Drink tea for Lent............That's what I'm doing!

Chikondi Tea is a new Tea Company set up by daughter Lucy who lives and works in Malawi.  She's engaged to be married to Simon, a Tea taster and buyer, so can recommend the tea and on sale here in tailor-made african textile gift bags, all locally sourced, providing and supporting the local community in which they live.

Discover the delights of the tea business and interesting facts about tea drinking....
Eight out of ten cups of tea in the United Kingdom are brewed from a teabag!
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TEA LOAF

Oven 160C, gas mark 2-3, my Aga - top shelf in bottom oven!

It makes no difference to the recipe what size of cup is used. I use a large breakfast teacup, that will make a 2 lb loaf, but you can use a mug or double the quantity if you want a larger loaf or two loaves.

1 cup                mixed dried fruit

1 cup                milky tea

1 cup                dark brown sugar

2 cups             SR flour: can be half malted flour as this gives a great flavour

Spices             cinnamon, ginger, mixed spice, nutmeg

Soak the fruit in the milk for at least one hour.  Add sugar, flour and spices and mix thoroughly and bake for approx one hour. Serve plain or if you really want a treat, buttered!