How do I solve the mysteries and complexities of a hectic day? Why by sitting down to a cup of tea and a biscuit thankyouverymuch. I do believe that this helps to cure most small niggly ills and can right the world gone a bit askew. So when I was told about a new rare tea I got a little bit excited 
The Dilmah Uva 2011 Seasonal Flush – a very special and rare tea that would be classified as a prized possession amongst tea discerning tea fanatics !!
This year on August the 9th was a special date. This is when the first flush or the first picking started at the Uva Highlands estate situated in the Uva Province of Sri Lanka in the Uva Valley. Located at an elevation of
4000 to 4300 feet, Uva Highlands produces some of the finest teas. This Uva Seasonal Flush Pekoe offers the
sublime experience of one of the world’s finest teas. This rare tea is the product of a unique phenomenon in which the interaction of Nature and the art of the Teamaker produces tea of extraordinary quality. Every year they wait for the chill winds to pass through the valley. These seasonal winds that fan Sri Lanka from its East at this time, with the dry, chill gust producing rare and unique changes in the leaves.
At 8am on the 9th of August, the tea pickers started handpicking which ensures that only the two leaves and bud are harvested. This assures the quality of tea by leaving out coarse leaf and twigs that can affect the taste of the tea.
By 9am the tea leaves arrived at the factory to be sorted and by 11:30am the “Withering” had commenced. Withering reduces the moisture content of the freshly picked leaf to 42% – 45% so that the leaves becomes rubbery and can withstand rolling without breaking up into flakes. By 1:30pm that very afternoon they had started rolling the leaves and by 2pm the tea was being fermented which is a process that influences the taste, character and health benefits of the tea. At 2:30pm the tea was dried and at 4:30pm a Dilmah grader goes through the tea to assess the 500kgs total of tea produced from this single day where the winds, climate, humidity and sun were just right.
It was then launched on the 28th of October in Poland, Netherlands and the Ceylon tea trails and there were only 1,000 made of this special tea. Now thanks to Dilmah, we are giving away 10 caddies to Not Quite Nigella readers! For a chance to win all you have to do is tell me about your tea time ritual! I have a cup at 4pm each afternoon with a biscuit – what do you do? Simply add your answer as a comment to the story. The competition ends at midnight AEST on the 11th of December, 2011. You can enter this competition once daily and it is open to anyone within Australia. If you can’t wait and want to buy some for a tea lover or yourself for Christmas you can purchase it on the Dilmah site here.
***The winners are:
Stefanie L.
Felicity O.
Bernadette M.
Alix B.
Ollie T.
Weichen Y.
Bec N.
Lynette W.
Sharon J.
Rita
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Best of luck!
Lots of love,
Lorraine
xxx
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I love tea plantations, so green and lush. When I was living at home with mum and dad my ritual was that my father would always make me a cup of tea in the mornings which I would collect in the kitchen. He would have it timed so it would be ready as I was finishing my shower so it would be steaming hot, even if he was cross at me for some reason a cup of tea would be ready
since I have been married it’s something that I miss, would love to win this tea for dad to try.
My tea ritual is one cup of English breakfast with one sugar and a dash of milk at 8.30am in the office with a scotch finger biscuit! Great way to start work!
I drink green tea every morning and love a cup of earl grey at the end of the day.
I have a chinese clay tea pot that has travelled around the world with me for years.
My ritual is to wait until everyone is in bed so I can enjoy my cuppa in peace with something sweet – usually a bikkie or a small amount of chocolate.
I enjoy starting my day with a couple of cups of Qi tea and drink a cup of green tea with my lunch.
At my age(81) and never have won anything I better hurry up or it will be to late. I love your site and the interesting places I get to visit via your mail.thanks for sharing
I am enjoying my cup right now – a lovely fragrant lady grey – just after I’ve enjoyed a morning run in the mist at lovedale hunter valley. Sitting here with a country style magazine reading about the talented ladies of Lentilicious of Mullumbimby. Ahhh tea time!
I have two “essential tea moments”-first when i wake up and second, immediately I arrive home from work.They are my “heart-starter”, “problem solver” and “brain organiser” elixirs.
Every morning hubby prepares my cup for tea – my favorite “morning” mug, bag in, sugar in, enough water in the jug so I can just hit “boil”… as he usually leaves home well before me this is his way of making me my first cuppa of the day when he’s not there to do it himself.
Can’t start the day without at least 2 cup of English breakfast tea!
Bye
A
I have a cup at morning tea sometimes with a fresh blueberry and ricotta muffin and again at about 2pm on its own
Tea has been a part of my diet since chidhood…from drinking a cup of billy tea as a ten year old in the raging heat of a Cairns summer to indulging more recently in many tea varietals such as green,chai and white teas. Nothing beats a ‘good cup of tea’ to soothe and relax, whether it be at the beginning or end of the day.
I love coffee…but having said that, open my cupboard and you will find a huge array of various teas. There is nothing comparable to it, it has the ability to calm and sooth and is a great pick-me-up whenever you feel flat and unlike years gone by, these days the flavours seem to be only limited by imagination! Loved the story, found it quite interesting.
Oh dear I have too many…one of my favourites is whenever I go back home to Mum and Dad’s, even if we get in at midnight, my Dad always makes us a nice hot drink, and getting up the next morning we always have tea and breakfast on the verandah, watching all the native birds vying for the seeds my Mum leaves out for them. Best tea time ever!
And when I lived with my boyfriends family every weekday at just a little before 6:30 either his sister or I would toddle into the kitchen and make our teas so that we could sit down and watch Neighbours together…Then we’d sip our tea and enjoy trashy telly
Now, I use tea making as a procrastinating tool when I’m studying…if I’m stuck with an essay or I don’t want to do something, I go out and make myself a nice cup of tea.
