Well you know how much I love High Tea or Afternoon Tea don’t you? And I know my lovely readers like it about as much as I do. Well in August this year Dilmah tea will also host a series of Charitea events at the Hilton Hotels around Australia to raise money for the MJF Foundation is a humanitarian assistance programmes which helps in the education of children in Sri Lanka which is of course where some of the best tea is grown.
Also for those of you with cooking fantasies and baking skills Dilmah is concurrently running a High Tea Challenge (open to chefs and consumers) in August – where they have to develop a high tea menu and match it with Dilmah tea, the short listed entries will have to present their menu at Hilton Hotels (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide) to Dilhan Fernando (son of Dilmah Founder Merrill J Fernando), Peter Kuruvita and Bernard Uber.
Tickets to the Chariteas are $60 each but thanks to Dilmah, seven lucky Not Quite Nigella readers will each win two tickets to a High Tea in their nearest state worth $120 so that is a total prize pool of $840! For a chance to win two tickets to the Charitea event of your choice all you have to do is tell me what your favourite tea flavour is and why and don’t forget to tell me which date/event you would like to go to in your answer! Simply add your answer as a comment to the story. The competition ends at midnight AEST 31st of July, 2011. You can enter this competition once daily and it is open to anyone within Australia but transport to and from the venues is not included.
The events are as follows:
• Monday August 8, Hilton on the Park, Melbourne
• Tuesday August 9, Novotel Glen Waverley, Melbourne
• Wednesday August 10, Hilton Adelaide, Adelaide
• Friday August 12, Hilton Perth, Perth
• Monday August 15, Hilton Sydney, Sydney
• Tuesday August 16, Flying Fish Restaurant & Bar, Sydney
• Thursday August 18, Hilton Brisbane, Brisbane
***The winners are:
Monday August 8, Hilton on the Park, Melbourne: #105 Piedt
Tuesday August 9, Novotel Glen Waverley, Melbourne: #9 Caroline T
Wednesday August 10, Hilton Adelaide, Adelaide: #43 Petrina
Friday August 12, Hilton Perth, Perth: #170 gobsmack’d
Monday August 15, Hilton Sydney, Sydney: #29 Meg
Tuesday August 16, Flying Fish Restaurant & Bar, Sydney: #72 Intolerant Chef
Thursday August 18, Hilton Brisbane, Brisbane #112: Miriam Ella
Winners, the Dilmah PR will contact you on the email you provided! 
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And if you think that you might want to enter the challenge you can too. Just devise an original recipe for one or all of the following categories: a tea-based cocktail, a tea-based mocktail, a pairing of tea with food and the invention of a tea-based food recipe using specified Dilmah teas as a key ingredient. Three regional winners per state will be shortlisted in August, and each awarded a weekend package for two at their local Hilton Hotel as well as personalised Dilmah luxury tea presenters. The winners receive a trip to the Ceylon Tea Trails in Sri Lanka and will also present their high tea menu at the Colombo Hilton’s t-Bar hosted by Dilmah family and VIP guests. Enter or buy tickets to the Charitea at www.dilmah.com.au.
Best of luck!
Lots of love,
Lorraine
xxx
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The Sydney event would be a perfect birthday present for me as it’s my birthday on the 12th!
I loveee green tea, especially peppermint green tea. But chamomile is another go-to tea when I’m feeling a bit under the weather!
What an awesome event, i love Dilmah tea and i am especially interested in Sri Lanka. I tried the rose tea at the GFWS and loved it. I would LOVE to go to Flying Fish.
Without a doubt my favourite tea would have to be an earl grey as its so invigorating in the mornings! Also it’s so versatile, I’ve created many a couple of earl grey cocktails for girlfriends with it too
I’d love to attend the Sydney event at the Hilton Sydney.
Green tea peppermint by far! The best way to feel refreshed on a cold winter night.
I would prefer to go to the Brisbane event
i love love love hi tea – i recently got a high tea stand and got it blinged out with Swarovski crystals i always go for the good old english breakfast or a good cup of earl grey – yummy and traditional
im in sydney too
How boring am I? We love the extra strength tea, Ceylon tea and English breakfast. It’s the only black tea we drink really and something I crave at the end of a long day! Am in Perth, love high tea and afternoon tea. Amazing prize!!!
Afternoon tea is always so much fun…what a great giveaway, Lorraine!
Rose or Green tea are my fav … Perth event for me . Ange
favourite tea is a tie between english breakfast and dilmah’s pure green tea – perfect for every occasion! Also a big fan of green tea blended with jasmine flowers, lovely and subtle flavour added.
i’m in Melbourne
preferably the event on: Tuesday August 9, Novotel Glen Waverley, Melbourne
thanks NQN! would love to experience high tea
Orange Pekoe is my favourite tea flavour because of it’s delicate nature but full flavour. a nice change to what i call ‘everyday’ tea.
Event location: Flying Fish, sydney
Thanks Lorraine!
I love rose tea – I’m such a sucker for this flavour! I use it a lot in my baking, but love it as a tea too – so pretty
The smell is beautiful, with that light sweetness…yum!
Monday August 8, Hilton on the Park, Melbourne, would be perfect
high tea is my fav thing in the whole world…i would love to win this ill take my mum.
What a wonderful way to spend the afternoon with someone special at the Hilton
How lucky your local readers are!
I would love tickets to the Sydney event. My favourite tea blend would have to be white rose – there’s just something so delicate and calming about it.
Hi!
I love New Zealand Breakfast from T2, because of the delicious scent and flavour of kiwifruit, so you don’t need to add sugar – good for the waist line!
Preferred event: Hilton Sydney (August 15) or Flying Fish (August 16).
We are big tea drinkers here & I like different teas for different times of day but if I feel like more of a treat I have a chai made with hot milk & sugar. Nice & indulgent on a cold day
I’d love to go to the Perth high tea.
love english breakfast with honey in the morning…xo calming simple and prepares one for what the day throws at you!
hilton sydney would be fab, but don’t really mind the fish flying place… (aren’t they a really really awesome fish restaurant featured on Masterchef?) wow, that guy was good…thankyou for the post! xo
I started drinking tea when I lived in Ireland so Barry’s gold blend with milk is my favourite- people seemed offended if you turned down their offer of tea!
