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Madelines, of course!

Shortbread and fresh fruit! Though the cookies' flavorsing depend on the tea, of course, some of my favorites are lemon and poppyseed, dark chocolate and craisin, and orange and almond. YUM!

(Also, that tea set is beautiful! I covet!)

scones with clotted cream and lemon curd

My husband is British and my mother-in-law makes all kinds of wonderful sweet treats to have with tea. I love her shortbread, her fruit-loaf, and she makes these delicious chewy oatmeal treats called flapjacks. Oh to be in Scotland with a cup of tea and a flapjack!

Rosemary, lemon and orange infused shortbread. Delightful

My homemade almond poppy seed bread! A coworker told me it was just like his mothers (and that made me happy to no end!).

This may seem silly, but my favorite childhood memory was having tea and a bowl of elbow macaroni in broth with my grandfather at sidewalk cafes in Hong Kong.

a slice of whole grain bread (a really nutty one), spread with goat cheese, and topped with honey and figs.

sweet and savory shortbreads!

my favorite thing to have with tea has to be a simple scone with with clotted cream and jam...any jam will do...but I do love a seeded rasberry or fig...
preferably with a nice breakfast blend tea...yummm!

toasted Ezekiel raisin bread- with creamy neufchatel cheese.

my favorite thing to eat with tea are blueberry lemon scones that my husband makes with a good book on a cool, cloudy fall afternoon.

I love to have tea with a scone with clotted cream and lemon curd, and I love to have some little cucumber sandwiches too.

Back home, my mom always make something called "Parippu vada" (its made with dal: http://pachakam.com/recipe.asp?id=1470) to go with the tea when we come back from school. Its slightly spicy and goes wonderfully with the Chai...

Strawberry tarts with cream and a shortbread crust - YUM!

homemade lemon pound cake....yum!

scones. especially raspberry scones.

Definitely raspberry scones and cucumber and dill sandwiches. Throwback to tea at the hotel with my mother when I was small.....

uh, is crumpets the right answer? unlike everyone else who likes a classic carb item, I usually end up eating carrots with my tea...it's just always been my after work snack.

Chocolate or possibly cardamom cookies. Lovely.

I love red tea with a piece of toasted, buttered, cinnamon'd and sugared sourdough. Heaven.

The classic cucumber sandwich.

Wouldn't it be better to say set of teacups? Tea set implies a teapot and sugar/creamer also.

chocolate! or an english muffin with farm cheese and bacon

beautiful set! I'd love to sip tea out of these and enjoy some shortbread with it!!

Buttery shortbread cookies!

I love homemade Tea Cake with my tea .

Shortbread

I actually love making a green tea salad dressing. Simultaneous eat & drink!

Heh, anything! Tea is my primary drink for meals, be it iced or hot. I suppose my favorite thing with tea is peanut butter toast...or chocolate truffles...or sushi...

muffins, crunchy cookies, anything that doesn't overpower the tea but adds to the flavor. Although i don't really consider it like other teas my favorite tea has to be chai tea.

crumpets.

Although to this day I don't really know what a crumpet is. But when I was little my mom would bring out the tea set and we would make whole wheat toast with some kind of jam. We'd cut them into tiny triangles and sip our tea while eating our 'crumpets'.

This was our special break from 12,000 acres of dryland wheat farming. For a little swedish farmgirl, this was the height of culture. Good memories, thanks. :)

I love to drink tea with raspberry tarts!

Mini cucumber and dill sandwiches, or anything mini really!

Chocolate. Of course thats my favorite thing to eat with any thing. I don't generally eat anything while drinking tea.

blueberry scones!

Cucumber and ham sandiches.

mini tea sandwiches, smoked salmon, and any kind of carbo-loaded baked good!

dainty little tea sandwiches, or knafeh

Pumpkin bread spread with cream cheese!

poppy seed muffins, for sure

When I was in college, I studied in the UK and happened to have the chance opportunity to have high tea at 4pm in a little pub in Canterbury. It was a magical time and the meal that accompanied it was and is my favorite thing to eat with tea.

crispy spicy oatmeal cookies!

For a while, my favourite snack was a pot of tea and toast with jam. Lots of jam. Sometimes, I'll add a spoonful of jam to the tea (a la Russian tea). Works best with cherry or apricot. Serious yum.

Swedish cardamom bread also goes nicely.

Oh, anything with strawberries-- strawberry cake, strawberry parfait, strawberry pie, strawberry shortcake...

almond pear cake

I love to have ginger cookies with my tea! I have to hide them from my husband, because he'll indiscriminately eat them with anything - and fast! Comfy on the couch with tea and cookies is totally the way to be! :)

Breakfast!

Well, I think that my very favorite tea to drink is chai, so some cardamom cookies may be my very most favorite thing to eat with the tea. The flavors go so well together.

