To me, Mother’s Day isn’t about extravagant gifts, it’s about the small, heartfelt gestures.
OH had to work today, but treated me and the girls to a lovely lunch yesterday. This morning I was lucky enough to get a beautiful bunch of flowers (paid for by the girls using their pocket money) and a gorgeous handmade card. Perfect!
When Portmeirion invited me to take part in their #ThanksMum campaign by preparing a special Mother’s Day treat, I knew straight away I wanted to create a magical afternoon tea party, using their BOTANIC GARDEN range.
I’m not lucky enough to have my own mum nearby (she still lives in New Zealand, with the rest of my family), but this is exactly what I would do if she wasn’t half a world away: as well as being quintessentially British, afternoon tea is the perfect way to take a break from the whirlwind of life, and just be.
These gorgeous Portmeirion floral and fauna designs remind me of the intricate tableware used by well-to-do Victorians, and I love how you can choose from a wide variety of individual designs to create your own delightfully mismatched table set.
I wish I could say I made the sponge myself, but my baking skills are decidedly lacking, so I bought this one and gave it an added dollop of buttercream icing for extra decadence. I covered it with blueberries and edible rose petals, and showed it off on the 10-inch Portmeirion cake stand – perfect for your afternoon tea goodies.
The girls had their eyes firmly on these butterfly cakes, whereas I opted for traditional scones (with clotted cream and raspberry jam, of course), all artfully displayed on the pretty vintage-style two-tier cake stand.
I served up our lovely sweet treats on the Botanic Garden side plates, with the matching Portmeirion cake forks (how cute are they?!).
And, of course, no afternoon tea is complete without a pot of freshly brewed English Breakfast tea, served in a delicate china cup and saucer (it just doesn’t taste as good from a mug, don’t you agree?).
Thanks to Portmeirion for making my Mother’s Day afternoon tea extra special. Whatever you’re doing today, I hope you’re being spoiled rotten!
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Strong like builder’s tea!
just milk 😀
I like it quite strong with a drop of semi skimmed milk and 2 sugars 🙂
with just milk
A touch of milk, no sugar
Plain green tea
no milk no sugar
Very weak with lots of milk and no sugar
I don’t actually like tea but I would love to win this for my mum who absolutely loves tea.
I like fruit tea with sugar and honey. Mmm…
Just as it comes out the pot.
Very strong tea with just a tiny drop of milk.
I don’t drink, i don’t smoke but when it comes to tea I am addicted I drink so much. always with milk I love earl grey tea but try to drink green and decaffeinated too My Favourite time is a on Sunday when i drink it from a pot with a piece of cake. I wold love this lovely tea set reminds me of my nanny who gave me my first cup of tea.
I take my tea with a little milk
I’m as simple as can be. Put the bag in, put a teaspoon of sugar in, heat the kettle, pour 3/4 of boiling water and then fill half of remaining cup with milk to create the correct tea colour.
I take it quite strong, lightly sweetened without milk
What a beautiful tea set!! I’d love to have my mum over for a posh tea.
Talking of tea… Earl Grey, dash of milk, the only way to have it 🙂
I would love to drink my tea from this gorgeous Portmeirion Tea set – a lovely cup of Yorkshire tea x
I love Lady Grey tea, from loose leaf tea in a tea pot. I like a dash of skimmed milk in the cup first and then medium strong tea. No sugar. I like to drink my tea from a bone China cup with saucer, the prettier the better.
Aw that sounds lovely, my Mother’s Day started off well with lovely cards, hugs, kisses and presents in bed then it all went wrong with hurtful family arguments. I feel flat and teary tonight.
Aside from that I would have loved a simple afternoon tea and have always loved the Botanical range. My Mum has some of it it, so pretty.
no milk or sugar, and not too strong
Nice and hot. Sometimes with a biscuit
strong but milky 🙂
hot, strong and lots if biscuits to dunk!
I take my tea with a very large slice of good cake!! Oh okay, and I like it with milk and no fancy type.
I take my tea so weak that my dad calls it ‘fortnightly’ – because it’s too weak for anyone else to drink it!
I’m a coffee drinker in a family of tea drinkers. They all drink there tea really strong with a little bit of milk.
Black no sugar
A little bit of milk, and two sugars please.
Black, very continental!