I would love to go to the brisbane event!
Oh my Goodness, what a wonderful giveaway. I would love to win the high tea in Brisbane (and I am very tempted to enter the challenge).
I have a lot of favourite teas, including peppermint and green, but my favourite comfort tea would have to be English Breakfast Tea.
Growing up in Australia, we always drank plain black tea, with no milk or sugar. But in England I learned the delights of a good English Breakfast tea, with milk and sugar. The perfect comfort drink on a cold day, or when you’re feeling poorly. I love it!
Please don’t make me choose just one type of tea! I love English Breakfast tea, chai tea, and (when I feel like a treat) Devonshire tea! I would love to take Grandma along to the high tea as she loves tea parties and cooking.
My closest tea party is in Adelaide.
Thanks for another fantastic competition!
Xo
What a wonderful way for Dilmah to support children in Sri Lanka!!I can’t go past the tradition of English Breakfast tea as it always gives me a freshing lift and not just at breakfast time either! I would enjoy attending either of the Sydney events-many thanks!
English Breakfast tea for me. Has a very velvety taste that always satisfies! Either date or venue in Sydney, please.
My fav tea flavor from Dilmah is Dilmah Ceylon Supreme tea because it has a honey golden color and its rich, intense flavor makes for a great everyday tea! The Dilmah family has been making Ceylon tea since 1974 so I know it’s the best tea around. I would love to attend Monday August 8, Hilton on the Park, Melbourne
I love English Breakfast tea (not very exciting I know, but I can’t help it)
I’d love to go to either one of the Sydney events – but preferably the one on 16 August.
As am late, have had the pleasure of reading a number of comments posted before mine. Well, for lack of opportunity am not entering the comp, but – I am amazed at how many of your readers have, like me, made green tea their favourite!
! When I watch the news at night always have a big mug with homegrown Meyer lemon squeezed in. Also love the more rare white tea . . . and if out or with friends with other tastes the good old Earl Grey does hit the spot! Have a lovely weekend wherever you are?! 
!
Either one of the Sydney events, please.
Thank you!
Dilmah’s Fragrant Jasmine Green Tea is truly exceptional. I’d like to attend in Brisbane please.
I have been a coffee drinker my whole life & have only recently discovered the simple pleasure of tea. There are some awe inspiring blends out there & I am keen to discover more. My fav tea to date would have to be the lemon zinger from celestial seasonings to get me firing in the morning & a nice earl grey to end my day.
I would love to go to either Sydney event please Lorraine, Keep up your fantastic work! It really is the highlight of my day.
I have so many favourite tea flavours, but I love the Creme Brulee tea from T2. It’s delicious with some milk and a drizzle of honey, perfect for these cold wintery days!
I would love to attend the Sydney Charitea on the 15th!
Hi lorraine! i love chai loose leaf from T2 and earl gray loose leaf. chai latte for my early morning starts and earl gray for a relaxing and wind down arvo. i would love to attend the sydney event @ hilton because my friends and i are currently doing rounds of high tea at all different places. i highly reccomend tea palour at redfern!
While I know I don’t quite qualify for this one, it sure sounds like fun.
And, strangely enough, I was planning to bake a batch of Ear Gray tea cookies this afternoon!
Extra srength Dilma.. my favourite, I need it, its my cheer up, my treat I look forword to first thing when I wake up
Tea in Perth mmmmmmmmmmmm We all need something we love, thats Dilma tea and something to look forword to that is high tea at the Hilton in Perth.
Ooh Melbourne for me- either date/venue is fine. My favourite tea flavour at the moment is boring old chai, but I love it
Oh Lorraine, you do indulge us so
What a fabulous prize , I adore High Tea and often times can’t find anyone to go with, as family and friends can’t understand what I get excited about!
As a coffee drinker when I do have a cup of tea,I like it strong so I choose either Dilmah or Lipton extra strength tea. Another fav is Darjeeling, a place I’d love to visit nestled in West Bengal , India where they still have a steam locomotive and where the British used to escape to the Hill stations during the scorchingly hot Indian summers.
I’d love to win either the Flying Fish venue or the Hilton in Sydney.
Delectable teas from the hills of Sri Lanka..lovely memories for me.
Any breakfast tea will do.
Can make the dates in both Adelaide or Melbourne, so please pick me!!
Stockholm Blend sold by The Tea Centre is my absolute favourite tea. It is a black tea containing orange peel, apricot, rose petals, vanilla, calendula and safflowers. It smells divine. It has a light delicate taste but is full of flavour. A cup of this takes me away from humdrum and pressures of life. It relaxes me and makes me feel wonderful.
Monday August 15 Hilton Sydney would be my preferred date.
Tea: have you tried Prince of Kandy!!!???! Its delicious and by far a favourite of mine.
Date: Monday August 8, Melbourne
Oh how brilliant! I was only just googling High Tea venues yesterday because I want to take my mum out.
I love chai tea. As someone who sadly can’t tolerant lots of caffeine, a chai latte is my daily coffee – as long as they use leaves and not the powdered stuff!
(which is by the way a Dilmah product!)
Yikes I forgot to mention that I’m Melbourne based! Clearly haven’t had my morning chai yet
Brisbane is closest for me.
I love Dilmah decaffeinated tea. I use a lot of it to make ice tea every day.
Oh, oh, oh, I LOVE Dilmah tea. It is my absolute favourite. And by far, the best Dilmah tea is Orange Pekoe. It is smooth, refined and oh so perfect. I’m actually drinking it right now (no, not sucking up, just pure coincidence!). It is the perfect drink for cold, wet, miserable Adelaide. I would love, love, adore to go to the Adelaide event.
I love the Dilmah Masala Chai for adding a touch of spice to my life!!!! It’s delicious ginger, cardamon and peppermint are “very uplifting as Nigelle would say!! Sydney for me please, either locations would be great
I love the soothing flavour of Earl Grey tea after a hard day. Melbourne’s Hilton on the Park on 8th August would be best for me.