When I try out the fresh tea from my weekly CSA, I sometimes pair it with shortbread cookies. They soak up everything nice and add a hint of sweetness to the beverage without having to add anything to it.

I eat bagels with my tea. How American of me.

I don't eat anything habitually with tea... that's a hard question! Though if I was planning a tea party, shortbread would be my choice.

Ginger scones fresh from the farmer's market. Nothing like indulging in fresh baked goods after a long saturday morning run.

ritz crackers with peanut butter

Toast.

homemade cranberry almond biscotti or homemade buttermilk scones with cranberries... i love anything cranberry with my favorite lemon or cranberry apple zinger!

My favorite thing to eat at a tea party would have to be what in my family is referred to as "lady sandwiches." Growing up, my mother hosted her book club a few times a year. When she did, out came the tiny cucumber and cheese sandwiches with the crusts cut off, a delicacy my siblings and I were only treated to when all of the ladies came to our house. Not only did we have to be on our absolute best behavior, but if we were extra helpful we got to stay up a little bit later and eat those "lady sandwich" leftovers. I'd share this tea set with my sister and cut the crusts of her sandwich if she was very very good.

Honestly - store bought Nabisco gingersnaps. So spicy!

I switch back and forth between drinking tea and coffee with my breakfast. I'm currently on coffee, but with the rising temperatures, I'll probably be going back to tea soon. Even hot, tea seems less heavy.

In any case, as it is breakfast, I would usually have my tea with some fruit and yogurt, or possibly some cereal. I'm not a fan of dessert for breakfast, and it always feels too early for something like a sandwich, or something heavy like eggs or bacon.

Cucumber and cream cheese on thinly sliced rye bread; tart cherry scones with homemade apricot jam

No joke....Peanut Butter and Jelly. It turned into a late night ritual while doing homework I put off till the last minute.

Homemade banana bread with dollop of whipped cream :-)

Ginger cookies with lemon custard. Mmmm. So perfect with a nice pot of Earl Grey.

ginger lemon scones!

Samosas, the spicier the better!

Belgium Chocolate Cake!

I used to make molasses tea cakes for my husband's grandmother. She always said mine weren't as good as those made in the oven of a wood stove, but she never refused them either.

a smoked salmon and dill tea sandwich, yum!

crumpets.

cucumber, tomato, and cream cheese sandwich!

I like elaborate teas, but they have to end with something very chocolatey, like a truffle.

crumpets

cardamom scones or cucumber tea sandwiches

anything--everything tastes better with tea

either my homemade raspberry scones or my mom's lemon poppyseed bread - yum!

Breakfast with tea, please!

chocolate digestive biscuits for dipping - yum!

My first inclination was to say "coffee" since I have been known to drink both at the same. But coffee is not really something to eat so I'll say freshly made beignets with tons of powdered sugar.

Lemon lavender shortbread with my earl grey, please!

beautiful!

either a berry-packed blueberry muffin or a korean walnut cookie. yum!

A little bit of milk in the tea served with cinnamon-sugar toast. Mom always gave this to us when we were sick, and I find that it still fixes just about anything.

My fresh anise pizzeles are lovely with tea.

strawberries and clotted cream, cucumber sandwiches, and cream scones (no currents or raisins) with fresh lemon curd

REAL scones (not american) and always love the tea sandwiches...

My favorite thing to eat with tea is anything tiny - finger sandwiches, mini tarts, petit fours. It's all good.

Can't have enough tea sets, never, ever ...

(Did not read the instructions), I like either anis biscotti with black tea or daifuku with green tea

ginger snaps, please

pepperidge farm cookies

My favorite thing to eat with tea is nice, juicy dates. But a chocolate chip cookie would be welcome too.

homemade raspberry muffins

ooo! Shortbread cookies! delish.

Lace cookies with chocolate!

I would have cheese danish with my tea!

cheddar and branston pickle tea sandwich

Cucumber sandwiches! or homemade biscuits

i love to eat any kind of fresh fruit with my tea :)

Petits fours, something I remember having at a tea party as a little girl.

I typically don't eat anything when I drink tea, but do think scones are a good partner (my friend makes a lemon/cranberry scone to die for).

peanut butter toast with sliced apple. or my mom's lemon bread.

apple scones and lemon bread

I love lemon scones!

glazed lemon cakes (anything lemon flavored, actually)

ooh, cranberry scones

My aunt loved having social tea cookies with her tea - and I do too! I have a feeling it has something more to do with her than the cookie itself.

We usually drink tea as more of a ceremonial drink but if I were going to serve something to eat, it would be shortbread or madelines.

I love to eat scones topped with clotted cream and jam with my tea.

toast

Chocolate truffles, or crackers. Thanks so much for the opportunity.

Magnolia Bakery cupcakes - without the 3 inches of frosting :)

When I was in England 24 years ago I learned to drink milk in my tea (like the English do) and we were offered cookies. So to this day I eat cookies with my "white" tea.