As soon as I wake up I put the kettle on for my “must have” cup of Dilmah Tea for my husband and I to start the day. Would love to try this special Uva Seasonal Flush Tea – hopefully I will be lucky enough to win some.
Just got back from skiing the opening day at Whistler mountain. So tiring! Now I’m on the couch with the internet, Ace of Cakes and my English Breakfast with a dash of milk.
I usually drink a couple green teas during the day and a peppermint or black tea in the evening and morning (if I don’t have juice).
I never use to ‘like’ tea – I hadn’t really tried it, I just dismissed it. Until we went on a camping/canoeing trip for 3 days a few years ago – after canoeing for about 2/3 hours, we stopped and made a fire and boiled some water, despite being so hot and tired ~ tea was the best thing ever!
As I am holidaying in Canada at the mo – mum will be sending me a care package soon, so it’d be awesome to have some of this tea arrive as well!!
Mum used to work for a tea importer when we lived in Canada so our rituals were always based around trying new teas. Whether they were wonderful Dragon’s Tears or a single origin Darjeeling, we would carefully brew the tea and note the differences.
Nowadays the ritual is a little different. It normally consists of a pot of tea and a large stack of textbooks while I study for an exam the next day but I never forget the revelations that a new tea, like a new coffee, chocolate or wine, offers up to the senses.
I miss my Dad, because when I was living at home and going to work each day, my Beautiful Dad (Rest his soul) would wake me with a cup of tea in bed, at the same time as he would take one to my Mum (rest her soul). In this way and many more he showed us he loved us and how I love and miss him and my Mum
first thing in the morning the kettle goes on….can’t function without my tea…..also first thing before bed helps me relax
Elizabeth Powell – you forgot to tell us about your special tea time, maybe you could win if you share with us……….Good Luck and well done to be computer literate and enjoying online blogs @ 81
Considering all the different variants of tea on the market today, there is something for every discerning tea drinker. I’m pretty basic, I have black tea, no milk or sugar. I savour the taste when it’s piping hot, no less, at about 4pm, after the kids have been picked up from school and before the hectic getting dinner ready stage. It relaxes me, settles my nerves and stomach at times.
I enjoy my cup of tea while I’m reading your blog. I just love both. My day would be empty without them.
I don’t need a set time to enjoy a good cup of tea.
Any time or any reason is an excuse for another cuppa.
i always start the day with a beautiful soothing cup of green tea
Every morning,i boil the kettle with fresh filtered water, warm the pot, and add dilmah leaf tea, and hot but not boiling water (don’t want to burn the tea leaves). Then the tea-cosy goes on while the tea draws for the minimum 3 minutes. Milk goes first into the cup then the tea (don’t want red headed childred, even if it is a little late for me) – then savour the first sip in the garden – the only way to start the day! AND the ritual has already been done once today – i’m looking forward to repetitions of it….
As a child and growing up when I stayed with my grandparents my grandfather would make me a cup of leafed tea first thing in the morning. I still do this today but it doesn’t taste as good as when he made it. This brings back such fond memories, thank you.
My first cup of tea is served with brekky.
I ‘humanise’ each morning with a cup of tea (currently Chinese sencha) in my special mug, while I solve the SMH Kenken. My wake-up call for body and brain!
Big lover of tea. Slightly obsessive drinker. I’ll drink it at 9am to begin my working day, then at about 2 or 3pm to get me through the end of the day. In winter I will have a third cup of tea for supper. I like to have it on it’s own. English breakfast with splash of skim milk and one sugar. One of my favourite things in the world.
I keep wishing I am in Australia not only for giveaway but for all the restaurants you have been introducing…. great post and I love tea!
In the mornings I am a coffee person and wine, water, juices are consumed during the day. My special tea time arrives in the evening – I have the supposedly bad habit of watching TV from a very comfortable bed
! Every evening, before settling down, a big mug of green tea with some homegrown lemon juice added accompanies me. What a pleasure! And thank you for the pleasure of the tea plantation pictures and explanations: something new learnt again!
We visited the Dilmah tea plantation in Milandra (Atherton Tablelands) a few years ago which I found absolutely amazing.
I am a tea girl from lunch time onwards.
I have to have a cup of tea after my lunch and before I go to sleep of an evening or I feel that something is missing.
I keep each of my teas in it’s own caddy, and have one special teapot, that pours perfectly and has a little buddha on top. I keep the pot warm with a padded cosy covered in embroidered fine cotton. The half teaspoon of honey I add, After the milk, must be a dark, non-scented type. Apart from that, I’m not in the least fussy! LOL
Bernadette
Everyone has their own busy lives and we often have no time to spend with the ones we love. In the evening, when everyone is home it is lovely to share a cup of tea with all the family. Being together over a cuppa has become a loved family ritual
For tea take a vast open green backyard, a pot of tea, a relaxing chair and simply relax and drink in the silence of the vast open greenery and even fall asleep drinking some powerful antioxidant rich tea
I get in to work and have nice hot cup of tea with my breakfast. Then at 3 when I start falling into a coma, I go grab myself another cup of tea.
A cup of peppermint tea
Always at the strike of three
to enjoy whilst I watch:
Just Shoot Me.
I start my day by pouring my cuppa, opening all the balcony blinds and then sitting there for 5 mins gazing at the new day as I sip it. A tea meditation perhaps?
A great way to start every day though. I can recommend it.
