Tuesday, March 21, 2023

T Stands for Brunch and Tea

One of our favorite, local restaurants, the UxLocale has started serving tea and brunch on Saturday mornings. I've written about the UxLocale before owned and operated by Chef Elaine. Elaine used to work at the Worcester Art Museum where I teach.

Himself opted to have brunch as he does not like tea or any hot beverage for that matter. He had the Italian Hawaiian Canoe Calzone without the thinly sliced Jalapeño peppers

 I, of course, was going to be treated to a tea.

You had your choice of 3 different teas paired with the tiers on the tea stand. Since life is short, I started with the dessert tea, Vanilla Oolong


While enjoying my first cup of Vanilla Oolong, my second choice, Earl Grey came out in a French press and kept warm over a sterno.


The Vanilla Oolong was served in a little teapot. I also asked for cream and sugar. The sugar was raw brown sugar cubes and served with sugar tongs. I didn't get a picture of my spoon which was a demitasse spoon. Very cute. I had 2 cups of the Vanilla tea.


The tea service include 3 generous sandwiches: Cucumber, sour cream, cream cheese, dill on brioche (behind the gold stand), to the left: Smoked Salmon, wild-caught smoked salmon, pickled onions, cream cheese, dill, brioche bread, and to the right: Tomato Caprese, tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, basil, basil aioli, brioche bread.

I don't really like cheese and the few cheeses I do eat, mozzarella, ricotta, or American cheese need to be cooked. An exception is ricotta and mascarpone because those are the cheeses in cannoli. Cream cheese is okay as long as there is other stuff to help mask the taste/texture.  Himself had the Caprese sandwich.


The middle tier tea I chose was my favorite blend, Earl Grey. I think I had 2 cups. The middle tier offering was a blueberry scone and an orange cranberry scone served with real clotted cream and strawberry jam. Elaine spotted me when she came out of the kitchen, and she came to say hello. It's always a delight to see her. She told me about making the clotted cream from scratch. A long, difficult process, but Elaine's endeavor was so worth it.

By the time, the top tier tea came, Irish Breakfast (remember I paired the teas backwards), I was ready to float, and I was still drinking the Earl Grey  pictured above with a Coconut Chocolate Chip Macaroon. There were also Macarons and Madeleines. 

The server kindly put the Irish Breakfast tea and the remainder of the Earl Grey tea in to go cups along with the cookies.

Drop by hosts, Bleubeard and Elizabeth's blog to find out what the rest of the T Stands For gang is up to. If you want to play, include in your Tuesday post a beverage or container for a beverage. Don't forget to link your blog to Bleubeard and Elizabeth's page.

31 comments:

  1. Wow, you really had a party. I think I have never had so much tea in all my life. It must have been a tea-drinker's paradise! Glad you had such a great time there. Happy T Day, Valerie

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  2. That amount of food, especially such rich choices, does sound very overwhelming! But it appears you had fun anyway.


    best… mae at maefood.blogspot.com

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    1. The one thing about tea is that sandwiches and cookies are small

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  3. second try on comment — nice post

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  4. wow I have never had a tea service like this before or even seen one. How fun! everything sounds delicious too, nice she sent home the teas in cups as well.
    Happy Spring and Happy T

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    1. I used to go to Boston to have tea. Some of the older hotels and the Boston Public Library serve a "high tea." It's nice I don't have to travel all the way to Boston to enjoy it.

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  5. I think this looks like so much fun and a little bit reminds me of the Harry Potter tea I went to last summer. Your treats look great, and I'm with you, I'd start with dessert first myself. Happy T day. Are you counting the days until summer? hugs-Erika

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  6. I would have been floating too! Looks absolutely yummy!

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  7. The Calzone sounds very yummy. And the tea very British!
    I think you are the only person I know does not really like cheese.
    Lucky you ;-) I could not (happily) live without cheese...

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    1. I can happily do without cheese. Chocolate on the other hand... 😺

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  8. Oh! Delightful! I wanna come (jealous voice) :) That really does look like the kind of opportunity we need more of out there in restaurant-land. Happy T Tuesday

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  9. Wow! I think that would have been fantastic and so much fun!!! What a great day to spend with your hubby! AND it would make for a great girls day out pit stop! Happy T day! Hugs! deb.. PS... My hubby doesn't drink anything hot other than hot chocolate...

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    1. The only friend I have that would enjoy a tea like this is Nan, but this restaurant is way out of the way for her.

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  10. You had a really nice tea service (and I say this even though I don't like tea) and those sandwiches look very good. Good move on your husband to choose the caprese sandwich, I probably would have done the same.

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  11. Teas have got to be one of the most wondrous things in the world. So glad you have an opportunity to enjoy them.

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    1. And nice that I don't have to go to Boston to enjoy tea.

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  12. What a fun and enjoyable time you must have had at the tea party for one. Scones and clotted cream are what I want along with all those sandwiches. They all look so good and truly remind me of England as I see it in my mind.

    Thank you for this incredibly wonderful tea you shared with us for T this Tuesday, dear CJ.

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    1. It was fun to be the Little Princess and to have tea

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  13. What a perfect TSFT post! I would love to be there and have those teas and the scones! YUM! Happy T Day.

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  14. How fun to have this tea adventure, CJ. Sounds delightful as does himself's lunch (I would have been torn between the two but would have kept the jalapenos). Super fun to have this option in your area. Great post for T-day. Happy T-day and hugz

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  15. Wow! Lots of tea. We have a tea house here but served very differently. I love yours better. LOL Have a lovely day.

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  16. This experience sounds perfect for a tea lover - how great to match the teas with different layers on the stand. Being a coffee drinker I always request coffee with the food on the stand but this clearly was something very different!
    Belated Happy T Day, Chrisx

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    1. I've had tea like this before, but never different teas for the different tiers. That was fun

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