So this tasting note was from a tea I had on Sunday, but I’ve been sick and way too tired to type up notes. However, I’ve been drinking mugs full of tea as often as possible. Nothing soothes a sore throat like a hot cuppa!
On Sunday I helped to host a baby shower for one of my good friends. It’s her first baby, and she had a lot of family coming in from out of town for the event. The one request to mother-to-be made was for a caramel cake. The week before the shower everything that could go wrong did, and it looked like the cake wasn’t going to happen until one of the other hostesses and her amazing husband said they could make salted caramel cupcakes instead. These sweet people were already making cream puffs and madeleines, so baking cupcakes for 50+ people was a lot to take on. If you can’t tell I’m still incredibly grateful for their baking skills!
Not only did they make them, but they were the most amazing cupcakes ever. They were even more amazing paired with this tea. It was seriously the best tea/food pairing I’ve ever had. The sweet and salty cake next to the rich vanilla tea was so delicious! I had several ladies ask me what the tea was, and when I told them, and that it was decaf, they thought I had read the tin wrong. I actually went into the kitchen and got the tin to show two of the ladies because they wanted to order some. Success! I can’t say it was the highlight of the shower (baby clothes are sooo cute!!!), but it was one of the little moments that made the shower special which is exactly what we wanted for the guest of honor.
After the shower was over I came home and made myself one more cup of this vanilla goodness as a pat on the back for a job well done. The added benefit was that I also got to fall into bed and sleep.
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That sounds like a delicious combo. You have some awesome baking friends.
I wish I had the words to properly convey how good it was. I’ll just go with “yummy”. :) And my baking friends really are awesome. They stepped in and took over way more than they should have because half of the hostesses (there were six of us) were either sick or had major family emergencies. Or both. It was quite a week!
That sounds like a delicious combo. You have some awesome baking friends.
I wish I had the words to properly convey how good it was. I’ll just go with “yummy”. :) And my baking friends really are awesome. They stepped in and took over way more than they should have because half of the hostesses (there were six of us) were either sick or had major family emergencies. Or both. It was quite a week!