Strong – very strong – with just a tiny wee splash of milk. I like chai tea quite milky though!
Super strong with a dash of milk and of course a biscuit to dunk in 🙂
White with one sugar
I take green tea
Regularly with milk!
With a splash of almond milk and a little sugar 🙂
Strong, no sugar and a little milk
Weak and a drop of milk – perfect
So lovely. What a fabulous prize! Fingers cross I win! Xx
With lots of milk and sugar
Fruity (fruit infusions) with no milk, one sweetner
Cold 🙁 with three children one being a newborn I often forget about it but when I dohave the luxury I like it milky with 2 sweetners – Thank you
I like strong tea without sugar and a little milk
Light tea with plenty milk and half spoon of sugar
I love milky tea with sugar tasty
Sounds lovely, I love afternoon tea. I like my tea not too strong with milk.
Green tea with sugar
Strong tea with no added sugar and milk just little bit honey
Light tea with one tea spoon sugar and 5 table spoon of milk
Dark tea only with a hint of milk with no added sugar
Strong no sugar with little milk
Very light tea with milk and half tea soon sugar
Very strong and no sugar with a piece of cake
Light tea with sugar and milk
Milky tea with sugar and cardamom smells beautiful taste awesome
Black tea and no sugar
I like my tea not too strong or weak semi skimmed milk and half a spoon of canderel
Well brewed with milk and I always warm the pot
Not too strong with milk
White and weak!
With milk and one sugar
a touch of milk and a little sugar
I like my tea strong with 2 sugars 🙂
Dash of milk,one sugar x
Brewed for a couple of minutes, a splash of milk, no sugar
I love my tea nice and pipping hot, plain, no sugar or milk 🙂
Quite strong tea ,dash of milk and one sweetner
milk, no sugar
Milky in a nice cup!
I like my tea really well. Half a bag for me. One and a half for OH
I don’t drink tea…but my husband, eldest son and mother in law love a cuppa. Hubby has it very strong with a teeny bit of milk, son has it milky with one sugar and MIL likes it weak and usually without milk. Needless to say as a non- teadrinker I get it wrong more often than I get it right!
Milk no sugar
I like my tea strong with a little milk.
Strong with no sugar for me please
Very strong with a dash of skimmed milk and no sugar.
Strong, dash of milk and no sugar 🙂
milk and 2 sweetners x
I love a strong cup of tea with milk.
just milk and a smile
NO sugar and a dash of milk. I usually make it with a teabag in a mug but would love to go back to when my mum used to make it in a nice teapot – on a tray with a tray cloth – so elegant
I too take it strong with a little milk and no sugar
very weak with milk no sugar
I love builders tea nice & strong made with rice milk no sugar 🙂 x
White, not too strong with 1 sugar, and maybe a hobnob or 2
with milk and one sugar
Very weak, a quick dunk of the teabag, milk, sweetex
String with just a drop of milk and no sugar
Strong with 2 sugars
I take mine weak and milky x
Dare I say it but I prefer peppermint tea, with the bag left in!
Milk and two sugars…I’m still Ol’Skool! 😉
White, strong, no sugar and a slice of cake
Really strong with full milk and one sugar
i love earl grey with two sweeteners and a big glugg of milk!
Strong,a little milk no sugar and red hot!
I love tea & my partner loves tea, which is a very good thing because I’m always ‘putting the kettle on’. I mainly use teabags but always use a pot, a big blue Denby one as it makes the best tea. We both take milk and our teas of choice are English Breakfast, Assam and Earl Grey. We have a large choice of green and herbal teas too, good for a quick pick-me-up .
Strong, with milk, no sugar
I like an English Breakfast tea made with soya milk. When I got my first job I bought my mum a Portmerion Botanic Garden teapot and she still uses it!
I make my tea with milk and sugar!
no sugar plenty of milk for me and no sugar strong for Pammie
I am absolutely addicted to tea ! I tend to take it with milk no sugar and occasionally with sweetners.
Id love to do a real tea-tasting and discover the subtleties between e.g. Lapsang Suchong and Darjeeling. With all the herbal and green teas fashionable now, the old fashioned varieties have been forgotten. You know I don’t live in the UK but I would love to win this for my sister in London who is the only person in our family who doesn’t drink coffee – she’s a tea-only girl.