I’m a sugar and spice and all things nice girl, hence my love of Dilmah’s Masala Chai Gentle Ceylon Spice Tea. Looking forward to this wonderful event. It’s great to see family businesses caring for the wider community. God bless your work.
oops ..did I forget to mention that Monday the 15th of August at the Hilton Sydney is the venue for me? Yes, I did.
Hello, ooh the magic of Earl grey, for quiet cool afternoon reflections and musings. Brisbane please
While I know I can’t join the contest seeing how I’m so far away, may I just say that the tea spread in the top snapshot is just so appealingly lovely.
I have to say I love Green Tea because as a reformed smoker (25yrs+) Green tea has helped me by keeping off the kilos.It cleanses out the toxins and makes me feel lighter/healthier/bright complexion.Would be great to win so I ca catch up with some old associates in the City.
Monday August 15 Hilton Sydney ty
I am a tea addict and not ashamed to admit that. My favourite tea would have to be the green tea I grew and then picked myself while I was living in a small rural town in the lower foothills of Mt Fuji in Shizuoka, Japan. Otherwise I am in love with my own secret recipe for Cherry ripe flavoured black tea (I use Dilmah’s black loose leaf tea as a base), which is all the joy and comfort of eating chocolate, except in a hot liquid form that is an excellent accompaniment with scones and cherry jam.
I adore high tea, and am now drooling at the chance to attend the Dilmah high tea.
I can go to any of the Melbourne ones!
• Monday August 8, Hilton on the Park, Melbourne
Or
• Tuesday August 9, Novotel Glen Waverley, Melbourne
I love Premium Ceylon tea. I can taste the spices and every cup is pure delight. It may sound odd, but I often feel a calming presence and spirit when I drink it, as if the spirit of the earth that created it has found it’s way into the leaves. I am obsessed with tea and cake and everything associated with it. I am using that passion and have created,’Tea with Sofia.’
Many thanks for the opportunity. Best wishes, Olympia.
Hilton on the Park, Melbourne.
August 8.
I love my tea with milk so it’s English Breakfast for me. I find Green Tea with honey and lemon juice a great way to stave off a cold too.
While not my favorite for taste reasons, my sentimental favorite is the raspberry leaf tea that I drank in the last few months of my pregnancy – with added peppermint and orange (to help it go down easier!) I drank it daily willing my little girl out! Now, as a new first time Mum I would love a break to go to the Brisbane high tea(childless!)
Sorry, forgot to add my location, Adelaide Please!
I love my tea with milk so it’s English breakfast for me. I find Green Tea with honey and lemon juice a great way to stave off a cold too.
Not on your usual high tea menu but I love the Malaysian Teh Tarik – so lovely, milky and sweet! I would love to go to either of the Sydney events, thanks Lorraine!
I buy a specially blended spiced tea online (loose leaf) that’s a blend of black tea flavoured with cinnamon, cloves and almonds. It’s like Christmas all year round and I love it to bits!
Glen Waverley if I win please
Since I love all things Rose – it would have the be a rose tea – the Dilmah Rose and Vanilla is right up my alley… it makes be think of times past and the elegance of sipping tea out of bone china appeals to the inner lady. I’m based in Sydney – either venue sounds lovely!
My favourite tea would be green, with lemon and a bit of honey, and it would be great if I could go to the Hilton on the Park Melbourne event.
Good old English Breakfast is my favourite, perfect for smoothing out lifes ups and downs.
Thursday 18 August Brisbane event would be the one for me please.
Ta or should I say char.
This is such an awesome giveaway. I would like to do High Tea at Flying Fish in Sydney and my favourite tea is either Earl Grey or a Rose blend when I want something a little different.
What fun it would be to enjoy the event in Adelaide! My favourite tea would have to be Chai with all the wonderful spices.
Thanks for the chance to experience this event.
Kampai!
Fab prize! I’d love to go to this one • Monday August 8, Hilton on the Park, Melbourne
My favourite tea is Chai because it’s so spicy and fragrant.
What a happy co-incidence. I have just started drinking Dilmah Premium Ceylon tea at work here in Perth. I love it and now I have even more reason to continue when I hear about the work of the MJF foundation assisting in the education of children.This is a cause very dear to my heart.
Masala Chai tea warms the cockles of my yin/yang in cold winter days
High Tea in the Adelaide Hilton, August 10. would be a wonderful ‘warming’ event !
Brisbane Aug 18th.
My favourite is Dilmah green tea, either Jasmine petals or Moroccan mint.
What is it about High Tea that is so enticing? Perhaps just to feel sophisticated and cultured even if you’re not?
English breakfast – just so nice with any kind of breakfast.
I would love to go to the event at Flying Fish. Still haven’t been to eat, but the location is amazing.
Would love to go to the Hilton in Sydney on August 15th to celebrate my sister’s 70th birthday on that day. I have been drinking Dilmah for 20+ years and no other brand compares to Dilmah Premium Leaf Tea. All their teas are of such high quality and you can order online from Dilmah if you can’t find the one you want in the supermarket.
How boring am I then? I like to drink black tea, no sugar or milk please. I enjoy the taste alone, especially after a big meal, it settles my stomach. So it would be needed after a high tea, Melbourne at the Hilton lol. When I feel a bit under the weather, it’s black tea with a spoon of Greek honey (Attiki).
Good girl scoring this one for your readers, Lorraine!!! I’m Dilmah’s biggest fan (even taking their teabags to the US when I go!), I love going to afternoon tea, and I donate to charity big time. So do I qualify for you to count me in for the draw for the Perth charitea event? I’m assuming we will all be tied & you’ll have a draw…LOL
While travelling through Morocco I was introduced to green tea with mint. Every time I have a cup of Dilmah Green Moroccan Mint Tea, it brings back wonderful memories of leisurely days spent shopping at souks and markets.
I am based in Melbourne and Glen Waverley would be preferable, however I am available for either.
Thanks
Anyone who reads my blog knows how I adore Dilmah Earl Grey, it’s refreshing and has a zingy littly citrussy kick. Perfect for a pick me up any time of day.
I’d love to go to either of the Sydney high tea events, and I’m also going to enter the tea matching competition. Thanks for the heads up!