Well, my morning tea ritual starts with me bearily calling ‘Tea Me!’ up the hall- I have trained my children well
Then I sip my beloved Earl Grey while I contemplate the day ahead. During the day numerous cups are consumed, tapering off with decaff. tea after dinner. My secret tip is storing the decaff tea in the same cannister as my Earl Gray so the flavour essence can transmute from one to the other- kinda like in Avatar 
I drink only black tea, only at home. I drink from the same thin lipped, tall, very tea stained mug. I let the bag brew for ever and then try to wait until the trmperature is just right before sipping my way to the last drop. I enjoy a hard gingernut biscuit or perhaps a few squares of dark chocolate to complete the experience.
Sad but true.
My tea ritual comes from my mum, who in turn got it from her nanna and that is that a cup of tea cures all.
i don’t drink tea very often, but when i do it has to be in a gorgeous cup and saucer (no mugs here!) – it makes it so much more delicious, and more luxurious
at the moment i like chai, but you’ll find a variety of teas in my cupboard
Everyday at about Three,
I enjoy a cup of Green Tea.
It’s my post work out ritual,
Really quite spiritual!
Interesting, I would love to try this. I will keep an eye out. I drink tea througout the day
I have JUST started to drink tea. I lived in London for 5 years and didn’t really drink it then. But now as I’m stil living with Brits, I’ve lessened my coffee intake to indulge in a cup of tea about 4.30pm everyday. Of course it helps to have something baking in the oven.
Everyone floats in to see what’s on for afternoon tea and the kitchen fills with lovely aromas and much laughter! How clever a cup of tea can be, to bring together a family!
I love tea. Nothing’s better when studying to sit down with a cup Madame Flavour tea (anyone!) to make every incomprehensible word make sense.
When I first read your heading I thought it was some new detoxing tea. Whoops
Quite an intricate process of tea harvesting and makes a special tea.
YEARN visiting Sri Lanka and the Dilmah Family!
It is a TREMENDOUS company that does MUCH to do and see!
Not ONLY about tea, Mr Merrill Fernando and his sons REALLY do care, TRUE!
WISH there were more people in the world like the Dilmah family and their philosophy too!
I’m a total tea tragic and never drink coffee at all – I went off coffee during my last pregnancy & never went back “on” it. I suspect there is almost as much tea in my veins as there is blood – I can’t live without it and always make sure I buy the best available. Looks like this is another for my shopping list!
When I return to the staff room after “teaching” teens I usually need a southern comfort and coke,,,,however, I opt out for a soothing black tea with a dash of soy milk and a rasperry and cream-filled homestyle biscuit for a sugar hit and to pep me up for the next round of classes.
oops,,, spelling error…”raspberry”!!!
I love coming in from a training session of swimming at 7am and sitting on my balcony with an orchestra of king parrots,cockatoos,galahs and whip birds. This is a perfect start to my day and I relish the hot cup of tea as I listen to these sounds of the morning and enjoy their play.
I like to make a litre of herbal tea when I get to work drinking half hot and the remainder stored in the fridge for the long ride home. Zen and well hydrated all day long
x
In the morning I brew up my enormous pot of tea, then enjoy a cup along with a slice of toast with marmalade, then put the rest of into a flask so it stays warm & pretty much have a cup each hour on the hour. Yes we’re thrifty in this house, saves me having to keep boiling the kettle!
Every day at three my wonderful friend and neighbour who just turned 91 and I, take it in turns to visit each other for a spot of tea. The visitor brings a tasty home baked treat and the hostess provides the tea, and we always keep things interesting by trying different styles of tea’s. It’s lovely and really is the highlight of my day. Lola is exactly like the Gran I wish I had but never knew, I adore her and our daily tea time visits.
I love a cup of tea in the morning, but not with breakfast or a snack.
I much prefer tea to coffee but never drink it with food because I find I can’t taste the tea properly that way.
Some time between 11am and 11:30am, after I’ve done something productive I sit down and relax with a cup of tea.
i loooove finding a moment to sit down in the morning to enjoy a cup of tea, even if the kiddies are still running around crazy!
i would love to travel to Sri Lanka – have you been?
I have one first thing in the morning and then another one for afternoon tea…with something sweet.
After a big meal I have no idea how anyone manages a milky, heart-starting (or stopping!) coffee, but a simple, light black tea I always find so refreshing and soothing.
Usually after dinner while eating desserts or the delectable Tim Tam!
Not eligible for this one, but it’s still worth it to say that a good tea can really awaken your senses. It’s all about the aroma…
A tea to please .
Is Dilma indeed.
A tea to please is Dilma indeed
my favourite is a pot of earl grey with a friend with almond bread or biscotti (home-made of course0. This pot of tea lasts for 2 or 3 cups each while we catch up. I also like a pot of earl grey while out with my hubby but having 3-4 cups out of it drives him nuts!
I won’t enter because I already have plenty of lovely Dilmah tea. But I love a good cup of English Breakfast tea with milk and sugar whenever I am feeling poorly – it’s a throwback to when I first fainted as a kid and the school nurse gave it to me when I came round. And I love green tea and/or peppermint tea as a pick me up, and ginger tea when I have an upset tummy. And black tea anytime really.
My daily tea time ritual occurs 3 times. At work one of us would shout out, “A dup da dea time!” which signals clinking of mugs and teaspoons towards the kitchen area to make our cup of tea
Everyday at half past three I make myself a cup of tea,I,ll think of you and you think of me,sitting on the verandah sipping tea!!
My favourite tea time ritual might would have to be having a mug of chamomile tea before bed time.
No matter how rough or stressful my day has been at work, tea before bed helps me forget all my worries and sets me up for a good night of rest.
I love tea, I have to ration my intake because it stains my teeth and I get them whitened once in a while to maintain with appearance upkeep, I always have a cup of black tea, one sugar and milk everyday. Such is my love for this aromatic beverage that I’ve transitioned drinking green tea bags to matcha powder. What a wonderful beverage, tasty and so good for you.
