Constant Comment Extra Special Tea - cooking recipe
Ingredients
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1 -2 constant comment tea bag (or equivalent amount of loose tea)
1 sprig fresh lavender
1/2 teaspoon rose water, to taste
half-and-half (rich or richer or richest) or heavy cream (rich or richer or richest)
sugar, to taste (your choice honey, raw sugar, brown sugar, etc.)
Garnish
whole mint leaves or whole lemon verbena leaf
lavender flowers
orange slice (small, thinly cut slices)
Preparation
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Boil water for tea. Place the tea bags (or loose tea in a tea strainer) and sprig of lavender in the teapot and pour in water.
Brew for about 5 minutes then stir in the rose water.
Pass the cream, the sugar bowl and a plate of orange slices around to flavor the tea.
If desired, float a few mint leaves, lemon verbena leaves or lavender blooms in each teacup.
Servings are estimated.
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