On Saturday, I had the pleasure of hosting my friend Beth for teatime. It was just a simple tea, really, but we enjoyed having all the time we wanted to chat away and catch up on each other's lives. And since it's been chilly lately, I started us off with cups of old-fashioned potato chowder, which of course I forgot to photograph, as well as cheese wafers and cucumber sandwiches. My Christmas Spode teapot here contains some of the Lemongrass & Marigold tea that another friend gave me after falling in love with it on her trip to Scotland this year. It is so good, and I am a bit greedy with this tea and only willing to share it with a true tea lover!
Our sweets included miniature chocolate-chip pies, spice cookies, and no-bake chocolate cookies, those old-fashioned drop cookies made with cocoa and quick oats and pecans.
We had some of my new Peppermint Cocoa tea (served in a Santa Claus teapot) to go with the sweets.
And we took a selfie at the end to commemorate the day! We agreed that we enjoyed having the luxury of a leisurely teatime with no schedule, and I look forward to enjoying more teatimes with Beth in 2025!
How lovely to have this Christmas teatime with a good friend, and to have the luxury of time together! I'm remembering when we first met for tea and then talked until they asked us to give up our table, whereupon we sat outside and talked for probably another hour! Time is a precious gift.
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ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful tea with a friend! That's the very best kind of afternoon tea, and you made it extra-special by using your beautiful tea things and making that wondeful food. Everything looks so nice, and the leisurely conversation between you two friends was the best thing of all.
ReplyDeleteI love that you have taken time in the busy holiday schedule to have tea with friends.
ReplyDeleteEverything looks lovely! Glad you were able to spend time with your friend
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