Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Busy Tea House Action!

Well, it's been a full week since I last had a chance to post. No wonder, the sunny weather has brought out Commercial's sun lovers in droves.

We've been busy icing teas and coming up with all kinds of fun blends. I'm especially pleased with our version of an African classic, Organic Bancha blended with Organic Spearmint make a naturally sweet and refreshing iced tea.

As promised we'll roll out our Summer Menu styles this weekend. Pizzas, which have been on their way out, are being replaced by crepes. We'll run three sweet and three savoury crepes each week as wel as random runs of fresh inspired fillings. Chilled soups will tie down the soup section, this week it's classic chilled borscht with dill yogurt, decadent gazpachos will make frequent appearances as we get heirloom tomatos and outdoor cucumbers. Vichysoise and rich bean soups will round out the suprisingly large range of chilled soup options. Oh! Maybe some dessert soups too!

Our experiments with new style bubble teas have yielded only one true winner so far: Spicy fresh ginger jelly which can be served in iced chais and Organic Lemonade. Speaking of Organic Lemonade we'll roll out four flavour choices this weekend with more to come. Check out the adult taste of Jamaican inspired lemonade served with fresh black pepper and piloncillo, a kind of pure cane sugar. (Yes, it's 100% Columbian cane!)

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