Girls just want to have fun! And you can provide that with our Themed Dress Up in a Box.
Princess in a Box
Princess in a Box features a pink princess tutu gown, pink boa gloves, a princess crown and a wand. All your little princess needs for a Princess Tea Party with her friends.
The Princess outfit arrives in a decorative box with a Princess motif so it’s ready for whenever your little Princess wants to play.
The Princess tutu is long and tappered strands of tulle with a spandex bodice and straps that adjust to size.
Ballerina in a Box
If you have a “dancer” in the house, she’ll love the Ballerina in a Box. This decorative box includes a Ballet Shoes felt purse, Pink Tutu with spandex bodice and hot pink tulle bottom, and pink slippers.
Tea Party in a Box
This Tea Party in a Box includes a silk flowered straw tea party hat, white gloves, pink feather boa, faux pearls and a hardback book “Let’s Have a Tea Party”. Everything a girl wants for her next tea party is featured in a green strip, tea motif storage box.
Go to www.theteacorner.com and start planning your next tea party!
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Introducing our delicious caffeine-free Children’s Tea in teabags or loose tea. These delightful teas brew a rosy-pink in the teacup while delivering a fresh berry-punch flavor.
Children’s tea is featured in a resealable pack and contains 8 teabags or 18 teabags of a triangle shape containing loose tea.
Also available is our 2 ounce package of children’s loose tea that comes with a free stainless mesh infuser tea ball.
Our Children’s tea can be enjoyed hot or cold. Children love its fruity taste and enjoy the adult experience of dipping the teabag in their tea cup.
Choose from the following flavors:
- Pineapple Orange
- Bubblegum
- Yummy Berry
- Bumblefruit
- Tutti Fruiti
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Everyone can use a refresher course now and then.
- Preheat a teapot by pouring warm water into it, raising the temperature of the teapot.
- Discard the water. For a teapot holding up to 6 cups,add one teaspoon of loose tea for each cup you are brewing. For teapots that hold up to 12 cups, add an extra teaspoon of tea “for the pot.” If you are using a teabag, use one teabag per cup.
- Pour fresh boiling water over the tea or teabag. This super-saturates the tea, allowing the perfect extraction of flavor.
- Black Tea and Infusions: The water temperature should be 212 degrees F. Steep for four to five minutes.
- Green Tea: The water temperature should be below the boiling point, about 180 degrees. Steep for three minutes.
- If using loose tea, pour tea through a strainer into a cup. If using a teabag, remove teabag from pot or cup
Tea Etiquette Tips:
- Talk in a quiet voice
- Put sugar, milk or lemon in the teacup after the tea has been poured
- Place your teaspoon on the saucer, not the table
- Sip your tea, no slurping!
- Keep elbows off the table
- Don’t push your plate away when you are finished eating
- Write a thank you note to the person who invited you
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Warm Cup of Tea
It’s a chilly November night and nothing will warm you like a cup of flavored tea. Relax in your favorite comfy chair and breathe in the aroma while sipping an exotic tea.
Our imported tea with premium ingredients comes from all the over world to create blends of unmatched quality and complexity. We strive to deliver the most exotic and sensory tea experience possible. Enjoy tea blends of rare spices, fruits, flowers, and fine tea imparting a layered and lingering sensation not found with any other tea.
The Tea Corner offer’s custom blend loose teas, tea bags and Seasonal teas.
Black Tea
We have a unique and appealing selection of Black Tea. Full flavored and can range from rich, spicy, creamy and slighty floral. They are excellent eye-openers, comforting afternoon teas, and soothing thirst quenchers.
Green Tea
Green Tea is mild and delicate in flavor with fresh, vegetative quality. Rich in Vitamin C and antioxidants, green tea is known for its health benefits. Our fine green teas are sure to delight.
Herbal Tea
Our Herbal & Fruit Tea is made from the best stuff Mother Nature has to offer flowers, seeds, grain and fruit. All herbal blends are naturally caffeine free. Perfect hot and cold suitable any time of the day.
Santa Tea
Or give someone special a fun gift of seasonal tea featured in our Santa Tin Containers.
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Egg Carton Crown
Your guests can feel like royalty in a Prince or
Princess crown. This is a great craft activity for a
Princess Tea Party – or for any time. You may be surprised that a plain egg carton can look so special.
For this craft, you’ll want to use a paper/cardboard egg carton, not the foam kind. When you add some sparkle — paint, glitter, and “jewels” — it becomes a headpiece worthly of any Prince or Princess.