Favorite? Scones. Usually? Fruit. (gluten allergy and all that)

mmm... scones or muffins fresh out of the oven

My favorite to have with tea are Florentines!

My wife would love this set

cake, naturally! and i'm not even picky about what kind!

Usually muffins, or anything freshly baked!

mmm....green tea and a bowl of white rice...yummy!

blueberry muffin

Scones ... cranberry orange are my favorite, although it depends on the type of tea. With Lady Grey, I prefer something not as sweet, so would probably go with lemon scones ... or perhaps even pound cake (freshly baked and homemade, of course).

the ritual! Of course, the foods are great too, but i love the anticipation of steeping the tea.

This tea set is beautiful. I love short bread or sugar wafer cookies with my tea. Thanks for this giveaway.

I love shortbread made with all the fat, sugar, etc!

usually crackers and cheese

cookies

This is pAthetic but I eat chocolate chip cookies with tea!

I eat cookies with tea. I love shortbread and I also enjoy pound cake.

scones!

cookies

I love to eat any kind of chocolate cake with tea - Heaven! Thank you!

I Love to eat Ginger snaps with my tea MMMM

Cucumber finger sandwiches...mmm.

Toast with strawberry jam is great with tea.

I drink tea every morning, so I actually eat many things with my tea. Gotta keep life exciting don't I?

Snickerdoodles. There is nothing better to me on a lazy Sunday afternoon than to curl up with my husband, dog, and a good book and to sip a good Lady Grey and munch on snickerdoodles.

When I have my noal weekday afternoon tea, though, I usually just have a slice of wheat toast with strawberry jam, and that is almost as yummy.

I love cookies or little sandwiches (the little triangles) with my tea!
Thanks for the great giveaway!

Any cookie, petit four, etc. Really, anything small and sweet!

Finger sandwiches with cucumber, smoked salmon and dill OR olive tapenade and goat cheese OR deviled egg salad with tarragon. Hm, I might need to have finger sandwiches for dinner tonight...

Fresh fruits! Especially strawberries and confectionery sugar. :)

Maple Cookies and Green Tea, two great tastes that taste great together!

petit fours are nice with tea

lemon poppy scones, yum!

Definitely blueberry scones or shortbread cookies...yum!

When I'm feeling pretentious, I say scones, but when I'm just looking for a hot cuppa with a handful of comfort, they're old fashioned baking-powder biscuits, slapped into shape between my two hands, baked to a nice golden brown, and eaten with honey or homemade strawberry jam. Yummy!

shortbread cookies!

shortbread and fruit for me too :-)

Please pick me to win this tea set. I have friends come over for tea at least 2X a week. Plus, I love this color green. It's so fresh and uplifting.

This set is GORGEOUS! I love the color and "hawaiian-ish" pattern. It just screams Spring! There is nothing better then sitting outside on a warm spring morning with a cup of tea and an english muffin, listening to the birds chirp and watching the clouds float by.

We just had a formal tea for mother's day..we served scones with clotted cream and fresh jam...lemon tarts..cucumber sandwiches...olive sandwiches...deviled ham...cream puffs..and of course tea! all yummy! love to have a new tea set

A juicy tart apple is great to eat when drinking tea.

I love scones with tea.

Our Pastor's wife grew up on a farm and, because her Mum
came from England, they had tea at 3 o'clock on the dot
every afternoon. She said that it was so fun and comforting
to have that tea to look forward to every day after getting
off the schoolbus. Her dad and mum would be sitting there
at the kitchen table that was set with teacups and "a bit
of something to take with our tea". Things could be discussed
at the tea table of all sorts -- happy things, things that were
troubling the children, funny things -- it was just a family place where all could talk together and strengthen family ties.
She and her family now do the very same, and her daughter's special gift at turning 13 years old was her very own
tea service. She uses it on occasion now, and she looks forward to the day when it will be a part of her home and tea traditions as a wife and mom.
All of this to say....I think that it's not so much what is
served with the tea, but the love and grace that goes along
with it all that matters most to me. Sometimes we have
ginger biscuits, other times perhaps lemon shortbread or
small cherry cheesecake tarts. But I hope that the memories
of family times at the tea table are the choicest fare of
our special tea times together.

How very beautiful is this tea set! Very much so!
Oh... give me a warm cookie fresh from the oven with my tea and i'll be in heaven!!

scones w/butter and shortbread!

There is absolutely nothing like an old fashioned molasses cookie called a Joe Frogger with a hot cup of tea!

I love scones with my tea

I love scones with butter and strawberry jelly. Or, cheddar cheese scones with a crunchy apple. Thanks!

Definitely shortbread!

