Sunday 21 November 2010

Silk Roads Tea and Chocolate

Back to Silk Roads spiffy tea store for a workshop in making tea with added chocolate. What a neat idea! I usually make what I call "skinny cocoa" or a posset at home, with lots of hot water, a bit of cocoa and a slug of milk. But at Silk Roads, the facilitator made several kinds of green tea, black tea, chai and oolong. To the hot, fresh tea she added a spoonful of Camino brand chocolate powder. This powder had plenty of sweet in it, unlike plain cocoa. For Louise and the other lactose-free enthusiasts, she added whipped coconut milk, and for the rest of us there was a shot of whipping cream.
Gotta say, what a nice taste. Tea with chocolate added. Bit of cream. Definitely a taste I'm going back to again. Especially the Mayan Madness, with a nice dark tea (she used Velvet Potion) with chocolate and a quarter teaspoon of cayenne pepper. VERY warming on a cold day!

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