Early Grey is my favourite. My mother used to put the leaves in the cup and pour water on the top and I loved it. It brings back the most wonderful memories of my mother.
Monday August 15 is my preferred date. Many thanks.
I love English Breakfast, Medium Strength. I confess to being a tea addict and get anxious in cafes in case they don’t make it the right way or hot enough. I love Dilmah and the family led approach. My preferred Venue is Mon Aug 8, Hilton on The Park, Melbourne.
Hi Lorraine! Our favourite tea flavour is the Keemun Mao Feng, an incredibly rare and highly revered Chinese black tea. Its subtly sweet, but has a deep robust flavour, perfect to balance the sweetness of afternoon tea. Another favourite is something that has recently emerged from China, and becoming quite popular in London, “tea origami.” We can’t remember the name, but there is delicate green tea that uses a red amaranth flower tied to a chrysanthemum flower, and when infused in hot water, these flowers fully bloom. Very pretty to look at in a glass tea pot, but also lovely and light to drink. We most recently had this at the Plaza Ballroom High Tea (see our blog).
Our preferred location for the Dilmah event would be Melbourne’s Hyatt on the Park. We would love to represent a 20-something demographic, but would also bring along the mother too.
Oops! Sorry there – we mean Hilton on the Park.
Peppermint tea is the perfect soother on a cold afternoon.
I’ve never been to High Tea before! I’d love to attend the Glen Waverley afternoon.
favourite tea flavour is chai. melbourne.
Pick me, pick me
i am a devotea of Dilma Extra Strength of course
High Tea In Perth…. the Hilton
how civilised
I’m a sucker for anything sweet so people lookat me strangely when I add sugar or honey to my peppermint tea but I love it! It’s refreshing, sweet, great to drink after a meal for digestion or when you are feeling queasy or as a great alternative to getting into the chocolate drawer (yes I have a chocolate drawer!)
I would love to go to either of the Sydney teas please!
Mon Aug 8 Melbourne Hilton … Dilmah Green Jasmine tea perfect served in my grandma’s violet china tea cup and saucer!
Green tea is boring,what can I say,
There’s nothing quite like the taste of EARL GREY,
Refreshing and simple,delicious and posh,
Goes perfectly with some high tea nosh.
Melbourne – Monday or Tuesday
I absolutely love tea! Very hard to choose just one flavour, but I would have to say rose. It has such a subtle rose flavour which reminds me of turkish delight. It is even better served with one of my other favourite things, high tea! I would love to go to the Hilton Sydney high tea : )
My favourite is Masala Chai.
I would love to attend either Sydney event.
My favourite tea is English Breakfast, so yummy. The Hilton Sydney event for me.
I love English breakfast for something comforting, orange pekoe for its strength and fragrance, and chai for its milky, spicy sweetness!
I’d love to win tickets to the Perth event!
Well I do have a green tea every morning, before I eat anything. In fact I have one right now.
I would say that my favourite tea is jasmine tea – August 18, Brisbane
To drink Rose tea
is like imbibing a beautiful
treasure, calming elevating and totally inviting ,
id like to go to the Novatel Glen Waverley
Sydney @ Flying Fish please & Dilmah English Breakfast tea …just love the romance of it and imaging being a Princess.
I met Peter he catered for a blogging event and he is a fabulous chef and lovely to talk to.
My favorite today is sweet peach. The aroma is uplifting and beautiful. I would love to be at the Sydney high tea
Peppermint tea, its far from the High Tea tradition, but refreshing, flavoursome and dare I suggest it – naturally sweet. Adelaide – pretty please? xx
Chamomile for me Lorraine … soothing and comforting maybe not up there with all the other teas but its my pick almost all the time
…. it would be Sydney for me would love the hilton on 15th or even Flying Fish on the 16th … high tea is so very lush isn’t it 
Tea has always had the power to transport me (well, my mind at least) to other times and places, and for this there is no other tea more perfect than the aptly named Tea for Sunday – a delicious, relaxing blend of classic black tea leaves with pieces of dried vanilla bean. Because, quite simply, who wouldn’t want to have more Sundays?
(My event choice would be the Hilton Sydney, on Monday August 15th.)
I usually don’t drink tea, but when I was trekking in nepal in winter, nepali spiced tea was the only thing that could keep me warm as I watched the sunrise over the mountains. I soon developed an addiction to it
Monday Aug 15th sydney please.
I’ve just recently discovered a love of organic green tea, still need a coffee to start the day but green tea gets me the rest of the way through the day!
Tuesday August 16, Flying Fish Restaurant & Bar, Sydney, please!
Is there anything better to start your day, as a pick me up, for afternoon tea or just to make you feel better than a perfect cup of tea?? English breakfast all the way! High tea in Adelaide would be just lovely -thank you
Another difficult question to answer.
Love:
- Authentic Marsala Chai with the warmed frothy milk,
- Royal Milk Tea – the queen of teas
- Lychee Flavoured white tea
- Taiwanese jasmine balls that open up in the teacup tea
- Cannele – cinamon and light caramel flavoured tea
But my favourite all time is Spiced Christmas tea – cinamon and spicy citrus peel flavour with a whole plum pudding thing going on!
Would love to win tickets to Chariteas to try out the High Tea Menu at the Hilton Sydney on Mon 15 August.
Love the peppermint because it always flushes out all the meaty feeling staying on your mouth cave.. and I’m in Perth
I adore a good strong frothy chai latte served with freshly grated nutmeg and cinnamon, but abhore the weakly flat decidedly unspicey concoction that is unfortunately served all too much. I say bah to bad tea!
Monday August 8, Melbourne.
My favourite tea is EARL GREY,
AS it’s the BEST!
The Date is Monday August 8, Hilton on the Park, Melbourne
I love the Dilmah Exceptional Rose w/ French Vanilla. It’s just gorgeous. I would love to attend either one of the events in Sydney
A frothy chai with a swirl of honey and a splash of vanilla… served with a chewy chocolate biscuit to top off the indulgence! And it’s Sydney for me
I love Orange Pekoe. Its such a wonderful tea to drink alone, unspoiled by the taste of food. Either Sydney event would be wonderful!!!
