Described as “The Dom Perignon of the Tea World” by the Sunday Times, These amazing, exotic Teas by Choi Time make a special gift – something a little bit different.
All these loose leaf teas are award winning, year after year. The joy is watching each different bulb unfurl and produce a great tasting, health giving Tea.
The Benefits of these teas include aiding digestion, weight loss, anti ageing and high anti oxidant levels. The fact that they taste great obviously helps!
The teas can be purchased online and I can recommend the Gift packs, which would be great for Valentines or Mothers day.
Aesthetically stunning, great tasting and good for you. Ditch the PG tips….
Sometimes, I think I am lucky in my line of work. When Inverawe Smokehouse delivered their Cheese and Wine tray, my thoughts were confirmed.
Inverawe Smokehouse, Scotland’s specialist smokehouse and Royal Warrant holders produce smoked goodies like I have never tasted. Their smoked salmon is arguably the greatest ever (some statement, I know, but completely founded)
Each individual piece of fish or game (or some of my cheeses) are hand smoked in traditional brick kilns for up to 48 hours. This slow smoking process offers up a unique tasted and texture that gives Inverawe its reputation.
The Cheese and wine tray, complete with Wicker bread basket contains nothing short of heaven. A fine bottle of Montrose Cabernet Syrah, 200g Cropwell Bishop stilton, 110g Smoked Island cheddar, 190g Inverawe smoked Brie and 200g Mr Mackenzie oatcakes makes for a fine gift hamper.
The cheeses were all really good, The smoked Brie sublime. I am not too ashamed to admit that once I tasted this, I finished it in one sitting!
Inverawe are offering other gift hampers filled with sustenance and prepared with love for Valentines, such as Whiskey and smoked salmon box or the Port and Stilton box. Please check out their site for these and lot’s more devastatingly wonderful treats. All these gift hampers are available for under £40.00 each.
To mildly understate, I am a big fan.
Now this I like! How about a wine that has huge health benefits? The range of pomegranate wines from Rimon are the only wines to be made from 100% Pomegranate juice.
Because of this, The wine retains its health giving properties; The Anti Oxidant levels are high, essential for blood circulation and a healthy heart. In fact, The Rimon Pomegranate wine contains 3 times more anti oxidants than red wine or green tea. Vitamins A, B and C, iron and calcium are also present as well as other essential minerals.
Most things that are this good for you do not have the quality of taste to compliment. As a rule, If it tastes good – it’s bad for you! Not so with these wines, They are right up there with a good quality bottle of red.
Rimon Dry Wine is full bodied and a little cherry like, with a hint of pepper to balance. I sampled this first and it immediately raised the bar in terms of taste. Very Impressed. (£21.99)
Rimon Port Style wine is a great addition to fruity puds or the cheese board, produced in similar traditions to Port, this has a slight spice to it. Excellent for ending the evening. (£27.99)
Rimon Dessert Wine is sweet with fruity flavours and a touch of chocolate. As a dessert wine, it is excellent with desserts and soft cheeses. (£19.99 available at Waitrose)
So I give you great tasting wine and plenty of reasons to feel good whilst drinking it. Healthy wine…what more do you need?!!
(Please enjoy Alcohol responsibly)
“All the Chinese you will ever need to know” is the tag line of Wing Yip, the Chinese food ingredients supplier. The Hamper that was sent to iconic gifts would certainly agree with that, this is a foodie gift that would be long appreciated.
With Chinese New Year coinciding with Valentines day this year, this is a perfect hamper for your loved one – why not treat them to a romantic, home cooked feast?!
The set comes in a Wok and contains chop sticks and 7 different sauces and one curry sauce concentrate. The sauces include Sweet and sour, Chow mein, Black bean and Spicy Szechuan sauce.
The sauces are authentic and delicious. Wing yip have been supplying the Chinese food industry in UK for over 35 years, so the chances are you would already have tasted these products. Now, You can bring that authenticity home and create some super dishes!
The Wing Yip website offers a huge choice of Chinese, Japanese and Thai ingredients. In fact, at over 800 different items, you will never need to go anywhere else!
I tasted the curry sauce and knew that I had to go to my local butcher and splash out on something special to do the sauce justice. My duck curry will be discussed for many years (even if it’s me that starts the conversation!)
The two major plusses for me as a gift is it can be given to anyone who enjoys food (who doesn’t?) and the price. I didn’t know the price until I had given the set a good going over. At £18.99, I am staggered that such high quality and low price can be possible. A real favourite chez Paul’s.
Lily O’Brien’s Chocolate treasure chests just look fantastic. What’s really rather good is they taste fantastic too! As a gift, who would not enjoy receiving one of these delightful choco packages?
Choose from an amazing array of chocolates including Double chocolate caramel, white chocolate truffle and Valencia orange. Once eaten, the chests make lovely little storage boxes.
Available from Lakeland, The Home of creative kitchenware, the 3 drawer chest is £12.99, 6 drawer is £19.99.
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