Cornish Cream Tea Hamper | Simply Cornish Hampers Review

Today I have a review of a Afternoon Tea Hamper from Simply Cornish Hampers. For a while I have wanted to try out an afternoon tea hamper, as I really liked the concept of a fresh Afternoon Tea delivered straight to your door. I was just awaiting a suitable occasion for an excuse!  

...and what a better excuse than mothers day! 

I originally had my eye on the Delimann hampers, but unfortunately they don't deliver on a weekend. I will have to try that another time :) So, after doing a quick google search I discovered Simply Cornish Hampers 

Simply Cornish Hampers have been open since 2005, they sell hampers as gifts for a special occasion or a special someone. All their ingredients are sourced locally in Cornwall from a range of food and wine suppliers. Their range includes gluten free hampers, alcohol hampers, cream tea hampers and chocolate hampers. I'm sure most people will be able to find something that takes their fancy! I chose the  'Family Cornish Cream Tea Hamper' option, 

Delivery costs a whooping  £7.55 for weekdays or £8.65 for weekend delivery. 

The hamper was priced at £35.95 and was delivered in a cardboard box. You can upgrade to a black gift box for £47.45 or if you pay £58.90 they will send it in wicker basket! However, the cardboard packaging alone was fine, I loved how everything was laid out and they all fit snugly in the box!

The hamper included 8 Butter Scones, a bottle of Healey's Pressed Apple Juice, Clotted Cream, Shortbread, Sisley's Strawberry Jam, Clotted Cream Fudge, Spiced Crunch Original Fairings, 4 Rodda's Clotted Cream and Furniss Gingerbread. Its a shame that the hamper doesn't include any tea!

Since we were having a bit off a mothers day family gathering we decided to set it up as a tea party...

For my mum instead of putting out a tea cup we decided to place the Grandma mug that my niece got her. 

The food was all really yummy and had a lovely home made feel to it. The scones tasted very fresh and I especially loved the addition of the fudge  and apple juice. 

I can't recommend this hamper enough, it's a great alternative to a hotel afternoon tea. With every order you get a free personlised gift card to send to your loved ones, yet our hamper included the wrong card. It said 'Happy Birthday' instead of the 'Happy Mothers Day' message which left my mum a bit perplexed to begin with! But since the food was soo lovely I'll have to let them off for the mistake!

Have you tried an afternoon tea hamper? Any recommendations for next time?

See you next time for more of my ramblings! 

xx

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Tea, Anyone? | The Really Useful Chocolate Teapot

For my 18th Birthday my auntie gave me a Chocolate Teapot...yes, that's right - a teapot made out of chocolate - I was in heaven! It's so cute that I've actually been a bit reluctant to use it, but eventually  my curiosity got the better of me and I decided to see how it works. 

This chocolate teapot is by a company called Schokolat, they are known for selling novelty chocolate. They sell various shaped chocolate such as a golf iron, paint brushes, tools and keys.

First off I did a bit off research to try to understand how this actually works without melting straight away. I found the teapot uses dark chocolate that is 65% cocoa solids because it has a higher melting point than milk chocolate. Apparently by using dark chocolate built up in layers the teapot won't melt straight away with the boiling water and will last for a couple of cuppas. 

The teapot came with a leaflet containing some suggestions on how you could use it... 

• The first way is to make an extra chocolaty hot chocolate. I did this by placing two tablespoons of hot chocolate powder (I used the malteser one) into the teapot, then filling it 2/3 full with hot water. I then mixed it and poured the yummy hot chocolate into some teacups - I think you can repeat this step however many times you want to! 
• Once you have drank the hot chocolate, you can pour hot water into the teapot, then stir the water with the chocolate in order to create a chocolaty fondue. Then you can dip fruit and marshmallows into it to your hearts content.
• Finally, you can break up the teapot and slowly devour it (This is still a work in progress!)

So does it actually work?....YES it does! Because of the thick layers of dark chocolate the teapot only melts on the inside, so you can have a creamy fondue for your fruit, without destroying the shape. I'm not entirely sure if you can have an actual tea using this teapot, as there was no information about that. Turns out the saying ‘You are about as useful as a chocolate teapot’ isn’t correct!

This is a great gift idea for any chocoholics and is actually quite a fun way to spend a Sunday afternoon!

See you next time for more of my ramblings!

xx

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