Susan
My favorite is green tea, but i like many of the stronger black teas grown by Dilmah in Sri Lanka. Green tea and peppermint tea I find help my digestion, while the darker teas can be good when one needs a “hit” of caffeine to get going, particularly in the morning or after a long day’s work when one wants to last through an evening of wining and dining. I would love to go to the Hilton on the Park Melbourne events and I intend demonstrating a fabulous cocktail too so I shall enter this challenge on their website.
Thanks so much Lorraine for this exciting opportunity – I look forward to sharing a cocktail with you!!!
Peter
XXXOOOXXX
My favourite tea is Chai. I developed a taste for this whilst travelling in India on some long train journeys back in the day(not even first class as was backpacking) The tea wallah’s would be shouting their wares on the platforms as we pulled into stations. It was an eerie cry in the middle of the night in such an unfamiliar environment but a soothing drink at all hours of the day. I am really pleased that there are so many varieties available these days. I would love to attend the Sydney event thank you
I bought Gorgeous Geisha a little while ago from T2 and its always my feelgood tea. Who would love a fruity tea with such a fabulously goddess-like name
Monday August 15, Hilton Sydney, Sydney
To share a great cup of tea and be spoilt with sandwiches and cakes is a great way to spend an afternoon catching up with an old friend especially if its at the gorgeous Hilton Hotel.
I love peppermint – it was the first tea I ever really liked, it’s caffeine free and so refreshing! I have it without sugar or milk (eww, just the thought of milk in it makes me cringe!).
i love green tea, its so refreshing, i can never get by the day without having at least a couple of cups!
i would love to go to flying fish, sydney!
Dilmah Ice Tea is always a refreshing drink. Brisbane is my home town so I would enjoy High Tea here.
I love Dilmah 100% Pure Ceylon I use two strong cups to soak the fruit overnight for my organic sugarfree fruitcake,pefect for a High Tea.I would love to take my daughter to the Brisbane High Tea, she is a truly fabulous cake and pastry cook. thanks
I am convinced Dilmah Tea is the only thing my husband loves more than me. We have 14 boxes of Dilmah Tea in our pantry. My husband has bought them all. He has influenced our whole family with his preference for Dilmah Tea. I now take Dilmah tea everywhere I go, because I do not like any other tea, and when my teenage daughter tastes a poor cup of tea, she comments, “This is not Dilmah”. Our favourites are Earl Grey and English Breakfast. I would like to attend the Melbourne Dilmah Charitea Event with my husband.
I love Dilmah’s new rose flavoured tea…it is divine!
Melbourne Event would be great!
Dilmah’s teas are wonderful but my “go-to” tea will always be the regular, black, “Extra Strong” tea bags. Morning, noon, night they taste fantastic with everything. I always buy the 200 box, even when it’s not on special!!!
PS…I must need a cup of tea – I forgot to say that Hilton Sydney would be my choice.
Lupicia Earl Grey !!
Beautiful fragrance :>
Wow
Sounds really exciting. I never have high tea before
would love to feel the experience.
I love drinking green tea, any blended green tea. They are subtle and calming.
CheL
My day is set around my cup of teas. I thing my grandmother establish this for me at a young age.
My mornings are Earl Grey, and have recenty discovered Chai teas for afternoons with a peppermint tea to end the day
Thankyou Dilmah for your slections – I could not get through the day without you!
Monday August 15, Hilton Sydney, please!
Green tea is my favourite. My daily staple twice a day along with a squeeze of 2 kumquats (plus throw the fruit in). My remedy to beat winter colds!
Either date/location is fine for me :
• Monday August 15, Hilton Sydney, Sydney
• Tuesday August 16, Flying Fish Restaurant & Bar, Sydney
Earl Grey is with out a doubt my favorite tea! Especially as i’ve found so many exciting recipes to use it with!
I’ve just tried out an amazingly scrumptious Two Layer Vegan Earl Grey Tea Cake!! also, Earl Grey Martinis are the bomb!!
ill be in Melbourne on the 8th for a friends birthday, i know she’d be equally keen to attend!!
any of the following would be nice:)
• Monday August 8, Hilton on the Park, Melbourne
• Monday August 15, Hilton Sydney, Sydney
• Tuesday August 16, Flying Fish Restaurant & Bar, Sydney
Oh, French Earl Grey is the most divine tea – so sharp and refreshing, yet also soothing (like tea should be!)
(I could go to either Sydney event!)
Camomile, after a day with 4 beautiful children, it brings a sense of relaxation with the warming of my heart.
Camomile, after a day with 4 beautiful children, it brings a sense of relaxation with the warming of my heart. And I would love to attend either to the Sydney events.
I’d love to Attend the Flying fish and sip on English Breakfast tea …perfect any time of the day.
I love Dilmah black tea, it beats the other brands hands down and they treat their workers ethically so there’s the feel good factor as well. Also like homemade lemon tea – a slice of lemon with a quick dunk of a teabag.
Even at the age of 6 & 9 yrs old, my sisters and I have already started drinking English Breakfast tea pretending to be English ladies by watching The Little Princess (Princess Sarah) cartoons. Just imagine, two chubby Asian girls drinking English Breakfast out of Chinese teapots and cups! So 20 years later, we have indeed favourited English Breakfast as it brings us back to all the joyous, happy memories of our childhood.
Either Sydney dates would be fantastic, Lorraine! Cheers Trish x
• Monday August 15, Hilton Sydney, Sydney
• Tuesday August 16, Flying Fish Restaurant & Bar, Sydney
Oh tea…where do i start….i have a great collection including teas from china, singapore, hk and i love picking one that i hsvnt tried before…..it all depends on the mood and time of day…..its that 3pm tea break when i often grab a masala chai! As a baker i have experimented slot with tea leaves and infused teas in my cakes and shortbread….i have been told thwt my chai cupcakes are a hit.i love high teas and we have some beautiful choices here in macarthur nsw.i would love to attend any syd event with my friend carly who is the biggest chai fan eva!
