What an excellent wheat and dairy-free cream tea this is. My highlight was the lemon loaf - tangy and indulgent. This was my first time trying vegan scones and they worked by well after the recommended five minutes of warming up. The vegan clotted cream was a bit of a star too; gooey and with the same texture as dairy clotted cream. Somehow C&S got some crystals/nubs in there! The brownies were good but actually a bit big for one sitting, I found myself feeling a little nauseous and overpowered by a whole one, which I ate on its own on a separate day to the rest of the tea. I wonder if this could be halved, and another treat added, such as a carrot cake, or a ginger cookie? Your tea blend is very flavoursome and aromatic. We've saved the rest of it for a further occasion.
The reason there is a star missing is because of all the plastic in the packaging. The hamper was in a cardboard box with a cardboard slip case (good!) and the jams are in little jars. But the cakes and scones are in pairs, wrapped in plastic sealed with plastic stickers and the vegan clotted cream in single use plastic tubs. These could easily be glass jars again, and the cakes and scones in a plant fibre/potato start wrapping - or even beeswax wraps for the scones at least. Please think about cutting your plastic wrapping down, then this would be perfect. Kind regards and thank you!
3 years ago
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