I would have to say that a homemade scottish scone is perfect with Tea. ;)

Homemade Blueberry Scones with Lemon Curd and some shortbread cookies would be on one platter, and, a tray of finger sandwiches, like cream cheese and smoked salmon, cucumber, creamcheese circles and some other delicious little sandwiches with the bread rind removed would be on my table with tea!

Teeny tiny tea sandwiches (cucumber, tuna) cut into fabulous shapes! Oh la la!

Lorna Doone cookies!

Tim tams!

carbs, carbs, carbs. love scones, muffins, or cookies. great tea set!

scones, cookies, tea sandwiches

Butter Cookies or gingersnaps.

home made blueberry scones with home made lemon curd! Ahhhhhh.

Almond biscotti dipped in white chocolate. yum.

muffins, hot from the oven

I like scones with my tea!

pettridge farms cheese cake with powder sugar on it

tea cakes which is what I call sugar cookies

It would have to be White chocolate & carmel biscotti.

Greetings, I have always wanted my own tea set! Green is my favorite color and I love the box that stores the set. My favorite food to eat while drinking hot tea is "Coffeehouse
Scones!" Please enter me in this fantastic tea set giveaway
drawing. I so appreciate it. Many thanks,Cindi
jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com

Scones with jam and devonshire cream, for I am a dork.

Homemade blueberry scones with lemon curd or toasted bread with jam. If I win this tea set, I think I will give a little tea party.

Chocolate - banana bread with cream cheese is a natural with tea. My Aunt always made a production of tea in the afternoon. One of my best memories of childhood.

I love shortbread, strawberries & peaches with a great cup of tea! Mmmmm!

I love eating Vanilla or Hazelnut Biscotti with Earl Grey tea.
Thank you so much for the wonderful contest.
I would LOVE to win !!

Sugar crusted honey sticks with a cup of steaming hot green tea! Thanks for the contest! crunch....

My favorite thing to eat with tea is shortbread cookies.

I love tea all alone, but if I have to choose something it would be tea bisquits

Any kind of scones!

Scones are a great add-on. Beautiful tea set.

I really love this set! With my tea, I enjoy biscotti or cranberry orange scones!

cookies!

I like scones and ginger snaps with lemon curd. Thanks!

Dark chocolate.

lemon cookies

I love the Classic British Treat with Tea:
Scones with jam & Double Devon Cream!
Mmmm, absolutely heavenly! :)

Chocolate

BEEF FRIED RICE

Lemon-blueberry scones are my very favorite with tea.

Ghiradelli dark chocolate mint squares.

Cucumber sandwiches and apricot scones.

First, that set is so beautiful! Wow!
I like it with chocolate chip scones! Yummy!

any finger foods, especially chocolate! Delicious.

pineapple cakes

Orange scones and tea are a perfect combo!

My favorite to eat with tea is scones - thank you for the contest

My favorite is finger sandwiches.

My favorite thing to have with tea is egg drop flower soup with fried noodles.

A thick slice of home-made oatmeal - molasses bread, toasted, with a little bit of honey spread on it!

Well seeming I'm Welsh, I'd have to say a nice Welsh Cake.

French bread toasted in the oven and slathered with butter.

I love a slice of pound cake with a cup of tea.

Lemon sugar cookies

Lorna Doone cookies are great with tea.

Scones, ginger snaps or snickerdoodles.

Scones with clotted cream and jam, of course I never actually have the clotted cream, so usually have the scone with some funky jam or jelly.

Wow, I am so tempted to say all the above. However, I choose "Sandies".

Vanilla Cream pound cake, yum!

I like a blueberry muffin. Thanks for the chance to win.

Cinnamon & sugar toast!

Either shortbread or gingersnaps. Yum!

I adore tea! It is my favorite treat and usually drink it by itself. I do some times enjoy scones with my tea. Orange cranberry is my favorite.

Blueberry Scones

Not terribly original, but I maintain that nothing beats tea biscuits.

Blueberry muffin

Puto (sp?) - a Filipino treat that my mother-in-law (from the Phillipines) makes. She tops them with anise seed.

Shortbread cookies and a cup of black tea, yum!

My favorite thing to drink with tea is a piece of homemade lemon squarers...Yum Yum

I would love to have a tea party with my granddaughter.

I love eating cinnamon toast or poptarts!!!

Strawberry Cream Puff and black tea

I know it's for coffee, but I like biscotti with my tea.

senbei for green tea

very nice.

scones, of course

It is a toss up between my famous tea-smoked chicken and the wonderful "marbled" hard boiled eggs I serve...you boil the eggs in black tea..then crack the shells all over and put them back in the tea until they are cool..then peel and you have a lovely marbled egg with a slightly exotic taste, very subtle.

Anything that classifies as "food"!

There's nothing better than sitting down for elevensies with a warm cup of tea and freshly-made blueberry scones with clotted cream and raspberry preserves.

Beautiful!