MARCH 2015: Sweet and Unsweet Combo ala Starbucks

photoed by D. Liongson

In the mood for cake and a drink for afternoon tea?  Lots of cake are on the sweet side.  With such a cake, I recommend you take it with a drink that has zero sweeteners.  

Your sweet cake will sweeten the unsweet drink.  Yup.  Have a bite of that cake and a sip of that drink.  You get to explore the flavors that the added sweetener would mask.

For example, I ordered a Blueberry-licious Cheesecake and a hot Mint Blend tea.  (I made the mistake of ordering peppermint tea.  They may not have peppermint tea but Mint Blend is what they have, and it is just as fab!)  Best eaten and drank slowly.  If I ate and drank these in a rush, I'd miss the fun of enjoying the yummm factor.

photoed by D. Liongson

If you'll share the cake with another foodie, feel free to ask for another fork. (I did. :-)

The tea usually comes with two serves of tiny honey tubs.  If you will be having tea with a sweet treat, I suggest you to set aside the honey for another chance to a zero sweetened food plus a drink that needs honey-ing.

There may be other drinks you can take unsweetened to go with a slice of sweet cake.  I leave that experiment up to you.  :-)

Question, hot drink or iced drink?  If you need warmth on a cold day, hot drink it is.  If you sweat like pigs and need to chill, then that would call for a iced drink.

Some diabetics may be instructed to steer clear from sweet anything.  Diabetics, by all means, consult your doctor about a list of food of both 1)you may eat and 2)you may not eat. Then, consume what you may. 

There are a caboodle of health conditions that prohibit certain types of food.  It is smarter to ask your doctor of what food to eat and what to avoid than to make a naughty risk.  (Too bad there are people who insult their doctor rather than to consult one. Tsk tsk tsk...) 

Blueberry-licious Cheesecake and hot Mint Blend Tea... cheers! <clink!>
--D.L.



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D'HAIKU
Blueberry cheesecake:
creamy, cheesy, sweet and gone;
with hot minty tea!
--D.L.