My favourite tea is from Laduree in Paris. I was lucky enough to be there 2 weeks ago and stocked up!(Was slightly concerned that Customs would think I was a “tea runner” but I got through!all good
The pick of flavours….Marie Antoinette, it’s China Black tea with grapefruit, lemon, orange, rose, jasmine, honey, dried flowers and fruit. Sounds a lot, but my lord there is nothing better than a cup of this in the afternoon!
I love Earl Grey tea it’s the pick me up I need on a cold morning, afternoon or when I am sluggish; it has everything I need served black as the aroma and taste wins me over each time, it seems to connect me back to where I should be. And the best thing is I can have it multiple times in the teapot and tastes better with each cup.
I LOVE High Tea!
I am in Sydney, so any of the below dates I am happy with!
• Monday August 15, Hilton Sydney, Sydney
• Tuesday August 16, Flying Fish Restaurant & Bar, Sydney
I am a recent devotee of Rooibos and Vanilla – divine – but a loyal fan always to Peppermint (fresh!!)
I just had rose and vanilla tea – what a beautiful scent, to go with a subtle taste
Perth, please!
Long day, finally at home, shoes off, that’s better, slippers on, oh yes, kettle on. Favourite mug at the ready, half a teaspoon of honey and then English Breakfast tea, there’s nothing better, no milk to spoil the best flavour ever, BLISS.
Sydney please.
Dilmah Masala Chai Gentle Ceylon Spice .Cardamom lends a zesty and slightly sweet note, Lemongrass and Peppermint together soften the tone, creating a deliciously sophisticated Masala Chai. True to the Asian Chai tradition, this is an all natural drink that is both reviving and calming.
I’d love to go to the brisbane high tea with my daughter before I have to go into hospital.
Green tea, when I’m feeling a little stressed or tired…it’s the perfect pick-me-up. (Sydney)
Hi Lorraine, I love Lapsang Souchong tea for its incredible smoky flavour. Great with savoury or sweet, or all on its merry own! Would dearly love to take my Mother to the Perth (12th Aug) event for her birthday, which is that VERY day itself, no joke. Thank you
My favourite tea is the classic English Breakfast. Whether I need to reinvigorate myself or to relax, it always does the job!
I would love to attend the Sydney event at the Hilton Sydney.
My favourite Dilmah tea is Earl Grey. It is so uplifting.The event I would love to attend is the one in Melbourne, in Glen Waverley.
my favourite tea is Dilmah ginger tea. I have cup first thing every morning and love the lift it gives me. I’d love to attend one of the Sydney events
my favourite tea flavour is probably earl grey.
lovely and light.
earl grey, a light and lovely tea.
sydney is where i’d be clambering to go.
Hi, I love Dilmah Premium Ceylon tea. It is fragant and refreshing.
I would love to attend the Melbourne event at the Hilton.
I like all herbal teas at the moment, as i am trying to ween myself off my 8 cups of tea a day addiction! (I won the Madame Flavour Teas from you, and that hasn’t helped!!!). The Dilmah Fragrant Jasmine with Green Tea is excellent!
OO and i forgot to say either of the Sydney Events would be great!
Gorgeous Geisha from T2 – Smooth, sweet and so delicious. Green tea with the lush flavour of strawberries and cream.
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Dilmah English Breakfast YUM!
Our favourite is Dilmah Premium Cylon tea.
Must be made in a good, preheated, pot and served in a nice bone china cup – not that I’m high maintenance.
I’ve been drinking tea all my life thanks to Grandma.
When my daughter was born someone sent me a box and amongst the things in it, nestled in a teddy’s lap, was some Dilmah. The midwife checking it out said – “Someone really loves you, they’ve sent you Dilmah”!!
My daughter is 8 now and drinks tea too:-)
We live 90 minutes west of Brisbane on the edge of the Lockyer Valley…..drank a lot of Dilmah during the floods as we were trapped for several days, listening to the choppers coming and going over our house.
Just remembered a most gorgeous dessert incorporating earl grey icecream enjoyed at a winery restaurant in margaret river…it was subtle, but sublime!
Perth high tea would be perfect for me
My favourite tea is Dilmah Pure Ceylon as I wake up every morning and crave for my morning cup of tea before I start the day.
My favorite tea is Dilmah Pure Ceylon as i wake up every morning and crave for my morning cup of tea before I start the day. I would love to attend Fri 12th Aug Perth Hilton.
The Brisbane event (Thursday August 18), please if I’m one of the lucky ones!
I’m “potty” about all “varie-teas” and I’ve been drinking it “oolong” time. But if I had “tease” out a decision as to my favourite, it would be “Kandy”, hot, black and strong! Is there a joke there perhaps?
My favourite tea is definitely Dilmah Moroccan mint green tea. I have a cup of that beautiful tea in the morning to wake me up and a cup of it to settle my tummy before bed every night, it always tastes so refreshing and soothing. It would be amazing to attend the High tea at the Flying Fish restaurant and bar in Sydney.
My favourite is Dilmah!I love the everyday ceylon tea,feel its just a bit more special when you open the packet and get the foil with a little note from the producer,never fails to impress.
Brisbane for me please.
My favourite tea flavour is choc chip chai! Delicious.
Monday August 15, Hilton Sydney, Sydney
hello Lorraine!
I am really enjoying your blog wheather its for recipe,or restaurant reveiw!
Im going try your labne ball today!
my favorite tea is ledy grey!I can’t start my day without it!
but alos I really love milk oolong tea that dosen’t have any milk in it but taste really really milky!!!yum!!!
oh! forgot to put the high tea date!
monday August 15,hilton sydney
I adore tea used in cocktails and the unusual colour and flavours are tremendous. Try this cocktail combination, I’m sure you’ll love it. Grand Marnier & Amaretto in equal parts ( I particularly love Disonarro Amaretto), add these to your glass, make a pot of ORANGE PEKOE TEA and pour hot tea over liqueurs…. INCREDIBLE!!!!I would love very much to go to either one of the Sydney events. Thankyou.
It’s dilmah english breakfast, I always have a large supply on had as its the only one my mum and 3 sisters will drink.
Monday August 8, Hilton on the Park, Melbourne
I love peppermint tea; it’s brilliant after meals to aid digestion and the aroma is very soothing.