Supplies:
- Paper egg carton
- Silver acrylic paint
- Silver glitter
- Faux gems
- Scissors
- Craft glue
- Clothespin
- Paintbrush
Instructions:
Glue half cups in a circle to fit your head
- Remove the lid of the egg carton; discard it. Cut the carton in half vertically, and trim the edges to make them as smooth as possible. Cut one half in half lengthwise, leaving two rows of half-cups. Glue the two rows of half-cups together to form one long row of half-cups. Use a clothespin to hold the cups together until the glue sets.
- Wrap this length around your head, and cut off the extra cups at the end. (If it only takes 10 cups to reach around your head, cut off 2 cups from the end, and discard them.)
- Using the extra half-cups not used in step 2, cut a small piece from between two cups. Join the line of cups from step 2 into a circle, and glue the extra piece between the two end cups to splice them together. Use a clothespin to hold the circle together until the glue sets.
- Paint the inside and outside of the crown silver. Let dry. Apply glue around the edges of each bump, and sprinkle glitter onto the glue. Let dry. Glue faux gems around the crown as desired.
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Monet Tea
That I may toast the ‘teapot dome’ of heaven;
and while the sun his forenoon journey takes,
Bring me a drop o’tea about eleven;
And when the midday meal is timed to stop,
Bring me for goodness sake, another drop!
And in the drowsy land of Afternoon,
When time hangs heavy and the spirits droop,
Bring me a little tray, a little spoon,
A little teapot (with a decent ‘stroup’),
A little sugar, and a little cream,
A little drop o’ tea—and let me dream.”
Aquilo, A Drop O’Tea, 1926
“Remember the tea kettle; it is always up to its neck in hot water, yet it still sings. -Early American Folk Wisdom-
“If a man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty” - Japanese Proverb
“If you are cold, tea will warm you
If you are heated, it will cool you
If you are depressed, it will cheer you
If you are excited, it will calm you.
It’s Always Time for Tea – William E. Gladstone
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- Grow Tea
“A spot of space is all you need to grow the perfect cup of tea! ”
What could be better than a refreshing glass of iced tea when it’s hot or a steaming cup of tea on a cold day? And it’s even more enjoyable when you have grown your own herbs for tea.
You don’t need a dedicated herb tea garden. Grow started plants in pots. There are a variety of colorful
teacup planting pots available at The Tea Corner and most garden and home stores. Herb plants are easy to grow in a sunny spot like a deck or patio. The brighter the sunlight, the more flavorful the herb. Most tea herbs need approximately six hours of sunlight. Some prefer sandy soil, while others prefer more moist and fertile soil.
Suggested Tea Plants To Grow:
Apple Mint: A fragrant plant that grows up to 18-24 inches and does well in full sun or partial shade. To use in tea, chop fresh leaves to flavor hot or cold drinks.
Bergamot: An aromatic herb that traditionally benefits digestion. Plant full sun to semi-shade. Grows to 24-36 inches tall. Trim top growth to keep short. To brew, steep leaves in boiling water to create a mild and flavorful tea or add leaves to iced tea to iced drinks to give them an Earl Grey flavor.
Chamomile: A daisy-like white and yellow flower bloom that brews a soothing and fragrant herbal tea with overtones of pineapple. Plant in full to part sun. Chamomile is an annual that grows 10-24 inches tall. Harvest flowers on the stem and gently wash and dry. Hang to dry in a dark, airy location. Discard stems when making tea.
Chocolate Mint: Grows leaves that smell and taste like candy. Prefers full sun. Like all mints, this hardy perennial can be invasive in the ground, so growing in a container is best. Grows 18-24 inches tall.
Lemon Balm: Has refreshing lemony-scented leaves. The tender, young leaves have the best flavor. This herb needs fregquent watering. Plant in sun or partial shade. This perennial grows to 24 inches.
Lemon Grass: The leaves are said to aid digestion. Plant in sunny spot and keep moist.
Lemon Verbena: One of the finest lemon-scented herbs. Excellent for making tea and potpourri. Prefers full sun. Bring indoors to a cool, bright location for the Winter.
Spearmint: This is a creeping mint that can be steeped to make a flavorful and aromatic tea. Keep in fairly moist soil. Grows 12-36 inches tall. Harvest leaves just before flowers appear. Leaves can be dried or frozen to preserve flavor for an extended period of time.
Making Tea From Fresh Herbs
Now that you’ve started your teacup garden and the plants have flurished, it’s time to enjoy the fruits of your labor.
For most teas, pick a handful of fresh herbs. Choose the young, tender leaves of the plant that have the best flavor. Steep using hot, but not boiling water. Make sure to drain the tea of any plant particles prior to drinking.
