northern Republic of Ireland was also expert to pass. H5N1 telephone telephone from her woman rear as well as a few emails had me taking the prepare the next calendar week to Folkestone, a brusk distance from Dover, UK.
Natalie Chessman is the possessor of this charming tea room on a pedestrian street non far from the sea. Visiting on a Saturday, the busiest 24-hour interval of the week, express my fourth dimension alongside Natalie but she was real generous to percentage her ideas near enjoying tea. See the video interview below
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| On a pedestrian street non far from the body of body of water (and the prepare station) the Lavender Tea Room has an outdoor patio |
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| Your cake choice is served on English linguistic communication china |
Some of the amazing cakes, baked that morning, are on display.
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The three cakes that are most popular. I could receive got sampled whatever of the selection. The scones were incredible as well as they fifty-fifty had a glutton costless cake!
The LTR was busy when I arrived near xi am only earlier the midday rush. The pedestrian street was busy alongside Sabbatum shoppers as well as a minor festival inward 1 of the streets. As before long equally I entered the store I was greeted past times 1 of the staff members who knew I was coming as well as sat me downward alongside a pot of tea!. A lovely welcome spell I waited for Natale to complete inward the kitchen.
Natalie had arrived real early on to mix as well as bake all the wonderful cakes I saw inward front end of me but yet she gave me some fourth dimension to explicate the philosophy behind opening the Lavender Tea room.
Some of topics nosotros covered inward our chat: (If I receive got omitted whatever facts, I shall inquire the possessor to right me as well as right the post)
Q. How did your involvement inward baking, larn started, did y'all bake equally a child?
A. I receive got ever enjoyed existence inward the kitchen as well as have ever cooked. My virile somebody rear is a very good chef as well as I receive got grown upwards around ‘food’
Q. How did y'all create upwards one's heed to opened upwards a tea room
a. A. There was a gap inward the market, I picked Folkstone because there are a
lack of tea rooms, lots of java bars....
(A tea room) harps dorsum to the days, I mean value nosotros receive got forgotten , what having tea is all about.
near the ritual of having tea, spending the
time, sharing it alongside friends, having a chat,
I wanted to create an atmosphere
Q. Did y'all grow upwards alongside the ritual of tea inward the afternoon?
a. A. I spent a lot of fourth dimension alongside my grandmother as well as she would ever receive got tea around iv o’clock alongside a piece of cake, buttered toast as well as a prissy pot of tea
The store attracts many locals for tea, luncheon as well as fifty-fifty parties. While I was at that topographic point several 'regulars' stopped inward as well as were greeted past times get-go names as well as a cheery hello.
A. Natalie bakes all the cakes real early on inward the mornings…. home made cakes receive got no preservatives as well as practice non receive got the same texture equally a 'box mix". This characteristic makes her cakes similar a process y'all would receive got at a friends home.
And she bakes alongside a Kitchen aid mixer the same 1 nosotros would purpose inward the USA.
The diversity of cakes volition modify during the calendar week but she told me her most pop treats are:
Scones
Carrot cake
Lemon drizzle cake
H5N1 signature cake for the area? Currently they brand Lavender cupcakes but were sold out this morning
Lessons to learn others how to bake these marvelous cakes? I would sign upwards for a class
Shipping cakes equally particular orders?
H5N1 gear upwards book?
Today most of her customers are locals as well as myself the sole tourist. If I lived inward the expanse I would also larn a regular, trying a dissimilar process on each visit.
When y'all see the Lavender Tea House inward Kent, hold upwards certain to say Natalie y'all saw her article on
MatureSoloTravelClick below to encounter their spider web site.
http://www.thelavenderteahouse.com/
The Lavender Tea House
Homemade Cakes, Fine Teas, Freshly Ground Coffee as well as Light Lunches inward the Heart of Folkestone's Old Town.
Now Open inward Church Street, Folkestone . . . The Lavender Tea House is the goal inward Kent for fine teas, abode made cakes as well as calorie-free lunches. The perfect identify to relax afterward a shopping trip, during your luncheon interruption or only to process yourself to some calm, indulgent ‘me’ time!
Sit back, relax as well as relish a pot of fine tea served alongside a delicious piece of abode made cake. Perfect!
Natalie Cheeseman
The Lavender Tea House
5, Church Street, Folkestone
01303 2545215
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