Just milk for me, unless it’s a herbal or fruit tea.
Milky, no sugar
Love my tea strong, so i have just a tad of milk and two sugars
milk and a sprinkle of sugar xx fab giveaway thankyou looks lovely x
i have green tea with a spoonful of brown sugar x
STRONG. But strong because there’s a lot of tea, not because there’s not a lot of milk.
No sugar. Preferably with cake.
Very milky & no sugar.
Plenty milk & two sweetners!
I take it strong with sugar
Weak with milk. If I make it in a pot, milk goes in first, if I make it with a tea bag, milk goes in last!
Nice and strong, with milk and one sugar.
Herbal tea
I have Green Tea with chopped ginger root and a dash of honey
Sweet and strong
I love green tea!
Strong with a dash of milk!
Medium strong and milky in a pretty mug please
Black and quite strong
Milk, no sugar, medium brown and as often as possible (I’m a bit of a tea addict!)
Milk and no sugar
Ah, this sounds amazing! I love a good afternoon tea! And I like mine just milk, no sugar but not too milky.
My partner likes strong Yorkshire tea, with milk and sugar. I like rosehip and hibiscus infusion.
A lovely large cup of Yorkshire tea – no milk no sugar
Like my tea strong, dash of milk and 2 sugars xx
strong with a dash of milk
Just a little milk
I like my tea quite strong with milk but no sugar and i also love herbal teas aswell
Just to let you know – http://eepurl.com/QSnI5 – did not match any documents. – I take my tea strong with two sugars – here is my email address lornal@hotmail.co.uk 🙂 xx
milk, weakish and no sugar is the ultimate best ever
I love Earl Grey Tea, brewed on a pot and served with just a splash of milk
with just a dribble of milk
Dark tea with honey
Green tea is my favourite but if i drink tea then i drink a milky one with one spoon of sugar
Strong tea with little milk and no sugar
Very strong tea with little milk and a slice of sponge cake
I lije quite strong tea with little drops of milk but no sugar
Milk, no sugar
Strong no sugar, beautiful comepetition thank you x
I like my tea medium 🙂 My mother would love this set 🙂 x
Milky alongside some tasty cake!
I take my tea milky with two sugars! I would love to win this tea set and how nice that you created a virtual tea party for your mum too x
I love mine with freshly grated ginger added to boiling water! love strong tea 🙂
strong with milk 🙂
I love my tea black with lemon! I’m odd – I know!
Ahh there’s a Portmerion shop near me! They always have such beautiful items!
Milk no sugar!! I prefer coffee but tea is gorgeous too!!
I like green tea with nothing added
Milk and sugar
Very strong with a dash of milk
What a gorgeous tea set! This would look fabulous in my new house, and I could invite my mother-in-law around for tea all the time (she likes Yorkshire tea, strong with a splash of milk, while I prefer herbal teas like peppermint and chamomile). I love it! x
Milk and Honey x
Strong and sweet
milk two sugars although ive been drinking alot of lavender tea lately and like it with lemon and honey
I must admit that I do sometimes treat myself to a nice sit down with a cup of tea and it does taste better from a china cup. It also taste fantastic when accompanied by a nice cake or a scone. Or with a nice cheese scone fresh from the oven but that involves me making rather a lot of mess in the kitchen and doing rather a lot of clearing up before my cup of tea!
I drink mainly green tea or other herbal teas no milk or sugar
I love how pretty those cakes were. I am a huge tea fan – no sugar, splash of soy milk and strong. Perfect!
With milk
Strong with a dash of milk.
Splash of milk and two sugars however i’ve taken to a teaspoon of honey in the morning. Plain earl grey is pleasant in the evening two.
properly!
Thank you for the chance to win this, personally it is not for me but I have been to Portmerion before when I was little and loved it. I like me tea with 2 sugars and quite milky. X
I like it with just a splash of milk.
Good luck to all who enter! You’ve just intensified my desire for cake though!
From the pot with no milk or sugar
Milk, one sugar
Milk with one sugar
Strong, milky, and with a chocolate biscuit!
strong with sugar or honey
I like my tea Green xx
Proper brewed, but with a lot of milk and 2 sugars!
It’s got to be hot, hot, hot with milk and no sugar
Weak and milky
White with 1 sugar
Earl Grey with honey, no milk.
