For many of us, tea is an essential part of the afternoon tea experience. There is a big difference between a good cup and a great cup though. So, as it’s National Tea Day, I decided to call in the experts and asked Sandra Benn of Chiya & Chai to help us out. Here’s what she had to say…
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I was reminded this weekend as to why I started my Afternoon Tea business all those months ago and why we go to so much effort at For Cakes Sake to create our afternoon tea boxes the way we do. It was one comment that put it all into perspective for me and got me thinking. We get a lot of great feedback, but this message stood out for me in particular. She had gifted a box to her mother who was shielding in Dundee, to cheer her up. In…
Read MoreIf it weren’t for the fabulous smell of coffee beans roasting, you would hardly know there was a roastery in Arbroath. But there is, and I had the pleasure of visiting Angus’s only coffee roastery; Sacred Grounds, and Fatima, this morning. And here she is, hard at work! Isn’t she fab? Fatima (a 5kg roaster) has been roasting coffee beans for Sacred Ground, in Arbroath, since 2015. She does an excellent job, but she doesn’t do it alone. Her humans must get some of the credit for their amazing coffee,…
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