Gingerbread Treats

Welcome friends for tea this week.  I'm linking with Rose Chintz Cottage, Sweetology and A Delightsome Life.  Bernideen's Tea Time Blog is taking a break for awhile and will be included when she comes back.
I have a new herbal tea steeping that was a gift from a good friend, it's called Gingerbread House.

You can even see the steam rising from the infuser of my stainless steel teapot from Paderno.  The ingredients include apple bits, candied pineapple and papaya bits, cinnamon sticks, beetroot bits, roasted almonds, popcorn, raisins, peanut bits, coconut chips and some flavouring.  The flavour reminds me of the Glugg (probably not spelled right) that is served at the Scandinavian Church Christmas bake sale.

A gingerbread cookie would be nice with this tea and I have several teapot sizes that are fun to use.

Trying to make this tea last, I don't make it too strong and yet the aromatic taste is still delicious.

The teacup is from Royal Grafton.

On Sunday I went to an afternoon birthday tea for my friend Billie, who just turned 80 which surprised us as we thought she was much younger.  Billie's a lovely lady I met 12 years ago through my garden club. 

The card I made for her appropriately had a tea theme.

Whenever our twin granddaughters came to stay with us when they were young, we would invite Billie, her late sister Margaret and another friend, Ruth for tea or lunch.  The girls loved dressing up and using teacups for our little parties.  One day the twins' mother phoned while we were entertaining and I'll always remember the short and sweet conversation that was "I can't talk right now, all my grandmothers are here for tea".  Those ladies felt so special when they heard they were all considered grandmothers, particularly Billie and Ruth who never had children of their own.

I hope you'll visit my hosts and their guests for tea.