Tea and Victoria Sponge Cake

Location: Cox's Yard, Stratford

http://www.coxsyard.co.uk/

Date: Sat 16 Feb, 2008

Details: Tea and Victoria sponge

Notes: Once again, horrible Cox's Yard tea. But the Vic sponge was great - fresh and squishy.

Olde-worlde tea and chocolate slab

Location: Cox's Yard, Stratford http://www.coxsyard.co.uk/

Date: Sat 16 Feb, 2008

Details: Tea and chocolate slab

Notes: This was a truly awful pot of tea - possibly due to incorrect/inadequate teapot cleaning. Yuk. The choc slab was rather boring, not a patch on version sold in Chadds in Union Street, Stratford. The new decor in the Cox's Yard cafe is particularly naff 'olde-worlde' rose-covered tat. Yuk again. Squarely aimed at the tourists. Like the rose-bowl though, nice twee touch.

Assam tea with a heart-shaped cookie

Location: McKechnie's, Stratford-upon-Avon
Date: Thurs 14 Feb, 2008
Details: Assam tea and a ginger heart+arrow cookie, made by Kiz.

Notes: A heart-shaped cookie for Valentines' Day! Kiz has since bought me this cookie cutter. :-) I've gone off the Assam tea at McKechnie's though - it has a slightly weird chemical finish. Back to the English Breakfast!

Tea with Chocolate and Mint Cake

Direccion: La cafeteria Dos Mil en Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote

Fecha: Enero, 2008

Notas: Una taza de té y torta de chocolate y menta.

Coffee and Carrot Cake

Direccion: La cafeteria Dos Mil en Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote

Fecha: Enero, 2008

Notas: Un café solo y torta de la zanahoria

Chocolate de Otoño y Ensaimada

Location: 'Los classicos de café', Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote
Date: February 2008

Notes: A very boozy hot chocolate ('otoño' - chocolate, crema catalana y nata) and ensaimada - a simple flakey sweet pastry rolled into a curl.

Peppermint tea with posh amaretti biscuits

Location: Honeybourne, Worcestershire

Date: January 2008

Notes: Peppermint tea with posh amaretti biscuits at Kiz and Neil's house after the Ramsay Cookalong. The stars on the table hint at the five-star quality of the food!