Over the past couple of weeks or so I’ve sampling some great tea the lovely people over at Dunedin Tea sent over. I must tell between the huge selection of tea flavours and types on my ‘tea shelf’ you can rarely spot some loose tea, so it was pretty lovely to try out a few picks and something different from the usual.

Edinburgh based The Dunedin Tea Company, born with the aim of providing high quality loose leaf teas without the designer price tag, offers in fact the biggest selection of different and interesting loose tea blends. I couldn’t resist in front of some flavoured green tea (you’ll know it’s my favourite!), and a couple of fruit and herbal picks! I must say loose tea makes the whole tea ritual even more enjoyable to me, and there’s something so unique and different about them, that I kind of got hooked and started thinking I need to test out as many flavours as I can…

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If you’re a tea lover, you should totally check Dunedin Tea out!
Any other fans of loose leaf tea? x

If you read my blog since a while, you would have seen tuns of mentions about tea in my posts – it’s just no secret at all that I love a cuppa every now and then. Or even more often.

I like all about tea. From the boiling and pouring actions to the very first sip, the warming feeling of your hands hugging a hot cup and the sweet taste of warm tea in which I overdid a little with sugar or honey – because I like it extra sweet! I like tea mugs, in fact I’m obsessed with them and my kitchen pantry is kind of overflowing because of them with me pretending not to see that. I love milk in tea, classic cow milk in black tea and almond milk in chai tea. I love lemon in my green tea. I love sweet teas, herbal teas, black tea, green tea.

I think I like tea more than cheese. And that’s not even possible!

Wasn’t it about time to share my favourite tea picks throughout the day (and show off part of my mug collection)? So here it is, ‘my day in tea cups’.

Morning tea

Even though I’m partial to coffee as first thing in the morning, I do sometimes still have tea for breakfast and if I don’t, I’ll surely have a cup after my morning yoga – it makes my morning routine even nicer! In the morning I like my tea even sweeter than usual, preferring black tea above others: my current (or should I say all-time?) favourite is the Lipton Vanilla Caramel Black Tea – this tea is such a treat, with caramel and vanilla pairing so nicely, sweet and delicate, almost creamy. It’s sweet even without adding sugar (but I highly suggest a teaspoon of organic honey for the perfectly indulgent tea) and milk it’s just made for it. Even though I do not dislike it in the afternoon too, it makes for the perfect early morning tea cup.

5 o’clock tea

I’ll always have tea in the afternoon. I love colder seasons just because tea never seems out of place, and personally, suffering cold quite a lot, when the sun goes down and the temperatures start falling, there’s nothing better to me than a warming hot cup of tea to take a break in the middle of the afternoon. I like green tea in the afternoon, any green tea really: I am a fan of the Clipper Citrus & Echinacea Green Tea as I think lemon-like flavours pair so nicely with green tea, but I also love mint green tea and jasmine green tea especially (one of my favourites!).

Nighttime tea

I have recently written a little article about effective hacks to sleep better for Mode, highly suggesting, between others, to try some teas and infusions just before bedtime as a lot of them are known to be natural remedies to treat insomnia. I find myself having a cup of tea in the evening quite often: I like fennel tea for digestion, rose and chamomile for helping me relax and fall asleep easily (great when you have a lot going on in your head and you toss and turn a bit too much!). I’m also curious to stock up on lavender, oat flower and lemon balm teas to see how they work with me, as they’re also great nighttime picks.

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I’m on the market for new teas, so I’d love to know what you like to drink throughout your days! x

Working from home full time, it’s always nice but also quite challenging at times to find a balance between breaks and lots of non-stop working hours. With the start of the new year, we are trying and leaving the bad habits behind us (which for me come in form of too much procrastination or too much work but nothing in-between) and while our working schedule is keeping us quite busy, we like to find time for a tea break at 5 o’clock to switch off from technology just for a little while and enjoy some treats in these dark, gloomy, grey January days.

There’s nothing quite like the art of boiling, pouring and sipping tea. Or the smell of jasmin or mint green tea paired with crispy baked treats fresh from the oven. Or the decision to indulge in extra sweet tea this time and add one more teaspoon of honey in your infusion.

Nutella Rose Buns

When I spotted the recipe for these Laminated Nutella Morning Buns a couple of days ago, I immediately thought better than breakfast, they would fit our tea break so much more. Crispy, almost croissant-like but softer, with the sweet indulgent but perfect amount of healthy “Nutella” complimenting so well the dough a bit lacking on the sweet side.

They’re extremely easy to make but a little time consuming – but as a pro they only require basic ingredients you’ll surely already have in your fridge, plus nothing can beat seeing your own dough puffing so perfectly!

– Full recipe here! –

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Nutella Rose Buns

Prep Time: 6 hours

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Serving Size: 8-9 medium buns

Ingredients

• 195g white flour
• 1 1/8 tsp dry yeast
• 1/2 cup warm water
• 43 grams brown sugar
• 2 tbsp raw cocoa powder
• 1/4 tsp of salt
• 1/3 cup warm whole milk
• 141 grams unsalted butter
• Healthy "Nutella" option

Instructions

Full recipe here.

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http://www.miel-cafe.com/2016/01/tea-time-nutella-rose-buns.html

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What’s your favourite tea break treat?! Any recipes you love?!
Would love to know and get inspired! x