Which Tea - What Food


The avid tea drinker usually chooses different teas for different times of day, different foods, even different courses within a meal. The following table from the UK's Tea Council has suggestions that you might find useful if you've never considered this approach before.


Cup of tea Sandwiches Afternoon tea pastries/desserts Cheese Wine Liqueur
Ceylon Cucumber or Tomato Sandwich Tarte Au Citron Mature Cheddar Fine dessert wine Chartreuse yellow/green
Kenya Beef & Horseradish or Ham Sandwich Chocolate Cake (rich) Austrian Smoked New World Cabernet Sauvignon Drambuie
Darjeeling Cream Cheese or Egg and Cress Sandwich Cream Desserts Cream Cheese Zinfandel type wines Shiraz or Syrah Armagnac
Lapsang Chicken or Smoked Salmon Sandwich Walnut Cake Stilton New World Chardonnay Tawny Port
Earl Grey Fine Pate or Ham & Mustard Sandwich Creme Brulee Leicester Valpolicella or Beaujolais  

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Comments: Experiment until you find your favorite combinations. Compare notes with other tea drinkers. Enjoy!

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