‘DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE’ TEA PICNIC £55.00 per person; minimum of two people QUEEN OF HEARTS Homemade raspberry jam tart with almond crumble An ode to the Queen of Hearts who is one of Lewis Carroll’s most formidable characters. She is a foul-tempered monarch whom Carroll himself describes as “a blind fury”, she is quick to give death sentences at the slightest offense. PLUM PUDDING Vanilla posset, stewed plums Our take on the traditional plum pudding served at the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, where time is fixed at six o’clock and they live in perpetual teatime. George Ovey played the role of the Plum Pudding in the Norman Z McLeod’s 1933 adaptation of the story. THE DORMOUSE PEARL OF Buttery shortbread with a hint of lavender OYSTERS White chocolate Inspiration gained for this sweet treat Lanson Champagne was from the garden featured throughout truffle ‘Through the Looking Glass’. Many believe that the garden symbolizes the ‘Garden This truffle is based upon the Oysters in ‘The Walrus of Eden’, a place of innocence and beauty and the Carpenter’, a narrative poem that features in that Alice does not have permission ‘Through the Looking Glass’. The poem is famously recited to enter. by Tweedledum and Tweedledee to Alice in Chapter Four. Both J.B Priestly and Walter Russel Mead argued the ‘Walrus’ and the ‘Carpenter’ were in fact analogies of the US and Britain. ‘EAT ME’ Chocolate cake with a rich THE CARROT buttercream icing Carrot and walnut cake, cream cheese icing Inspired again by the Mad Hatter’s Our interpretation of the carrot from the White Rabbit’s Tea Party, a traditional cake with a garden in the 1951 film ‘Alice in Wonderland’. Lewis chocolatey twist. Throughout the Carroll’s White Rabbit is the spark of curiosity that wakes Victorian Age, the ‘formal’ tea party Alice from her daze to lead her down the rabbit hole - was a function in which social norms and into Wonderland... and cultural rules were of highest importance. Carroll’s tea party throws these social graces to the wind and paints a marvellously unorthodox scene. YOUR CHOICE OF... TRADITIONAL VEGETARIAN A selection of freshly cut sandwiches including H Forman’s A selection of freshly cut sandwiches including free-range egg smoked salmon, free-range egg mayonnaise, Blythburgh mayonnaise on white bread, cucumber & cream cheese on roast ham & English mustard, cucumber & cream cheese, and sundried tomato bread, guacamole & rocket on white bread, coronation chicken.Freshly home baked plain and fruit scones grilled vegetables on granary baguette, and cheddar cheese & served with Devonshire clotted cream. plum tomato on granary bread. Freshly home baked plain and fruit scones served with Devonshire clotted cream. VEGAN A selection of freshly cut sandwiches including grilled GLUTEN FREE vegetables on granary baguette, guacamole & rocket on white Coffee and cinnamon cake, chocolate brownie, almond slice, bread, coronation chickpea on granary bread, cucumber on orange cupcake, coconut and lemon cake and fruit tartlet. brown bread, and tomato & olive tapenade on sun-dried Freshly home baked plain and fruit scones served with tomato bread. Freshly home baked vegan plain and fruit Devonshire clotted cream. scones and coconut clotted cream. WHITE RABBIT AFTERNOON TEA Specifically designed for children under the age of 12 years, a fine selection of sandwiches and freshly baked white rabbit scones all accompanied by a choice of tea or hot chocolate. £25.00 TEACUP STRAWBERRY MOUSE A light and delicate strawberry mouse SIX O’CLOCK BROWNIE Rich chocolate orange brownie CHOCOLATE CATERPILLAR Slices of rich chocolate biscuit layered with cream For an extra-special and unique experience, allow our Hatter butler to escort you on your picnic, with a wicker picnic hamper filled with “Alice” treats and a playful flamingo croquet set. Our Hatter butler will carefully serve your picnic along with two Champagne cocktails. £125.00 per person; minimum of two people. JING defines the modern tea ceremony, sourcing exceptional tasting