Just a couple of drops of almond milk, very strong
It’s got to be strong Yorkshire Tea with a dash of milk. 🙂
Though I am also quite partial to green teas too
Very strong, just a dash of milk with 2 sugars
Really strong with no sugar
Love really week tea!
I like mine with a dash of milk
I take my tea with a splash of milk, no sugar, preferably made by my husband who makes the best tea
I only drink coffee now
From a teapot, milk in first
A little milk and a teaspoon of sugar
Strong like builders tea
milky and 2 sugars 🙂
Really weak and milky, 1 dip teabag. No one ever asks me to make them a cuppa I wonder why
Strong with a drop of milk. Nothing worse than a milky weak tea, yuck!
black
I take my tea like my men, strong and not too sweet 😉
I like my tea, strong with a touch of milk and 1 sweetener
I love my tea very milky and with a sweetener (or sugar if I’m not behaving at Slimming World!)
Weak and black.
Strong with just a dash of milk
Coffee is my fuel, tea is my treat. I love chai with a drop of honey and milk, or a nice strong oolong.
Just with milk. No sugar!
Strong, one sugar, teeny tiny drop of milk.
In traditional builders style – milk & 2
no milk or sugar, and the teabag left in for a really strong cup xx
Milk and one sugar x
I like lots of sugar!
I like my tea nice and hot, brewed in a teapot with milk, no sugar
I like my tea in many different ways, I think my favourite at the moment is green tea
My favourite is a nice Peppermint Tea!
Black no sugar or green tea.
Strong with just milk and has to be really hot.
strong with a splash of milk and 2 sugars
Milk and honey.
MIlk and one sugar!
Earl grey with milk and biscuits
milk and two sweetners x
I like my tea strong with a splash of milk.
just with some milk! i used to have sugar but decided to cut it out! 🙂
I like it not too strong with milk
strong with milk – and a biscuit or scone
Weak with milk & no sugar – Just show it the teabag !
Strong and black
I take it with milk but no sugar
Love my tea with milk.
Strong and white with no sugars for me x x
Medium strength no sugar and a splash of milk
I take it with a squeeze of lemon juice
Decaffinated , weak , with a splash of milk.
I like it when the tea bag has been brewing a while!
Strong with milk
I like my tea strong and white with two sweeteners x
Just black, no sugar or milk! Lovely and fresh!
I love my tea with milk and three sugars
Black…..no milk…it ruins a good cuppa
Builders tea for me plus 1 spoon Halfspoon
Whether ordinary tea or herbal I don’t like it too strong. Ordinary tea I add almond milk.
Tea poured first then milk added
No Sugar
Herbal only!
Strong with milk and half a sugar 🙂
STRONG for me even witches brew
White, one sugar please
Milk and a sweetner (prefer a sugar lump!)
I like fruit teas!
Warm and wet, on the patio, in the sun, after a bit of gardening
I like my tea strong with only a little bit of milk and one sugar. Such a beautiful tea set. Many thanks for running this lovely giveaway.
I like mine quite strong with just a little milk and no sugar
Black with several hobnobs!
with a little milk no sugar
Milk and two sugars
I take my tea with small amount of cream
Strong with a bit of milk
medium brew, in a china cup with a soya milk and a digestive to dunk
I like it milky with sugar.
For me it gotta be strong, milky, with a chocolate biscuit or 2!
Medium – strong with a splash of skimmed milk ☕
I like my tea black with no sugar 🙂 and if I had the choice would go for green tea but I am happy with “normal”!
Not too weak but not too strong, with two sugars ☺
Strong milky tea with no sugar.
I like loose leaf earl grey with hemp milk but no sugar
I’d love to take my black tea no sugar in one of these lovely cups its gorgeous
Strong with a spot if milk
Stewed but with a decent splash of milk!
After dinner and before anything sweet or doing the washing up (quite strong, not too milky and half a teaspoon of sugar or a sweetener)
Medium strength with a splash of milk and no sugar.
As it comes – black & unsweetened.
Very strong tea , no sugar
strong, one sugar, a little milk
Nice and strong, milk but no sugar
Weak, teabag and semi-skimmed milk.
I am a regular tea drinker – I drink it strong with a little soya milk and no sugar.