Tea is my way to start the day, black tea with a couple of pieces of toast, sitting with the newspapers (I do the puzzles first and then read the news). My quiet little daily ritual – my ‘me’ time!
I normally sit down after dinner around 7pm and have a cup of Dilmah green tea with Jasmine and a home baked cookie, sometimes gingerbread men. A great way to wind down the day and relax and watch tv.
I carry Dilmah teabags in my handbag just in case I have to have a cuppa when out and there’s no Dilmah. But, at home, as I have just been given a new teapot that does not drip when you are pouring, I am enjoying more leaf tea than usual. My ritual: Warm the pot, add the tea, and pour the boiling water from a height into the pot, then leave to brew for 4 minutes. Mum used to always warm her cup too, but I don’t go that far.
Every work day, I have my coffee at 11am and my lemon and ginger tea around 2:30pm or 3pm. It’s been a long time since I’ve had black tea, but I’m willing to reintroduce it into my life
A cuppa first thing in the morning & right after dinner.
Puts me in a good mood.
A cup of herbal tea is very relaxing for me!
I fill my cup for a night time sup!
My tea ritual is to drink tea when I’m studying – it takes some of the stress away! My dad’s relatives still plant tea in China and they grow my favourite phoenix oolong tea.
I tried tea over 25 years ago and I didn’t like it. Maybe my I should try it again …..
i am a tea fanatic. tea to start the morning is a must! or il be very cranky
ive been drinking alot of tea lately to keep myself awake during study period. so ive tried fusions and a lot of other teas recently. my way of staying up is downing 2-3 cups of tea to keep me soldering thru the night.
Tea, for me, equates to family. My earliest memories of my grandfather was on every Sunday afternoon when all his 10 children would gather at his home, bringing their spouses and his grandchildren for a visit.There was a special chinese clay teapot set with miniature teacups and his own handmade aluminium stand/ washer. On it, he would painstakingly measure out the best tea he had, explaining in the process the qualities of the chosen tea, the importance of the roasting process so that each leaf remained whole, the right temperature and pH of water for each type of tea, the correct preparation of each tea… all while we watched in fascination the deftness of his otherwise frail looking hands commanding the tea making ritual. Every child would then be poured a precious cup of perfectly brewed tea, along with my priviledged self, as the spoilt youngest granddaughter.. this, we savoured in silence, the shared moment that binds our family together while he watched over us..Upon his passing, my father inherited the precious tea set, which we still use to this day, especially on special occasions like chinese new year, mooncake festival etc… it is not so much the wonderful tea that is produced itself that i cherish, but the whole painstaking process of tea ritual spent together, full of care and love to produce that single pot of tea… that i love the most.
My hubby makes me a tea every morning, it’s always the first thing that passes my lips.
During the day I have herbal tea then generally an Earl Grey in the afternoon.
The British are right, everything is better with a cup of tea
After my first month living in Australia, I determined that I had been treated to more tea in one month than I had consumed my entire life. My husband introduced me to a wide variety of tea blends beyond Earl Grey. We enjoyed Prince of Wales, Russian Caravan, Princess Mary to name just a few. Then we tasted the herbal infusions like Blackcurrant, Cinnamon & Apple, Strawberry & Mango and Raspberry & Peach. When we discovered a tea wholesaler in Castle Hill, we were in heaven. They custom blend their teas and we purchase our favourite, Granny’s Garden, by the kilo. Our tea centre sports over 30 flavours and we enjoy surprising each other with interesting combinations as we blend our own flavours. Our favourite base is Dilmah Strong tea although we use other black tea, too, to mix things up a bit.
After our day of running errands and visiting friends yesterday, the first thing we did when we arrived home was to brew up a lovely pot of Afternoon tea combined with Cranberry, Raspberry and Strawberry. What a pleasure.
The very first thing I do when I wake up is put the kettle on and have my cup of tea. Love it!
I start the day with a cup of tea and i end the day withe a cuppa. in between I manage to get in quite a few. Mut have my antioxidents!!
I love to start off my day with a cup of tea. So once I get into the office, I head straight to the kitchen & make myself some tea
I start every day with a cup of tea. A few days of the week my indulgence is a cup of tea, my laptop and then back to bed, sometimes I get up again to make another cup. Pure bliss.
My tea ritual – is after everyone has left the house in the morning- my special tea cup from my Nan – and a Stockholm Blend tea which has the prettiest little blue flowers in it. It always makes me smile.
I don’t have a ritual as such but enjoy a cup of tea to relax and sit for a bit before the hectic life starts again
My husband has a cup of tea every morning. He stumbles out of bed and down the hallway to turn the kettle on and then gets his favourite mug (with pics of the kids all over it) from the cupboard. While the tea is steeping he takes a deep whiff of it and that gives him enough of a kickstart to go wash his face and then come back for that first precious taste of it.
My tea ritual is sitting down to watch Neighbours (yes, some good old fashioned soapie trash)and having a soothing cup of whichever tea tickles my fancy that evening. My trusty favourite is Moroccan Mint, so delicious. The cup of tea is most definitely always accompanied by some form of scrumptious sweet treat.
My fav tea time is morning tea with our bush regen group. We meet at the home of our fearless leader who can no longer work in the bush.As soon as we arrive the kettle is boiled and each of us is offered our favourite tea. She’s a legend and I’d like to share this special tea with her.
When my daughter gets home from “work” at 3.30 pm we have a chai tea with a bisscuit or a piece of home made cake. Then we are right till tea time.
My favourite tea ritual is the Sunday morning one. Arise to put kettle on, race out to get the paper from the driveway/bush/footpath then make tea and snuggle back into bed with the paper and my brewed tea. Then a 2nd cup of tea with my toast and vintage cheese, perfect combination.