Forgot to write that I’d love to attend the one in Brisbane. Thanks, Lorraine! Hope I get to take my mom to this cause she’s been wanting to go for a high tea for yonks now!
I love the Pancake Parlour’s lemon iced tea! (not sure if this counts as a real tea, although I hope they do put real tea in it!)
(would love to attend the aug 9th event in Melbourne)
Chilled peppermint tea on a hot Summer’s Day is perfect. (Sydney)
A lovely strong Dilmah English Breakfast leaf tea.
Hubby has been making me a morning cuppa since our first pregnancy – and continues to do so – 15 years later.
Friday August 12, Hilton Perth, Perth.
Dilmah’s Rose and Vanilla tea served in a patterned Morrocan tea glass transports me to an exotic garden of fountains where colourful mosaic tables are laden with mouthwatering almond pastries.Alternately Earl Grey reminds me of high tea with my Great Aunt when fine china and sugar tongs were de rigeur. I would be honoured to attend either Sydney Charitea.
Love Dilmah tea. Love the exceptional tea range. My favourite is Arabian Mint Tea with Honey
The day starts with a big strong cup of English Breakfast tea, strong enough to clear out the sleepiness and get on with the day. It must be in a real bone china cup because the tea tastes so much better. And maybe a second or 3rd cup is in order if the night has been hard with my little baby.
(would love to attend Monday 15th August – Hilton, Sydney)
Irish tea is another favourite of mine…perfect with freshly baked scones, raspberry jam and luscious whipped cream. The Hilton, Sydney high tea would be perfect.
Russian Caravan is my fave when I need a boost (which is often with my 5yo)…
Monday 8 August, Hilton on the Park would be great.
ENGLISH BREAKFAST AND A SCONE OR TWO WOULD BE IDEAL FOR THE LITTLE WIFE AND I. THANKYOU.
Earl Grey is a rousing blend that gets me going at the start of a busy day.
I would love to take my Mum to the Adelaide high tea as a wonderful treat.
Hullo again Lorraine, On the days when I am not succumbing to my usual Lapsang, it’ll be a refreshing Lady Grey for its perfume of bergamot and citrus peel. Again, would dearly love to celebrate my Mother’s birthday with her at the Perth do; it being on her actual birthday, 12th August! Thanks
Another English Breakfast fan here, can’t start the day without it! But I love an occasional properly made Chai on cold winter afternoons.
Sydney Tuesday 16 August.
Dilmah Darjeeling Indian Tea, it is light and fun makes me think of my beautiful teen daughter. the sharing of special afternoon tea moments with her.
I absolutely adore Orange Pekoe. I love the slight floral notes and the overall colour and flavour. I would love to attend the Tue 9th event as my mums birthday is on the 6th and I would love High Tea as her gift.
Jasmine tea is so special! My husband once brought back a bag of the hand-rolled jasmine tea leaves from China – it was divine and I’ve been a sucker for it since. Either Sydney venue would be wonderful thanks Lorraine.
Peppermint tea is the best for reading, made in a nice pot (with a nice book to go with it, of course).
I would love to go to the August 9 event!
I’d love to attend the Perth event. My favourite tea is Peppermint and English Toffee,great mixture of flavours
The sydney event is best for me,
so i can sit and sip green tea!
relaxing down at flying fish,
drinking Dilmah is my birthday wish!
In support of a great charity!
Please competition master please pick me!!!!
Earl Grey perks me up at any time when needed.
My Mum is my hero and I’d like to reward her with a trip to the Adelaide high tea.
I love the Dilmah Rose with French Vanilla – it is my after dinner treat! I would love to go to the Flying Fish event is Sydney! Thanks!
Definitely Orange Pekoe for me. Funnily enough I’ve discovered that the possum that lives in our roof loves it too! Would love to go to the Brisbane event.
I will only drink Dilmah tea. It is the best. I always loved the personal stories of the family.
I would take my Mum with me. She always does the best afternoon teas.
Dilmah’s camomile tea is perfect when a little stress relief is needed. (It’s also a wonderful hair rinse leaving hair unbelievably silky!! Just thought I’d mention.) Either of the Sydney events would be superb Lorraine.
One of my favourite tea varieties is the Dilmah Premium English Afternoon Tea. This blend is described by Dilmah as being a “delightful bouquet”, which it truly is. The Dilmah English Afternoon Tea is uplifting, delicious, smooth and revitalising, and perfect for any afternoon activities. I would love to attend the High Tea at the Novotel in Glenwaverly on the 09th of August. Thank you for the chance to enter this fantastic competition.
I converted to Dilmah tea 4 years ago and now I can’t drink anything else. I also love the rose/vanilla.
CAKES,SANDWICHES,DILMAH TEA ,more..
I’d love to attend in MELBOURNE
AS I’ve NEVER HAD HIGH TEA BEFORE!
I love High Tea, and Dilmah is the highest on my list.I live in Melbourne but I’d fly to any location to attend a High Tea event. My preferred location for High tea would be The Hilton , Sydney.
Dilmah’s Rose with French Vanilla Tea is my favourite pick me up treat after a stressful morning. The smell is sweet and intoxicating!
Tuesday August 16, Flying Fish Restaurant & Bar, Sydney please
I’d have to say without a doubt that my all time favourite tea any time of day would have to be english breakfast, an all rounded balanced cup of tea that always hits the spot! Novotel in melbourne or the hilton would be a fantastic place to have high tea!
I love all tea-pisces cant make decisions-alright chai-no black-no peppermint-Adelaide for me-the 10th dads birthday-he could drop mum and i off-no of course he would come with me-thanks.
My favourites…..well it would have to be Dilmah Ceylon tea and English breakfast…always a perfect cuppa!
I would so Love to win High Tea with my friend at Novotel Glen Waverley Aug 9th….what a perfect way to spend an afternoon!
I love Masala Chai Fiery Ceylon Spice Tea by Dilmah as Chai tea is my favourite tea with “sugar & spice and everything nice”!
i would love to win the “Monday August 15, Hilton Sydney, Sydney”. Thank you!
My favourite tea is always Dilmah tea of any kind, i’m in love!
i would love to attend any high tea but either of the 2 below would be amazing!!