Milk, 2 sugars 🙂
milk no sugar , earl grey in the morning
Strong milk 2 sugars
Milk no sugar 😀
decaf with almond milk!
Builders tea, no sugar
I like my tea stronger than is served here. One teabag for a pot! I prefer leaf tea, strong with a reasonable amount of milk. That is good tea, Twinings preferably
Black with a slice of lemon.
Strong, no milk.
one sugar and a wee drop of milk
Milk with two sugars
Piping hot, strong with only a tiny bit of milk. Perfect 😀
Strong with almond milk
With a little milk and no sugar in a big cup!
I prefer green tea.
With a touch of milk. Ideally Earl Grey!
I’m very particular about my tea and as I drink about eight cups a day, I have got my routine down pat. Teabag and one sugar in bone china cup, stays warmer for longer, add boiling water. Gently agitate until tea bag is fully submerged, leave to brew for four minutes. I set the over timer. Remove teabag and add semi skimmed milk until a well baked colour emerges. Voila! Perfect cup of tea. Did I say I was particular? 😉
I love fruit or herbal teas
little milk two sugars
2 and coo thank you very much 😉
Milk (in first) and no sugar for me please x
The stronger the better 🙂 With a tiny dash of milk.. I normally have 3 Teabags per cup, my husband hates it, but he has his like Gnats Wee, the weaker the better (I just tease the teabag above the cup) lol. Thanks for the chance 🙂
I find black tea rather bitter so go for lighter greens and speciality teas and drink them without milk or lemon.
Love my tea white with no sugar but I’ll drink tea however it comes especially when it’s made especially for me!
Milky not to strong with 2 sugars thanks
Just regular tea with milk. Loose tea for a treat!
Not too strong no sugar and a dash of milk that a lovely cup of tea for me.
Milk, no sugar
White with one 🙂
Can only drink decaf … milk and no sugar!
Milk no sugar 🙂
No sugar and very little milk. It’s a joke in our family that mine is ‘the last one out of the pot’
milk 2 sugars x
medium colour a little skimmed milk and one sugar
Little milk and one sugar
I like green tea in a lovely china teacup
i like strong with milk and no sugar
not to strong just a little milk and a little spoon of sugar ahhhhhhhhh need to put to put the kettle on now
No sugar, little bit of milk, railway tea as my mum calls it
weak, no sugar with a slice of lemon
White, no sugar please.
Milk, no sugar
Milk and one sugar (maybe two when indulging)
I love my tea quite strong with very little milk and no sugar
strong but milky… I know that sounds contradictory lol… I like to brew the tea bag a while but then add a decent amount of milk 😀
With milk and 2 sugars
Milky no sugar
Earl Grey, fairly weak, with milk please!
Not too strong, not much milk and one sugar
Amazing prize!
no sugar and milk
milk no sugar
I have tea regularly through the day. It’s my favourite drink. Milk, no sugar – I can hardly believe I used to have sugar in it years ago.
Strong, milk and one sugar
Strong and sweet with lots of milk.
Milk and 2 sugars
just milk
I don’t like regular tea, but I do enjoy mint tea which is lovely as it is.
just a splash of milk and 2 sugars.
“as it comes” with milk , but must be in a china cup, really annoys me when i get a cup of tea in a cafe in a disposable cup.
Nice and strong, well brewed but not stewed and a good dash of milk!
STRONG MILK NO SUGAR IN MUG
Milk no sugar
With milk and 1 sugar
strong, but milky with a little sugar
I make a big mug like a bucket and use two teabags. Regular amount of milk and no sugar. Love a digestive or oat biscuit with mine but absolutely no dunking of the biscuit x
Milk in first, then not too strong or weak, no sugar thanks.
Milk, no sugar
everything stops for tea
A little milk and one sugar
With lots of milk 🙂
strong, white, no sugar
I like my tea not too strong with a splash of milk in a china mug
strong, dash of milk
I love my tea with no sugar and just a little splash of milk!
very strong milk and 2 sugars
mine is black no sugar x I cannot have milk in my drinks as I just don’t like the taste I prefer it without x
Milk in last, strong, no sugar
soya milk two brown sugars
weak 🙂
With a drop of milk
With milk.
With a tiny amount of milk as I like it strong and 1 sweetener
Milky. 2 sugars
Strong, with the tiniest dash of milk and some sweetener!
