Margaret Thornby’s Tea & Tea Room Talk Magazine

So what is a Spon?

Seen our great Christmas gift packages? Wonder what a Spon is? It’s the essential for making cakes (which are, of course, ideal to go with your tea). It is the invention of Neal Robertson of Tannochbrae Tearooms, Auchtermuchty, Fife – one of the tea room entries in Margaret Thornby’s FREE online Guide to Tea Rooms.

Link: http://www.thesponco.com

Posted on 03 December 2009. Comments (0)


More lovely tea products!

I mentioned the ‘Buttons’ design teapots and also the sugar and creamer set that I was rather taken with in John Lewis – here’s the teapots in all their glory.
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Bid on our tea cosies!

We all had a great time looking at the wonderful tea cosies that had been made for our competition; the judges had the difficult task of deciding who would win from the excellent handiwork of the entrants. Decide they did, however, and now the cosies are up for auction. Make your selection by number and name, enter your bid by emailing your name, address and email address plus your bid price by 5pm on 27 March 2012. There is a reserve price of £5 on each cosy. Once we have received all bids, we will inform the highest bidder for each cosy, who can then purchase their wonderful cosy.

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