teas, served with elegance, simplicity and confidence. Travelling thousands of miles each year, JING sources definitive examples of Asia’s finest teas for the most sophisticated and discerning guests worldwide. GREEN TEA BLACK TEA HERBAL INFUSIONS A great green tea is instantly accessible; JING’s black teas are made from large leaf, Our herbal range is created using freshly offering vibrant grassy flavours, a sublime offering a wealth of flavour which cannot be picked and dried whole herbs, flowers or natural sweetness and a satisfying silky found in common black tea, made from the fruits. Although not really “tea” without texture. Green tea has been a connoisseur leaf fragments of inferior processing. Camellia sinensis at their base, they are drink in the East for centuries. packed with flavour and aroma and are ASSAM BREAKFAST, India naturally caffeine-free. JADE SWORD, Guizhou, China Statuesque and full-bodied Assam tea, with Clean, rounded, full and grassy with gentle plenty of structure and malty richness. A ROOIBOS, South Africa seaweed complexities. Brisk and refreshing with rousing breakfast tea, perfect with or without Gently tangy notes of Seville orange combine a textured finish. milk. with soft-textured hints of vanilla. DARJEELING 2ND FLUSH, India WHOLE ROSEBUDS, Morocco OOLONG TEA The quintessential afternoon tea; fragrant and Beautiful and graceful, notes of sweet-edged Many consider oolong teas to offer the refreshing with body and depth. Rounded and rose with a refreshingly light and palate- most complete tea drinking experience as warm, with notes of Muscatel grape, hop and cleansing finish. they combine the freshness of green teas fresh citrus. and the complexity of black teas in perfect BLACKCURRANT & HIBISCUS balance. ORGANIC BOHEA LAPSANG, Fujian, China Our blend of whole blackcurrants, summer Gently smoky and smooth, balanced in a berries and hibiscus shells offers a vivid and PHOENIX HONEY ORCHID, Guangdong, harmony of supple creamy, liquorice root lively infusion bursting with berry flavours China flavour and almost peaty warmth. The .Unlike many varieties you will find, which offer Intensely aromatic with a beautifully structured authentic Lapsang tea. strong aroma but a weak taste, this infusion honey-comb texture. Fragrant notes of peach has a long and intensely fruity finish. and citrus over a gently honeyed base and a EARL GREY, Sri Lanka refreshingly bitter-edged finish. Refreshing and bright, with citrus freshness lifting the rich Ceylon tea base. A perfectly FLOWERING TEA focused classic. (Available at a supplement of £2.50 per pot) JING’s flowering teas are made with green WHITE TEA RED DRAGON, Yunnan, China White teas have a sweet flavour and soft tea buds and beautiful aromatic flowers that Red Dragon is a unique and exceptional tea, instil the infusion with delicate floral scents. texture without the vegetal quality of green processed by masters as a black tea using a tea. They are refreshing, thirst-quenching Our flowering teas are all individually hand- tea cultivar traditionally used for oolong tea. tied and served in a glass tea pot. and easy-going on the palate. JING source This gives the tea a syrupy, rich texture, fruity white teas from Fujian Province, China - the aroma and an enticing flavour of dark berries, home of the finest white teas. FLOWERING JASMINE & LILY, Fujian, ginger, caramel and chocolate. China A broad base of green tea buds topped with WHITE PEONY, Fujian, China CHAI, Ceylon Delightfully refreshing, rounded and full- crown of orange lily-petals and a tower of A perfect example of what Chai should be - jasmine flowers. A spectacular jasmine tea. flavoured, with sweet and fragrant notes of a blend of fine whole leaf Ceylon tea, with melon. strength enough to shine alongside cardamom FLOWERING OSMANTHUS, Fujian, China pods, star anise and a delicate blend of exotic A base of green tea buds topped with orange spices. The resulting tea has a spicy flavour and lily petals and bursts of orange osmanthus sweet aroma. blossoms. Beautifully sweet with notes of apricot and mango..