When my aunt and I went to Marietta’s Vineyard Cafe and the “Gone With the Wind” museum a few weeks ago, I made two purchases which I see as companions: a new copy of the novel from the museum gift shop, and some of the Vineyard Cafe’s Southern Pecan Tea.
I’ve had a bee in my bonnet for a while now to re-read GWTW and focus on the food and decor, so I bought a paperback copy I can feel free to mark up. And as I read, it just seemed appropriate to have a “southern” tea, so Southern Pecan sounded perfect! I couldn't find the ingredients for this tea listed online, but it's what I'd call a traditional "dessert" tea with sweet notes and appears to contain black tea, pecan pieces, mini white chocolate chips and flower petals (sunflower, perhaps). It's a very tasty combination!
Do you try to match teacups to teas and books? I do sometimes, and the only china I could think of that would be just right for Scarlett O’Hara would be something Irish, which I don’t happen to have, but I do think of all those green dresses when I think of Scarlett, so I settled on this green teacup. If you were re-reading GWTW, which teacup would you choose?
That tea sounds delicious! If I were re-reading GWTW, I would use one of my grandmother' s teacups, because I first read (and re-read many times) her copy, at her house.
ReplyDeleteThat teacup makes me think of the green and white dress near the beginning of the movie when Scarlet went to the BBQ. And those do look like sunflower petals in the tea.
ReplyDeleteThis tea sounds delicious. I have not paired a teacup with a book, only a theme for a blog post.
ReplyDeleteI think you chose the perfect teacup for reading this epic novel. The tea strikes me as quite beautiful to look at and to smell, but not sure the sweetness would be to my liking though very appropriate for reading GWTW.
ReplyDeleteYour tea, mug, and GWTW pairing looks perfect!
ReplyDeleteI declare it's perfect!
ReplyDeleteDo you have the right accents to read from the book out loud? I bet you do! Would love to hear you. ;-)
ReplyDeleteSounds like a neat tea. And a wonderful book to read while sipping.
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