3pm Earl Grey Latte with frothy milk on top, also called a ‘London Fog’
Thanks NQN!!
My tea ritual is to have a cup of really good green tea, preferably made in my pretty fine bone china tea pot
, with a mochi. I love how the bitterness of the green tea cuts through the sweetness of the mochi filling – I always taste fish when I drink green tea from Japan – you? :>
I have my coffee at home to kick start the day but I love my first cup of tea when I get to work – savour it while I read through my email and plan out the day.
I drink whatever tea is on offer – my only criteria is drinking it with a friend. One of my best friends just left to return to England (after MANY cups of tea) and her parting gift was a tea caddy reading “The Tea of Life: its flavour was so legendary, its power so intense, that all who came before it knelt in wonder as they drank the pure deliciousness of life.” I think Dilmah Uva sounds special enough to inhabit the caddy!
I love my Dilmah tea daily, it tastes refreshing and relaxes me from my daily stresses!
As the son comes up over the horizon and birds explode in song, I sip on my first cup of tea of the day. It is a time for reflection, meditation and inspired writing. It is also the time for rested tastebuds to receive the offering of this precious first cup of tea, made with love and attention, filled with sunshine and thoughts for faraway family and friends.
Tea has always been part of my life. Have a cuppa when I wake up, and for morning tea and afternoon tea at work. Between study, tea. Before going to bed, tea again. When the weather is hot, iced tea in water bottle. It’s also nice and relaxing to watch tea leaves going up and down in the pot, while making tea. With nice biscuits or sweets, tea time is much more enjoyable.
I wake up, stare at the cereal, stare at the kettle, then listen to that little voice in my head that says “breakfast can wait another 20 minutes.”
I like to sit, preferably outside if weather permits, with a steaming cup of tea. No biscuit or cake, just the soothing taste of tea. Very relaxing and calming…..
Would love to win some tea to give to my mother in law for Christmas. I need to win some brownie points with her…!
Every lunch at work – after I’ve eaten my sandwich, salad etc. – I head outside with my hot cup of strong Earl Grey and let it warm my insides while the Victorian sun warms my outsides. I close my eyes during and it’s the most wonderful feeling.
Tea is therapy
My everyday tea is black with nothing added just pure golden amber liquid goodness, can be enjoyed at anytime with anyone. Then at other times there are those moments with special people where you can stop, take stock and brew up the teas that always make you smile at the smell of them, an oolong or a special darjeeling
Love Ceylon P.O and honey-flavored cake! Sri Lankan tea is the best for every sweets!
peppermint tea and some sunshine always does the trick for me…as long as there is some sun!
My only self indulgent act of the day is my morning ritual cup of tea where I sit and enjoy and do nothing else until I have finished it.
My ritual is as much the process as the timing. When I first get up I put the kettle on (it takes a while on the gas stove). I go outside, feed my chooks, check for eggs, wander through my garden and come inside when I hear the kettle singing. I also love using an old china teapot and an old china teacup. I love all the rituals of teamaking, I even gently spin the teapot 3 times one way, then once the other. Strong, hot with a dash of milk.
I drink Dilmah leaf tea, made in a pot whenever I can. But if I HAVT to use a teabag,I use freshly boiled water, heat the cup with the hot water, then throw that water out, a put in the teabag, before pouring on the freshly boiled water, and then let infuse for at least 3 minutes, before adding a small amount of no fat milk… tea bliss!
My morning ritual is a pot of tea (the type of tea depends on the mood of the day) and toast with marmalade…..perfect
I drink bucket loads of tea morning, noon and night. But my favourite ritual is a floral green tea after dinner with a square of good quality dark chocolate. Yum!
I always have a cup of tea (Dilmah of course) about 9pm – after my day’s chores are complete – it’s a welcome spot of “me” time at the end of a busy day! Oh and a little sweet something with it, too!
My personal favourite Tea Ceremony was performed by my grandad who brought my grandmother a cup of tea in bed every morning for 47 years.
Never saw them being very lovey-dovey or touchy-feely, but memories of my granddad placing the buttercup yellow tea cup on the bedside table beside her pillow every morning are still deeply touching.
In my new role at a large corporation in the city – I find myself sitting next to a tea drinker who has now included me in his daily tea making rituals – which occur twice a day; once when I arrive then in the later part of the afternoon as a pick-me- up to get us through the rest of the day. My cappuccino habit has reduced significantly. At the weekends I love to indulge in a pot of tea from T2 with luscious names such as Georgeous Geisha – who wouldn’t feel special!
My favorite tea ritual, is first thing in the morning when I get up out of bed. I put the kettle on, take my beautiful dog Patch down stairs for a walk and then feed Patch and sit back in the recliner and have a nice hot cup of Dilmah Tea while Patch eats her breakfast.
By the time I have had my cuppa, Patch is ready for her morning treat.
I have adopted my Mother’s tea habits, who ever comes to visit puts the kettle, calling out as they do ‘I’ve put the kettle on’.
The water boils, tea is brewed and all stops, for good company and conversation.
Every morning a peppermint tea, lunch an earl grey to keep me going and a chai after dinner for a treat. You don’t get that much variety with coffee!
Dear Lorraine
Wow only 1,000 of this made…thanks for giving out such a fabulous prize! I’m a massive tea lover so would love to win one ;>
I like having a scoop (or two?) good quality vanilla ice cream with a cup of strong Genmaicha 玄米茶. I adore the flavour of the smoked rice – it always reminds me of popcorn :p and having it with vanilla ice cream is simply heavenly :>
xo
Ravel
I love a cup of rose bud tea before bed. I just got a new teapot, one that sits over a cup and brews the perfect amount for one person. Most relaxing bed time ritual I have tried thus far. Improves only if consumed in a hot bath
Picturesque surroundings in which to discover that one sip of Dilmah leads to another
A good cup of black tea (lots of milk and no sugar :p) with a macadamia shortbread.
