A Year of Teas at The Elmwood Inn Cookbook Chai A bit of hibiscus flower

A bit of hibiscus flower gives the cup a natural light red color

The earthy Yunnan black tea brings it all together

and Earl Grey to the more acquired tastes of Japanese green teas and the exquisitely beautiful rare Chinese white teas

and apricots with rich

A Year of Teas at The Elmwood Inn Cookbook Chai A bit of hibiscus flowerA Year of Teas at the Elmwood Inn by Shelley and Bruce Richardson Benjamin Press ISBN 0 9663478 5 4 Step into the kitchen of almost any tearoom across the United States and you are likely to find a dog eared and flour stained copy of A Year of Teas at the Elmwood Inn, first published in 1994 when Americans were just re discovering the ritual of afternoon tea. Shelley Richardson lays out a complete afternoon tea menu for each month of the year. Then