Tea Time Easter Holiday: Bavaria Tea Set, Tafelgut All the Best Tea, Blondie Bakes & Chanel Cupcakes!

April Showers March May Flowers. During the third phase of lockdown, the Saturday afternoon train from Helsinki to Jyväskylä is massively spacious, while the drizzling weather accompanying iTunes Nu Metal, leading the 3,5-hour journey privately pleasant. It’s always lovely to spend Easter weekend with beloved ones, sharing smoked salmon dinner and some chit chat moments altogether. 

 

Since the public hygiene is still the major concern, hence, our Jyväskylä flea market shopping plan is rescheduled for the brighter future. Nevertheless, during our cherished afternoon teatime, it is such a sweet surprise to receive a set of family vintage teaspoon as Easter treat. Made in Finland, descended from the 1950’s, each gold-plated spoon prolonged with stainless steel stick, finalized with an embossed blossom ruthenium rose, where at the backside the abbreviation of granny’s name, E.H, engraved. 

Considering my Helsinki apartment tea set collection, Winterling BAVARIA rosy teacups and sauces teaming up with WEIMAR GDR sugar jar are the perfect full unit for the Finnish vintage gold-tone teaspoons. The history of Winterling BAVARIA porcelain started by seven brothers from the northern Bavarian town, Röslau, in 1907; In the 1950’s the business was turned into a joint-stock company, while the company went bankruptcy in year 2000. Today, the factory continues at the Triptis under Eschenbach Porzellan Group with proven professionalism. According to the pottery marks, my secondhand bargain Winterling teacups and WEIMAR GDR, embellished with 22 karat-gold sugar jar, where I store a handful of Bulgarian rose buds, are produced approximately in the 1980-90. 

As for the afternoon tea, I pick TAFELGUT ALL the BEST fruit tea blended with raspberry, popcorn, apple pieces, pineapple cubes, freeze-dried raspberry pieces, heather blossoms, marigold blossoms and rose petals. Hunting this high quality TAFELGUT tea canned in a 30g tin jar from a delicate grocery shop in Porvoo. Brew with boiling water and infuse 10-12 minutes, adding up with a spoonful of organic WILKIN & SONS honeysuckle honey, TAFELGUT ALL the BEST fruit tea gives out more of rose tea flavor than fruity taste, smooth and sweet. The rather crimson colour of the tea matches perfectly with the tones of Winterling BAVARIA rosy teacups and sauces, where the hand-painted 22 karat-gold roses and leaves dyed in light violet and magnolia pink gradually appear with the declined amount of the tea, as if a blossom show performing at eyesight during the afternoon tea time. 

 

Together with TAFELGUT ALL the BEST fruit tea, the best cupcakes are Chanel chocolate and BLONDIE BAKES Oreo biscuits! Since 2021 is the 100^th anniversary of CHANEL N° 5 Eau de Parfum and the 40^th birthday of establishment of Chanel Helsinki store, at the end of March the team specially requested a local professional bakery customizing Chanel chocolate cupcakes to celebrate. The chocolate based cup tasting more of a canelé de Bordeaux, rich and solid cocoa, whereas the light yellow milky cream balance the slightly bitterness of the cup base, the CHANEL CC logo is made with pulled sugar techniques. Chanel chocolate cupcakes offers rather a cute shape and colour, and with handmade mini Oreo biscuits cupcakes, which owns rather airy mocha taste of cup base, from BLONDIE BAKES, are offering supreme visual and mouthful experiences of Easter tea time. 

 

Special Thanks: Heikkinen, Blondie Bakes & Chanel Helsinki