TASTY TEA PARTY MENU PLANNING at the TEA LOVERS FESTIVAL

California's Premier Tea Festival since 2006

www.TeaLoversFestival.com  ~  Facebook.com/TeaLoversFest

PAPER ARCHITECT is once again joining the TEA LOVERS FESTIVAL

with a new Tea Lab Event:

TASTY TEA PARTY MENU PLANNING

Workshop and Gourmet Tea Party

at  THE BISTRO GARDEN in Studio City 

Explore the different types of tea party menus

from one to four courses, food/tea pairing,

and recipes to delight your guests.

Food budgeting, food prep planning, 

tips for presenting and serving food 

will also be discussed.

All while enjoying our own gourmet Tea Party.

DATE:  Friday, May 16, 2014

TIME:  1:30 - 3:30pm

LOCATION:  The BISTRO GARDEN

12950 Ventura Blvd.     Studio City, CA  91604

COST:  $80.00  (includes $55 for Afternoon Tea, gratuity and tax)

ADVANCED REGISTRATION 

ends May 14th

Sign up on our website through PayPal

www.paperarchitect.com/Tea_Party_Workshop.php

or 

on Tea Lovers Festival site through Event Brite

www.TeaLoversFestival.com

Join us for a one-of-kind Gourmet Tea Party and

Menu Planning Workshop.  

It will be an event you won't forget!

For additional questions and information,

email::  contactus@paperarchitect.com

call:  818 752 6771

TEA PARTY MENU PLANNING EVENT COMING SOON

TASTING TEA PARTY MENU PLANNING  TEA LAB

    The Tea Lovers Festival is back this May and I will be offering a new Tea Lab

 concentrating on menu planning.

Explore the different types of tea party menus from one to four course teas, pairing food with tea and recipe ideas to delight your guests.  We will also discuss food budgeting, food prep planning and tips for presenting the food for serving.

All this while enjoying our own gourmet tea party at The Bistro Garden at Coldwater

in Sherman Oaks.

A separate email will be sent once the menu is finalized and registration is set up.

So mark your calendars for Friday, May 16^th from 1:30 – 3:30pm at The Bistro Garden.

Sponsored by The Tea Lovers Festival.

For more information on the festival itself, see the logo and link below.

NATIONAL HOT TEA MONTH 2014

JANUARY is

A hot cup of tea is like medicine for the soul

It can soothe or energize, enhance your health

and especially during the chilly winter days/nights of January,

warm you up -- morning, noon or night.

Her are a few suggestions for honoring National Hot Tea Month:

<  Be bold and try a new flavor of tea to expand your taste buds.

<  Take a break from your daily routine and treat yourself to afternoon tea by visiting a new tea room.  Even better, invite someone to share the experience.

<  Throw a tea party and share your love of tea.

<  Take inventory of your tea selections, teacups, teapots and accessories. 

Browse a tea shop and find some nice addition to your collection.

<  Make a dish that calls for tea as one of the ingredients.

<  Check on tea events for the month or sign up for a tea class before the year is over.

Enjoy a cup, or a pot of hot tea any time you need a little lift, whether it's Hot Tea Month or not.

 

JOINING HOT TEA MONTH and CHINESE NEW YEAR

This year (2014), National Hot Tea Month and Chinese New Year 

fall on the same month so I am celebrating both events with this recipe for 

CHINESE TEA LEAF EGGS.

CHINESE TEA LEAF EGGS (Chinese New Year recipe)
This recipe combines hard-boiled eggs with the subtle flavor of anise and the deep brown hues of black tea and soy.
The cracked patterns from the broken shells make these quite attractive!
You can eat them sliced in quarters or rounds and chilled as a side dish, appetizer or snack.
Or if you wish to use them to celebrate Hot Tea Month, serve them in tea sandwiches.   