# Monday August 8, Hilton on the Park, Melbourne
# Tuesday August 9, Novotel Glen Waverley, Melbourne
My favourite tea is green tea! I like any variety – with jasmine, peppermint, plain, etc.
My choice would be the Brisbane event. Thanks
sydney at the hilton would be lovely monday 15th august. love to take my mum who has just finished her breast cancer treatment. I love earl grey tea have one everynite and have been for over 10 years..
brisbane please. i love t2 range,good afternoon i love as its fragrant but blissful taste first thing in the morning after the kids have jumped on me in bed and demanded brekkie, makes everything better
High Tea is supper. Your picture denotes Afternoon Tea. They are of course, not the same thing.
My daily ritual is to have a reviving cup of Lipton tea, either the Lemon or Orange Pekoe, to get me through the afternoon. I would love to take my daughter to the Brisbane show, as she loves Lipton’s Green Tea of any description.
I would love to win a high tea in Perth. I wet to a high tea for my Birthday and we had ORANGE PEKOE tea which I love
Would be real nice to attend either Melbourne event.
We recently discovered Korean roasted corn tea (literally roasted corn floating in your hot water). It is delicious.
My favourite tea is and always will be English Breakfast. You just can’t go wrong with this one. My family has been drinking it for generations.
I would love to take High Tea in the Adelaide Hilton on Wednesday 10th August 2011. It’s my 45th birthday on that Saturday and this is another good excuse for a get together with my very best friends, taking time out to relax on a wooly wintery day!
I had an Afternoon tea for my Hen’s party!!!
Love it! My favourite tea at the moment is peppermint and lemon&ginger tea. Peppermint after a yummy dinner and lemon&ginger when I feel a bit flu-y. My choice of event is any of the two locations in SYDNEY (^_^)
thanks heaps!
I don’t just have one favourite tea! I love chai, English breakfast, and Earl Grey! My city is dull little Adelaide. Thanks for another great giveaway! XO
Voted as one of the best cities in the world to live. Adelaide August 10th. Love earl grey tea, though green tea with lemon for a zing is very cleansing at about 3pm. I take my grandparents for high tea as their Christmas gift each year. They love it and so do I !!! What a great website.Thanks.
Okay – I confess – I’m a tea addict. Last night (or rather this morning) at 12.30am I drank English Tea just before going to sleep. Now that’s an early breakfast! Having never been to high tea this competition is sooo exciting and I’d love to go to either Sydney events, thanks Lorraine.
I would have to go with New Zealand breakfast, being a kiwi myself, every sip I can taste the kiwifruit and can imagine over looking Lake Taupo on a beautiful day.
I live in Melbourne, but it brings a little taste from home
Assam is my favourite. Rich and malty first thing in the morning. Nothing beats it for me. I am a Perth girl!
Dilmah Earl Gray is my favourite. I enjoy the smell of it as much as I enjoy the taste. Perth, Aug 12 would be wonderful.
Dilmah is undoubtedly the best tea in the world. I have tried many variety of teas and have not found any other tea to beat Dilmah Extra Strength Tea. I love the aroma, color and the flavour of Dilmah Extra Strength Tea.
My preferred dates is either Mnday August 8, Hilton on the Park, Melbourne or Tuesday August 9, Novotel Glen Waverley, Melbourne
Thanks.
There is nothing like a cup of English breakfast at the Hilton Perth at a Charitea event to put your life in perspective.
ginseng and lemon – light and refreshing and leaves room for cake!
I am english so huge tea lover always go for english breakfast, so soothing and great full bodied taste and can be drunk with anything especially a nice slice of cake.
Japanese pure green tea or with roasted rice. Yum!
Hilton Sydney please.
English breakfast is my favorite because my mums english and loves tea and im taking her if i win! Mon Aug 8th or Tues Aug 9th either Melbourne events would be awesome!
Dilmah tea is our family fav for years and we are Spanish so that say’s alot bout that tea…tehehe..mmmmm what a cuppa right now!!
My daughter and I are chai lovers. For her research project, she is looking at the history and popularity of High Tea. To appreciate the subject we are obliged to try several High Teas!! We would be Adelaide Hilton participants.
Perth would be great.
I love my cup of English Breakfast that has been brewed in the pot each morning. It gives me such a great start to the day.
I bought Mango Tea at the tea shop at Hahndorf SA. It was particularly lovely and now when I have Mango Tea it takes me back to this holiday with my husband and very young children travelling around in a pop up caravan. Such a lovely time to remember as they are all grown up with their own children now. I would be very happy with either event in Sydney, thankyou.
My favourite tea flavour is green tea infused with jasmine. I enjoy this tea for its health benefits and the way the gentle jasmine fragrance just perfumes the air. It’s so delicious!
Tuesday, Aug 9 at Novotel Glen Waverley please.
Never been a tea or coffee drinker; for Engagement received a T2 voucher – now tea is my new favourite thing! Absolutely love Chai for its earthiness zing! Would love to attend @ Melbourne Hilton on the Park (Aug 8), though Novotel Glen Waverley (Aug 9) would also be lovely. Thanks!
I have fallen in love with Dilmah Rose with French Vanilla leaf tea. It is so delicious wrapped in separate silk pouches and its an indulgent taste of Turkish Delight, with hints of Rose and vanilla, perfect with my afternoon tea. So delectable! I would love to go on Monday August 15th in Sydney
Hi,Ive been drinking Dilmah ceylon tea for about ten years now.It is by far the best tea on the market,i have tried other teas and nothing comes close. There is nothing better than starting and finishing my day with a cup of Dilmah tea. I would love nothing more to take my mum who is also Dilmah tea drinker to high tea at the Hilton in Melbourne,whata treat.
RE: Wednesday August 10, Hilton Adelaide, Adelaide
My favorite tea would be chrysanthemum tea made from actual dried chrysanthemum flower heads rather than the instant.
Hey my sweet, can you tell me how winners are notified. Is there are Competition Winners Page or do you contact people individually?
You have been running some awesome comps and I don’t know how to find the winners??… I would hate to not know I have won a prize
xx
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green tea , it prevents cancer and is very healthy for the body
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