If I run out of my tea supply at work I make it using 2 black tea bags and add lots of milk then heat it in the microwave – so it’s really strong – I find this way Lipton black tea actually tastes pretty decent :p
I allways start my day with tea and fresh mint
I can’t stop admiring the picture of the tea container – I’m a huge fan of silver tea containers :p
I like a cup of very strong green tea (I prefer dragon well or mao-jian varieties) How do you balance the bitterness? With a homemade cookie/shortbread of course! I love my homemade green tea shortbread (green tea overdose I know!)
I have a dilmah premium Ceylon each morning, one at lunch, one in the afternoon around 4 with my mum and one in the evening with my hubby when he comes home from work, kids are in bed and we pull out some yummy mint biccies.
i always have to have a tea with milk and 1 sugar with my breakfast, and most days i have a 2nd one at 9:30pm. during the day i drink jasmine tea. alot of tea lol =)
My hubby gets home later than me, so I’m usually on dinner duty. Without fail though, he does the dishes and pops the kettle on. We finish each night with a cup of Laduree tea (although my stockpile is getting low! eeek! another trip to Paris is required stat!) My hubby never used to drink tea, but is now a convert and finds it very calming before going to bed.
I enjoy my cuppa early in the morning when I get up with my 6 month old son. I sip while he rolls around on the floor with some toys. It’s a lovely morning ritual!
I will normally satisfy myself with a nice cup of earl grey tea accompany with a slice of cake as my afternoon lunch, be it for early lunch or late lunch.
Start the day the cup of t way. No better way to crack on with the day.
With small kidlets around my rituals have changed a little in recent years, but every morning after school run i put the kettle on, empty the dishwasher, clean the counters while it brews and then sit down and drink one hot cup of tea knowing at least one job is done.
I work in a pretty hectic office where tea is the preferred drink. It has now become a ritual that has evolved that around 3pm someone will say – ‘who wants tea?’ and the answer is always yes from everyone. We have a list up on the wall of all the different ways people have their tea, different flavours and one person makes them all- hands them out and there is a collective sigh as everyones tea is delivered to their desl. It is the first place I have worked where this one time of the day where everyone just realaxes – even for 5 minutes as they savour their tea. This includes the two directors. It is lovely to be part of it.
There’s something magical about that time of night when the kids are asleep in bed, the kitchen is clean and the house is quiet and still. I always end my night and celebrate the serenity with a cup of fragrant jasmine green tea from the exceptional range. It’s so relaxing and centering. Lovely!
When asked about my favorite teatime, my thoughts turned naturally to rhyme,
My special cup and treasured treat, a cup of tea, but nothing to eat!
I snuggle close, with book in hand, that special something close at hand,
I see it’s stream gently rising, my desires and appetite are surmising
How fabulous the fragrant brew, it’s healthy contents, will accrue,
For me a moments respite and calm, like on an ancient caravan,
Out of the desert, camels swaying, they pause a cuppa to prepare, never mind the lack of chair! We sip in mutual, quiet contentment, the novel drops to the floor, Dilmah magic strikes once more,
Rose and vanilla tea’s the one, it brings it’s own joy, second to none!
Unless of course, a change is needed, what to pick do you suppose,
I dream and wake and can anew, my breakfast sensation to brew! Tea’s the one, it’s good for you, and of how many things today can that be true?!
At least once per day, one of my little girls ask me if I want a cup of tea. They have learnt to make it perfectly. It so refreshing and help to take away the stresses that seem in surmountable. After the hot tea with milk, the world seems a wonderful place again. Sometimes they bring it to me in bed in the morning and sometimes they bring a yummy chocolate biscuit with it in the afternoon.
Breakfast toast (2 slices) and my favourite tea with milk to start each day. My morning ritual begins every day around 7am. The very best way to begin a hectic schedule.
Tea is the answer to all your worries. There is always time to sit with friends and have a cuppa. Instead of a glass of water I brew a dilmah green tea. Helps me maintain a motivated momentum. Love tea and love Dilmah!
I have a cup of tea before breakfast, to start the day at work.
A cup of tea in the arvo with a biscult or scone – yummo!!
Never really been morning person, but being spoilt by getting brought a cuppa in bed every morning by my lovely other half while I attempt to wake up enough to push the purring cat off my head, kind of makes it a much more gentle introduction to the day!
At least 4 times a day I walk to the coffee machine at work and make a brew, always 2 tea bags, always Dilmah. While the tea is brewing catch up with someone from another department and conversation flows about many subjects….cricket, travel, family, the way the world is, etc. Always insightful, always enjoyable. Then I go back to my office and enjoy 10 mins of thinking time reflecting on the day. All of this because I stop to have a cup of tea!!
I am a tea drinker and enjoy drinking tea from a fine china cup,it tastes so much better,bring on the royal albert and doulton fine china!!!
I always like to have a nice strong cuppa around midnight, with a handful of cashews on the side, just as I’m settling in for a good night of work. I’ve never been much of a day person. :S
I mix it lovingly a little squeeze of the bag, a dash of milk to the steaming cup, one for my Mum, one for me.
Every afternoon while my daughter naps I have a sweet cup of tea with 3 shortbread biscuits. It’s my little bit of ‘me time’ each day.
My ritual? My strapping husband makes me a strong cup of tea in a tiny china cup every morning… I love it and I love him!
I love a cup of traditionally made chai tea in the evening, to soothe my soul before bed.
