Sometimes you need to do something ludicrously decadent to cheer yourself up, or pick up a friend who's having a bad time. Not anything huge - not a magnum of champagne or a weekend away or even a big night out, but a small gesture to say "I'm sorry life's a bit rubbish at the minute. Here's a treat for you."
With that in mind, I bring you Delimann's Devon cream tea with shortbread and fudge. Two huge, freshly baked scones, served with clotted cream and locally made jam, a box of tea, plus shortbread and fudge if you're got room. It's £17.50 and then £3.95 for delivery. Cheap? No. Could you make it cheaper yourself? Probably. An awesome and unexpected thing to give to a friend? Hell yes.
Curl up in a quiet corner, make a fresh pot of tea, pretend you're on holiday, and make your hardest decision whether to put the cream or jam on first.
Cream first. Always cream first.
ReplyDeleteThis is lovely.
How lovely, would love to send one just to me!
ReplyDeleteSiany: but how does the jam sit on the cream? Jam first!
ReplyDeleteQing Art: you must! Never wait for someone to send you a treat, get on it yourself.
But if you do it the other way you'll get jam bits in your pot of cream! (I'm a fan of 'dolloping' jam, rather than smearing.
DeleteOoh thanks. Just managed to get a valentines cream tea sent to my friend. lovely x
ReplyDeleteCream first, followed by a dollop of jam!
ReplyDeleteI am a smearer of jam, not a dolloper. This may have to change.
ReplyDeleteI love this :)
ReplyDeleteThis is so great. I love sending surprises to people, but beyond flowers and chocolates and cupcakes, there doesn't seem to be great deal of delivery type things out there! A cream tea is a marvelous idea.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the post.
Also, jam first!
This is sooo tempting... and yes, jam first ;-)
ReplyDeleteJam first to maximise the amount of cream you can put on.
ReplyDeleteAlthough, a controversial idea's just occurred to me: splitting a scone in half and putting a dollop of jam on one piece and a dollop of cream on the other piece and then smooshing them together. Could work?
Lina, I like it, but wouldn't the resultant scone be too big to eat? Surely scones need to be halved so you can fit them in your mouth?
DeleteI love the amount of debate and thought going into this!
I actually like when the stuff smooshes out of the side of the scone. I shouldn't be allowed to go to fancy tea places. I also eat clotted cream with a teaspoon when no one is looking.
DeleteI'm going to throw this in there.....I don't like cream or jam.
ReplyDeleteI eat scones plain. On their own.
I know. I'm a weirdo.
*shocked silence*
DeleteOh Elizabeth.