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Starfish13	909188.  Sun May 13, 2012 2:20 pm I think I remember seeing a tv programme like Countryfile that visited a tea plantation in Cornwall, to try tea actually grown in the UK. It was rather expensive if you wanted to buy any, along the lines of the cost of saffron type of expensive.
Bondee	909193.  Sun May 13, 2012 2:36 pm Starfish13 wrote: I think I remember seeing a tv programme like Countryfile that visited a tea plantation in Cornwall, to try tea actually grown in the UK. That'll be the Tregothnan estate. Quote: Tregothnan was the first place to grow ornamental Camellia outdoors 200 years ago and it is this expertise along with the unique Cornish micro-climate that helps our tea bushes, Camellia sinensis, to thrive here today. Hidden behind the iconic kitchen garden door, which dates back to Plantagenet times making it the oldest remaining part of the estate, you’ll find the Camellia sinensis from which we made our first tentative tea experiments back in 2000. Today, tea can be found growing in small pockets all over the home estate whilst larger plantations are located on Tregothnan land throughout the Southern tip of the county. One of our most recently planted areas sits opposite our restaurant Smugglers and Tea Bar on the River Fal, so our guests can actually watch England’s only tea growing as they enjoy an afternoon tea next to the river. http://tregothnan.co.uk/ It is expensive, £5 for 25 grams, whereas my current favourite, Russian Caravan from a tea merchant in Dorset, costs me just under £8 for 500 grams.
tchrist	909205.  Sun May 13, 2012 4:04 pm Bondee wrote: It is expensive, £5 for 25 grams, whereas my current favourite, Russian Caravan from a tea merchant in Dorset, costs me just under £8 for 500 grams. From my side of the pond, this sort of talk always sounds like I’ve somehow managed to tune into a bunch of narcotraffickers exchanging business notes.
Efros	909207.  Sun May 13, 2012 4:21 pm Russian Caravan is available over here in the US for about $14 a pound +$4 shipping from the englishteastore.
sally carr	909229.  Sun May 13, 2012 5:08 pm Shouldn't that be the Russianteastore?
Efros	909236.  Sun May 13, 2012 5:38 pm well it could but then it wouldn't DNS properly.
Spud McLaren	909246.  Sun May 13, 2012 6:31 pm Jenny wrote: Thanks for the butter tea recipe - I think the 'think of it as a light soup' idea is brilliant, because I'm sure it must taste quite different from a nice British cuppa. I just bet it does. The butter will taste different from that made from cows' milk, for a start.

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