My day doesn’t begin happily until I have a hot cup of black tea in my favourite china tea-cup that belonged to my mother. Always a great start to my day and another cuppa in the evening, finishes the day perfectly
For all my tea rituals I have like a black tea with two sugars when I wake up, to green tea breaks through the day to recentre myself, to the long leisurely cuppa in a steaming tub I think my favourite is the “suprise” tea. As a member of a postcard exchange group I have told members that I am a tea lover and through the years I have received several lovely tea surprises. Home made postcards incorporating a tea bag from the country of origin. So far I have had a wild raspberry tea from Poland, thistle tea from Scotland, black tea from China and ligonberry tea from Sweden. Tea runs in my veins from sun up to sun down.
Up at 3am every morning and head straight to the kitchen for 2 cups of Dilmah – one after the other. I look forward to every morning! We never run out but I would absolutely love to try this tea!
I enjoy a green tea and a biscuit in the afternoon around 3pm at work and then a peppermint tea at night before bed – always out of a china cup my mum gave me when I was a kid, makes me happy
3:30pm is the time that each day pauses, ever so slightly, for a perfectly brewed OP tea with a thin of lemon and a deep breath.
Tea makes my days wonderful, no matter what else is happening at work or home. If at home I brew a cup of darjeeling (I sometimes drop a few dried rose petals in after removing the infuser to heighten the florals and add to the visual beauty) and sit beneath the wisteria arbour or a tree in flower in my garden. If at work I prepare a thermos of Earl Grey with a few drops of fresh lemon and take it to the city park with a good book. The whole ritual of warming the cups, scooping the tea, pouring the water and waiting til it is perfectly brewed is elevating and tasting the tea is an escape.
Every afternoon between 4 and 4.30pm, I have a cup of the strongest English Tea (sent from England by my Mother)It has to be brewed to perfection (the colour of a red house brick). Heaven in a tea cup.
About 1/2 hour after dinner at my parents’ house, we have ALWAYS had a cup of tea, no matter the season, the company, the time etc. I can remember proudly making the tea for them for the first time by myself when I was about 7!(we didnt use teabags then). So “whos turn is it to make the tea” ……
I have a weak soy latte made at home with a piece of fruit or a handful of nuts. If there is any available, matcha sponge cake or a mixed bean and rice dessert to be steamed and served with ice-cream.
A
First thing in the morning a have my morning cuppa followed by a second with a fresh piece of fruit toast smothered with fig jam and ricotta!
I cannot resist having that cup of tea and a home made shortbread biscuit around mid- afternoon. I find if I then sit and relax that I am less likely to snack and it helps me to plan out my evening meal. When I make biscuits I usually freeze them and take out one (or two)from the freezer. Whilst the tea is brewing the biscuit defrosts in no time thereby enjoying it with my freshly made tea.
Every morning while I write in my journal I have a cup of strong tea with a piece of raison toast. yum yum!
At work, whenever there are sweet treats around for morning or afternoon tea, the girls love to have a cup of tea/coffee & make it into a proper teatime affair!
tea and chocolate biscuit at 11 am – gets me through the rest of the morning
First thing in the morning even before breakfast – can’t face the day never mind get through it without it
Sit down, kids asleep, a good book, a little cream, sugar and good music.. The only way to a perfect night.
I never start the day without
Dilmah extra strong. When I came to live in Australia from the UK 22 years ago I was beside myself because I couldn’t find a decent tea and then my beloved Dilmah came to my attention and I have not missed a day without it! Oh and they have to be the tea bags without the string and the extra strong range, absolute bliss!
I stumble out of bed in the mornings and put the kettle on. I then make a nice strong, milky cup of tea and gulp it down. By this stage I am slightly awake, and so make a second cuppa and enjoy it more slowly. This is followed by breakfast and the rest of the morning ritual…
I drink mine cold, with lots of lemon and ice, on a hot summers day. I only ever drink warm tea when I’m sick – then it’s luke warm with lemon and honey.
After dropping my son at preschool I come home an enjoy a cuppa before starting work to get going. I then have to have another at 3-3.30pm to cure 3.30itis and then I share one with my hubby after my son goes to bed, with a few biccies to go with it.
My special angel of some forty years of marriage enjoys tea at least three times a day.
First thing in the morning sitting in bed reading, then mid morning and finally with our delightful grand daughter who always asks for “a cup of tea gov” in appropriate accent taking after her English Uncle.
I have a green tea every night before bed as I feel it relaxes me and puts my mind at a good place to have a peaceful nights sleep
I have a cup of tea at about 10am every morning – some people get three thirty-itis, but I get 10am itis! It has to be caffinated rather than herbal, and is usually accompanied by an apple
When I walk in from work every night the first thing I do is boil the kettle and make a cup of tea. I relax, savouring every drop before the night time rush of a single mum of three begins <3
A mid-morning ritual for me is to have a good cup of Irish breakfast tea with a macadamia shortbread
Afternoon tea at 4 sharp daily with some cookies to dunk can’t get better than that!
Good Oolong tea with Cantonese food…yum :> I find the unique taste of Oolong tea perfectly matches the beautiful flavours and textures of the cuisine.
Dear Lorraine
You mentioned the Taiwanese high mountain tea in your post on the Blue Eye Dragon restaurant. I’m sorry to hear that it tasted just like regular tea. If you can get your hands on some good quality one I’d highly recommend it because good high mountain tea is amazing!
I make a cup of it in my cute glass tea cup/strainer thingy every morning at 10am at work :>
xo
Ravel
A cup of tea at my desk at work, I hold the tea up to my face to feel the steam, savour the flavour and prepare myself for the day ahead. It’s like I’ve hit the pause button for a minute or two.
A cup of strong dilmah in the morning with sugar and extra milk for breakfast (if i have time), then either a cup of billy tea or rooibos, again with sugar and extra milk, at night.