Strong milk no sugar
It has to be white with two sweeteners and strong, very strong!!
Strong, dash of milk and 1 sugar.
no milk or sugar for me!
I like my tea like baby tea, very weak, in a huge builder’s mug as everyone calls it at work. On the website I love the Common Vetch flower design, very pretty with the butterflies
Hot & milky with one sugar!
I drink Earl Grey, not too strong with just a splash of milk
I don’t.
Just with milk xx
Strong, Milk with no sugar yum
Milky with 2 sweeteners
Milky and generally accompanied with a biscuit!
Strong with 2 sugars 🙂 x
Not too strong with a splash of milk and no sugar, and if I’m really lucky with a slice of homemade victoria sponge!
I love Earl grey with touch if milk and coconut biscuit
strong and sweet
love my tea really strong tasting but not too hot, with a dash of milk
weak, one sugar and quite milky
Depends on time of year but in summer I occasionally make a pot of 1 Earl Grey bag and 1 Yorkshire Tea bag. I find Earl Grey on its own a little too scented but this mixed pot is beautifully refreshing
White, no sugar!
Strong, two sugars and a drop of milk please xxx
Milky no sugar 🙂 it’s a gorgeous set 🙂
Most often i make a quick mug of tea using a tea bag but when there is more time , i use a teapot and allow it ti stew because I like my tea strong and sweet!
Milk and one sugar
milky , i hate builders tea lol
Strong with two sugars and a little milk .x
Teabag in, boiling water in, teabag straight out & a teaspoon of skim milk!!
Fairly strong, a little milk, no sugar
earl grey tea served black but not too strong
Medium to strong
Milk and a little sugar
I take my tea with 2 sugars and a drop of milk
Strong with milk
Splash of milk, no sugar – its the only way!
I love my tea with lots of milk and no sugar
Just milk
With a splash of soya or almond milk
Breakfast but fairly strong and just a dash of milk.
strong and sugary
white, no sugar please
With a dash of milk and 2 sugars
I love a good strong tea with a little milk & no sugar
Quite strong with milk
Milk and two sugars!
Everyday cuppa white with one sugar, but I like an adventurous pot of loose leaf tea sometimes and for that you really want to leave it alone 🙂
I like strong tea with a small amount of milk. I also drink lots of Camomile tea.
Weak with milk and one sugar.
Black with honey.
I just love a cup of tea with milk and not to strong Soothing!!!!!!!!
If it’s a mug of tea then, a strong tea bag like Yorkshire Tea. If it’s in a tea pot then Earl Grey loose tea, with a slice of lemon. Delicious!
2 sugars and milk 🙂
I have to have my tea strong, with just a tiny splash of milk & 2 sugars. Assam tea is my favourite.
With a dash of milk
Milk , no sugar
Classic milk with no sugar
I like mine strong with a dash of milk
Very strong slight bit of milk and one sugar
A tiny bit of milk no sugar, not stewed
I like my tea strong with milk and 2 sugars
Strong, milky and sweet 🙂
fruit teas for me
Same way I like my men..
Strong and sweet
Thankyou for the chance
I have now managed to get used to drinking it with no sugar but I like it strong with lots of milk.
Just a dash of milk, no sugar
black because once you go black you never go back
I have Earl Grey tea leaves and like my tea strong with one small sugar.
Milk & Two
I was once at an afternoon tea with an etiquette expert who told us that the queen has a mix of english breakfast tea and earl grey in the pot, so naturally thats what we all ordered and it was delicious
Milk and no sugar as I am sweet enough! x
I like green tea with half teaspoon of sugar 🙂
Medium with almond milk, just perfect!
Strong with milk, but no sugar. 🙂 Weened myself off from having 2 sugars a few years ago.
Tea sugar dash boiling water then pour in the milk x
black…and leave the bag in…yeah…I am one of those!
weak with milk, no suager.
Milky with 2 sugars!
Strong with a bit of milk
milk 2 sugars xx
strong, with milk, no sugar. love london fog – earl grey lavender
Strong but milky for me
decaff with milk
herbal with a tiny bit of sugar
No milk, no sugar!
fairly weak, no milk, or sugar
A touch of milk, 2 sugars.
with milk and no sugar