Constant Comment Extra Special Tea

9 ingredients
5 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 -2 constant comment tea bag (or equivalent amount of loose tea)
  • 1 sprig fresh lavender
  • 1/2 teaspoon rose water, to taste
  • half-and-half (rich or richer or richest) or heavy cream (rich or richer or richest)
  • sugar, to taste (your choice honey, raw sugar, brown sugar, etc.)
  • Garnish
  • whole mint leaves or whole lemon verbena leaf
  • lavender flowers
  • orange slice (small, thinly cut slices)

Directions

  1. 1
    Boil water for tea. Place the tea bags (or loose tea in a tea strainer) and sprig of lavender in the teapot and pour in water.
  2. 2
    Brew for about 5 minutes then stir in the rose water.
  3. 3
    Pass the cream, the sugar bowl and a plate of orange slices around to flavor the tea.
  4. 4
    If desired, float a few mint leaves, lemon verbena leaves or lavender blooms in each teacup.
  5. 5
    Servings are estimated.

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