Ok, I gave up coffee and now tea is my addiction. I have it whenever I feel like it which is, like, all the time. I saviour each brew I make sometime with a biccie or a muffin. Note to self, no more muffins, I do not want to become you are what you eat!
I love tea. My ritual each and every day is to drink it whenever I can! My favourite cup of the day is after the kids are in bed when I can savour it and drink it at the perfect temperature in peace and quiet.
Thank you for hosting this fantastic giveaway
A good cup of loose leaf black tea with milk, and a chocolate and hazelnut cookie
It’s morning and the kettle’s boiling. I get the paper ready and clear the outdoor table. I pour the pot and let it rest. The clink of the teacup blends with the chirpy birdsong and I sit, sipping and blinking as my eyes adjust to the light.
A good cup of loose leaf black tea made in a tea pot, with milk, and a chocolate and hazelnut cookie…or maybe a cranberry slice
My daily tea ritual MUST be followed to the T (no pun intended!) The better I accomplish my ritual, the longer I get to enjoy my tea!
11:50am or 11:55am-ish.. boil the water..
Give my 3 month daughter a few sips of milk and rock her gently whilst patting her bum while the water boils…
Once shes ‘drowsy’ quietly lay her down keeping my face close to hers so she still thinks I’m holding her…
Once shes asleep quickly and quietly get my tea! JUST in time for Dr. Phil
I like making a rich and indulgent Chai tea by boiling loose leaf Chai tea in milk in a pot on the stove. You can sweeten it with honey but I find the milk adds enough sweetness to the tea. Yum it’s just heavenly if you are a Chai addict like me who eats Chai latte powder out of a packet :p
My reward after the mad weekday getting-the-children-to-school- on-time schedule is…..a 9:15 relaxing cuppa. aaaah Oh so refreshing.
The very first thing I do in the morning is turn on the kettle to make my tea. Dilmah Extra Strong. Later in the morning I’ll have green tea, then another Dilmah Extra Strong in the afternoon and a herbal tea before bed. I LOVE my tea.
I think your range of ice teas are the best there are,wish there were a few more varities.congratulations on the Peach ice tea,it is terrific
I LOVE tea, any time of the day and especially in the hot weather, so refeshing, enjoyable and relaxing!!!
My tea ritual is drinking green tea all day at work! I don’t drink enough water and dislike drinking it so green tea is my sneaky way of upping my water intake while still enjoying what I’m drinking and not missing out on my hot drinks
I’ve been making a cup of Taiwanese high mountain tea and having it with a sesame cookie for a mid-morning snack at work :> gets me through the day!
I would be lost without my cups of tea, morning noon and night and have drank Dilmah for many years now. I am not a coffee drinker and have been drinking tea since I was a glint in my father’s eye (a very long time!) Ooooohh and I love many flavours – green, black, white, and lots of herbal infusions (too many to list). Would love to try the Dilmah seasonal flush tea. Keep those teas a comin’ Dilmah!
Peppermint tea sitting on my deck with my feet up.
one at 7am and another at 10am to get me through the day, otherwise i’m prone to being grumpy(or so I’ve been told!)
I like having a scoop (or two?) good quality vanilla ice cream with a cup of strong Genmaicha 玄米茶. I adore the flavour of the smoked rice – it always reminds me of popcorn :p
Wow only 1,000 of this made…thanks for giving out such a fabulous prize! I’m a massive tea lover so would love to win one ;>
I love a good hot black cup of Dilmah extra strength tea when I wake up, just love that taste.
I love having Oolong tea at yum cha! It cuts through the fattiness and the oiliness and is also just great with those custard egg tarts!
I’m in my forties and have returned to university to study medical science. Green Tea and honey seems to be my drink of choice when studying for exams! It makes me feel more intelligent. Not very objective for a would-be scientist I know!
My son (3y/o) and I have our tea outside in the sunshine. He insists on having it in the same type of cup as me. It’s rather cute to see him sitting there with an old fashioned cup and saucer sipping his tea.
Every morning under the old pepper tree I drink my tea and read the paper listening to the birds – heavenly
Saturday morning paper, cat at my feet, toast and a big pot of strong English Breakfast in my nannnas tea pot …. I’m good for an hour or so
i sit in the morning after getting my mum settled and have a cuppa and a piece of cake with her and finding out what is there she wants me to do
I love herbal teas and am going nuts trying different ones now. I have this oversized teapot that sits on an oversized cup and is really pretty to drink from.
I love my cuppa first thing in the morning strong and sweet also in the afternoon with bickies or cake
I arrive at work, turn on the computer and always, without fail, make my cup of tea.
Afternoon tea with a slice of Puddina…Maltese sweet made from old bread, cocoa, sugar, sultanas etc..baked, hot or cold..delicious!
After lunch each day,
I have a cup of Dilmah tea…
followed by a couple more before the day is done!
I like to have a cup of tea with biscuits or cookies usually from 3pm to 3.30pm every day; I see this kind of ritual is an indulgence for myself.
I love my cup at tea at night, when the kids go to bed and its nice and quiet. I relax on my couch with my cup of tea and a biscuit and relax.
Dilmah extra strong every morning as soon as I’m up and before I have to think
When my father-in-law comes to stay with us, we like to siit down for an afternoon cup of tea (or hot chocolate, depending on our mood!) and a huge plate of fresh fruits
I love “tea” breaks nothing beats it being a busy mother of three
On the verandah on the deck chair with my feet up and my computer on my lap – writing the best seller I’m sure is in my head. Tea is my inspiration and my procrastination helper – still on the first sentance.
On the couch during my daughters Nap but before I start work. I breathe it in and enjoy the 10 min break
English Breakfast nice, strong brew, sets me up every morning, but usually need a cup or two!
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