JULY 2014: Afternoon Tea @ Zarraffa's

A lovely afternoon at Zarraffa's Coffee. I had a chilled mini mud cake served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and a cup of hot camomile tea.

Have a good look at the art form of this coffee shop treat...

photoed by D. Liongson

If I started to please my eyes first before eating this, I wouldn't have forked my way through this yummy cake. As you can see, the fork seems excited to go for it before the photo shoot. 

If eating this spongy cake, it is oh so delightful to fork it with a morsel of the chocolate piece at the top and some ice cream together. Mmm-mm! If you prefer to eat the cake warm, the shop would be happy to heat the cake for you. Since the ice cream is optional, the cake can also do without it if you'd like to cut down the sweet side.

photoed by D. Liongson

Some people have the habit of putting sugar in most cups of tea. With sweeties like cake and ice cream, a sip of unsweetened camomile tea is divine. Zero additional sugar indeedy! The camomile tea has a blend of the camomile flower we love with hints of citrus. (TRIVIA: According to the dictionary, camomile is an aromatic European plant of the daisy family, with white and yellow daisy-like flowers.) 

I love the colors and textures produced by the teabag contents. As for enjoying the hot tea in a cutie cup, sipping it at warm level (which is minutes past hot level) is best. It wouldn't burn nor would it be as bummer as tea with zero warmth.  But if you're a fan of iced tea, you might want to throw in some ice cubes in the cooled (formerly hot) tea. Hmm... where can we get ice?  When there's a will, there's a way...

photoed by D. Liongson

Have a little feast at Zarraffa's Coffee! I had my cake and ate it too... with vanilla ice cream and hot camomile tea. ;-)
--D.L.



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D' HAIKU
Mud cake with ice cream
and some hot camomile tea:
cools temper; warms heart.
--D.L.