A Cornish Cream Tea is one thing that must be done on a visit to the county, fresh scones, thick jam and a pile of Cornish Clotted Cream. Thanks to some help from foodie friends on Twitter we were recommended a few places (there are hundreds in the county so hard to know where the best may be) and settled for the Smugglers Cottage at Tolverene owned by Tregothnan, the only place in the UK where tea is grown.
The cottage is just as you would imagine with a thatched roof and tiny windows. The Tregothnan tea (we drank the classic blend) extremely flavoursome and the scones light and fluffy. The jam normally served with a Cream Tea would be strawberry but here it is a jam made from Kea Plums,which are an old variety of Cornish plum grown in this part of Cornwall. And, the cream, so delicious, thick and yellow with the distinctive crust that makes clotted cream so special. This cream was made by Rodda's, perhaps the most famous cream maker.
The cottage is just as you would imagine with a thatched roof and tiny windows. The Tregothnan tea (we drank the classic blend) extremely flavoursome and the scones light and fluffy. The jam normally served with a Cream Tea would be strawberry but here it is a jam made from Kea Plums,which are an old variety of Cornish plum grown in this part of Cornwall. And, the cream, so delicious, thick and yellow with the distinctive crust that makes clotted cream so special. This cream was made by Rodda's, perhaps the most famous cream maker.