Dry teas in a paper bag, microwave oven or dehydrator for future use.
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Hunter's Tea Hat
Another satisfied customer! Hunter is delighted with her silk flower straw tea hat from The Tea Corner. It was a big hit at the tea party she attended. The natural straw hat is adorned with silk, pink flowers and tulle. Hunter is also wearing a pink feather boa that adds a festive look to her outfit. These items and more tea party supplies are available at www.theteacorner.com
Teapot Cookie
New item…Teapot Sugar Cookies are fun to serve or give as a tea party favor. These old fashion sugar teapot shaped sugar cookies are made with lots of butter and a hint of lemon.
Each box contains 8 or 2 cookies that go perfect with tea, coffee or milk!
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The question I get the most is “What is the difference between Afternoon Tea and High Tea?”
Afternoon tea is just tea (and possibly biscuits or scones), high tea involves sandwiches and cake.
Afternoon tea is served around 4.00pm. When afternoon tea became fashionable in the early 19th century, it was never intended to replace dinner but rather to fill in the long gap between lunch and dinner at a time when dinner was served at 8pm. Lifestyles have changed since those times and afternoon tea is now a treat, rather than a stop-gap.
High Tea means different things to different people. In Scotland High Tea is not dissimilar to an afternoon tea but will often include a hot dish. High Tea or Tea in England is the early evening meal (dinner).
Keep in mind, if you are serving only things that are eaten using your fingers, (tea sandwiches, tea cakes…) you do not need to provide any other flatware other than a spoon for the tea. A cream tea will require at least a knife for butter/cream, and a spoon for jam for the scones.
An afternoon tea will require the same for a cream tea, if you are serving scones, plus silverware for anything else that may require a utensil.
A high tea, because it is a dinner, will require possibly multiples of plates, forks, knives and spoons, again depending on what is served.
Following are answers to frequently asked question regarding setting the table for tea:
As with all formal table settings, a tea party setting is no different except that the teacup is placed to the right of the spoons instead of up to the right of the other glasses.
luncheon sized plates,(centered)
cloth napkins,(left of plate)
fork(s)(left of plate, either on napkin or to the right of it.)
knife(right of plate, sharp side toward plate)
butter knife(right of knife, facing same way)
spoon(right of knives)
tea spoon(right of spoon, can also be placed on the saucer of the tea cup)
tea cup and saucer(right of spoons)
waste bowl (far left, above napkin-for tea leaves, lemon)
bread plate (right of waste bowl-butter knife can be laid across the top right of plate)
dessert bowl and/or plate(directly above the main plate, centered-for extra special dessert that may be served separate from normal tea sweets i.e. birthday cake, ice cream…)
dessert fork and/or spoon(directly under dessert plate horizontally, pointing in opposite directions)
water glass-above the knife
other glasses if needed will go to the right of the water glass.
Manners: How does one stir tea?
If you like cream with your tea, I suggest that you pour the cream into your cup first, then pour the hot tea onto it. This way, you really do not need to stir the mixture. Also, the cold cream acts as a buffer against the scalding hot tea if you are using one of those delicate china pieces. On the other hand, if you need to stir your tea, make sure that you do not make any sound (clinking) while doing so. Also, using the figure-8 movement is great in lightly swishing your tea.
What kinds of foods should I serve?
There is no hard and fast rule as to what you can serve. You can serve anything you like – but to have a semblance of the traditional tea, make sure you have at least a 3-course meal that includes an appetizer, the main course and dessert. These are placed on the 3-tiered tray which is situated in the middle of the table. There is a practical placement order for these coursesl. On the top tier, the appetizer is placed; the middle tier will have the main course; while the bottom tier will hold the dessert.
The main thing to remember about tea etiquette is the that everything served for tea should be bite-sized – could be a bite or 2 or 3 but still bite-sized.
Most important, create a delightful atmosphere and delicious tea and food for your tea party quests and they will be asking when your next tea party is!
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Cardew Rooster
Rooster motifs bring warmth, humor, and personality to a room. These functional farmhouse favorites make any room playful and appealing.
A symbol of farm life, roosters such as these ceramic teapots incorporate cheerful colors to your kitchen decor.
Rise & shine to your morning tea time with a farm animal teapot.
Set your breakfast table with this whimsical Brown Rooster Terracotta Tea Set. A great way to start your day the country way!
Festive Rooster Teapot with colorful feathers and a leafy teapot lid will brighten up your morning tea time. When not using for tea, use this colorful teapot for your table centerpiece.
There’s plenty more to choose from at The Tea Corner.
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