Yield: 8 whole eggs that can be sliced into smaller portions

INGREDIENTS

• 8 eggs
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups water
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon black soy sauce
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons black tea leaves
• 2 pods star anise
• 1 (2 inch) piece cinnamon stick
• 1 tablespoon tangerine zest

DIRECTIONS

>>In a large saucepan, combine eggs and 1 teaspoon salt; cover with cold water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 20 minutes. Remove from heat, drain, and cool. When cool, tap eggs with the back of a spoon to crack shells (do not remove shells).

>>In a large saucepan, combine 3 cups water, soy sauce, black soy sauce, salt, tea leaves, star anise, cinnamon stick, & tangerine zest. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat, cover, & simmer for 3 hours. Remove from heat, add eggs, & let steep for at least 8 hours.

TEA PAIRING SUGGESTIONS
Since we are celebrating Chinese New Year, it is only natural you would want to pair these eggs with Chinese teas.   

 WE'RE BACK!
NEW DATES for 2014

 

Love tea?  Love Paris in the Fall?

Would you love to have TEA in PARIS during the Fall Season?

SEPTEMBER 27 - OCTOBER 3, 2014

We have partnered with GO AHEAD TOURS, a major international travel company

to offer you a group travel package of 7 - 9 days in Paris

with the option of exploring the city on your own,

OR

take a 4 day, ART-TEA PARIS WALKING TOUR through us, PAPER ARCHITECT (teapartyworkshop.com and this blog is a subsidiary of PAPER ARCHITECT).

This walking tour will include each day

visiting a museum, a garden and a tea room in a specific area of Paris

where you will learn about the personality of that arrondisment/neighborhood.

We will be limiting this tour to no more than 12 people

to create a more intimate group of visitors to Paris.

GO AHEAD TOURS provides the travel arrangements at a group rate  --

airfare, hotel, shuttles to/from airport, welcome dinner, 

on-site travel assistance in Paris and rewards membership.

Their travel package is called Paris City Stay.

To calculate travel costs and review travel details and policies

visit our site at:  http://nancycaldwell.grouptoursite.com/

To learn about our 4 day walking tour, click on:

https://www.paperarchitect.com/ART-TEA_PARIS_TOUR.php

We also have a TRAVEL SOLO TO PARIS blog 

that will post information about the trip and all things Paris.

www.travelsolotoparis.blogspot.com

  

This is your chance to not only see Paris 

but to share your love of tea with others

who  have the same interests.

Solo travels can be paired for hotel arrangements 

to save on supplemental charges.

You may be traveling solo but you will not be alone.

This could be a life changing experience.

PARIS, TEA, art and atmosphere.

You will see just why this city is so loved

in an intimate setting.

No large tour buses, heavy traffic, 

short, limited visits to lovely places,

rushed from site to site.

This is a more relaxed immersion into the Parisian culture.

This customized tour can create or continue 

a love affair with Paris .... and tea.

Come join us!

 ALMOND OOLONG BREAD
(Serves 12)

INGREDIENTS
2 teaspoons   yeast   
2 1/2 cup    bread flour
1 1/2 cup     whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon     salt
3 Tablespoon     honey
2 1/2 teaspoon     oil
1 1/2 cup     brewed oolong tea
1/3 - 1/4 cup    sliced almonds

DIRECTIONS
Place in a bread machine:
yeast, flours, salt, honey, oil and tea.
(Note:  bread machines vary. 
Some machines need liquids last, while others need them first.  

Please check your bread machine directions to find out.)

Set machine to dough setting.
When dough is complete, preheat oven to 400º F.

Shape bread in loaf pan sprayed with nonstick cooking spray.
Sprinkle 1/4 - 1/3c sliced almonds on dough.

Bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown.
 
Slice and serve warm with honey or jam
while drinking your favorite oolong tea.

TEA BAG HEALTH TIP

Tea bags are good for more than enjoying a hot cup of it.
 

If you find yourself with allergy symptoms, long hours on the computer, or weather conditions 

playing havoc with your eyes, 

                        did you know you can

soothe tired, irritated eyes
by using chamomile tea bags.
 

Soak the bags in ice water for a few minutes,
lie down and place them over your eyelids.

You'll have relief in no time.