25^thAug 2010 Cinema at Peacocks

Last year we had a most successful short season of films shown in our garden behind the tearoom, so this year, again in conjunction with Ely Cinema and ADeC we are doing it again. There will be seating for about 100 and the films will be professional projected on a specially erected screen. The films are as follows: Dirty Dancing on Saturday 28 August, Alice in Wonderland on Friday 3 September, and Glorious 39 on Saturday 4 September. Doors open at 8pm, the films start after dusk, and on 4 September we are holding an optional pre-screening supper at 6.30pm - £25 per head. Dinner bookings here - 01353 661100 - Cinema tickets from ADeC 01353 616991. Do come if you can.

George and Rachel

24^thMay 2010 - Country Living's Favourite Tearoom?

We're delighted to have featured in the 25^th Anniversary edition of Country Living Magazine, as Number 1 in their list of Our 25 Favourite Tea Rooms! I always tell myself (if we appear half-way down a list like this) that the entries are not in any particular order, but this article was headed with a painting of Peacocks specially commissioned by the magazine, and illustrated with another painting of the interior, so it seems I might have been wrong. Anyway, we're very proud, and I think it reflects how hard Rachel and all our staff have been working this last year, whilst I have been taking it easy.

George

23^rdMay 2010 - more Tea from Every Continent

I've managed to bring the tea-list here up to date, and all our new teas have arrived, so now we can boast teas, not just from 5 continents but from 6. (Every time I look at an atlas there seem to be more continents: I'm counting Australia, Asia, Africa, Europe, North America and South America.) Leaving aside, for obvious reasons, Antartica, that allows us the unique boast of Tea from Every Continent (and I mean real tea rather than some other herbal mix). I'm wary of bold claims, but I'm pretty confident that no-one else tearoom, cafe, hotel or even tea-merchant around the world can match the spread of our range, so come and enjoy it, you're bound to find something you haven't come across before (unless perhaps your name is Jane Pettigrew.)

George

22^ndMay 2010 - Rhubarb, rhubarb

We've had some delicious rhubarb desserts on the menu this month, and bearing in mind that our supplier Colin grows it himself and delivers it by bike, there are not a lot of wasted food-miles there (so that makes up a bit for some of the teas!) Meanwhile a pair of blackbirds are raising a family in the Banksian Rose bush in our front garden, oblivious, it seems, to the diners enjoying tea barely a couple of feet away .

George

31^stMarch 2010 - Teas tease

I have managed to find some great new teas for our menu: including rareties from Georgia in the Caucasus, Guatemala, the Azores and Bolivia, as well as Charleston Breakfast Tea from the only tea plantation in the USA - just waiting for it to arrive. Soon I hope to find time to bring the list on this site up to date.

George

25^thFebruary 2010- Mother's Day Special

Come join us and treat your Mum to our Mothers's Day Monty on the 14^thMarch, Comprising of a glass of pink bubbly or Pimms, assorted sandwiches, scones and rose petal jam, homemade trifle and a choice of tea.

Rachel

21^thJanuary 2010- Valentine's Week-end

We will be serving our Cupid's Cream Tea on the 13^th and 14^thFebruary, Comprising of heart shaped scones, Lovers Leap Tea, a glass of pink bubbly and homemade chocolate treats.

Rachel

16^thNovember 2009 - Christmas Specials

Im delighted that the Indian summer actually arrived. Perhaps I should have been a weather forecaster. But it has gone and the first of the storms has been too. So its truly time to get organised for Christmas.

Our Christmas menu will be available from 25^th November, including Xmas Afternoon Teas and light lunches, Mince Pies , Xmas Pudding, Hot Winter Pimms and Xmas Spiced tea

We will be open for four pre-cinema festive late-afternoon teas at 6pm on December 2^nd, 9^th, 13^th & 20^th. The cost is . 17.50 per head and you will need to book ring Rachel on 01353 661100. The menu will be : Winter Pimms or Mulled Wine, Assorted Quiches, Sausage Rolls, Scones with Clotted Cream and Xmas Jam, Mince Pie with Brandy butter, Chocolate log, Tea or Coffee.

And warmed by all that you will be able to potter over to the Maltings for a film show. (Tickets available from their box office

George

3^rdSeptember 2009 - Winter Opening (and closing)

We disapprove of shops putting up Christmas decorations at this time of year - we are still looking forward to an indian summer. But we have been planning ahead and have decided that this year we shall not be closed at the end of the year for a month and a half or two as usual. Instead we shall shut up shop for our Christmas holiday from Monday 21^stDecember 2009 and reopen on Wednesday 13^thJanuary 2010, with some new winter dishes on the specials board, and probably a selection of new teas for you to try. We hope that meets with general approval.

George and Rachel

18^thAugust 2009 - A New Tea on the Horizon

We have just received the delivery of our latest tea: from the Azores Portuguese islands far out in the Atlantic. If my geography is right they are about as far west as one can go and still claim to be in Europe, and they have been quietly making tea there without any fuss for over a hundred years. We have had a first tasting and are delighted with the quality. It is a traditionally made tea that makes a medium strength cuppa. It goes well with milk though I suspect thats not how it is drunk on its island home. Now I shall have to make time to add it to the tearoom menu.

George and Rachel

4^thAugust 2009 Now - Tea from Every Continent

Now that we have been able to source our Billy Tea from Queensland, we believe we can claim to be the only tearoom in the world that serves tea grown in each of the five continents. As well as Billy tea representing Australasia, we have Sao Paulo from the Americas, Tregothnan Classic from Europe, Kwazulu from Africa, and of course a host of wonderful teas from Asia.

George and Rachel

11^thMarch 2009

The builders have built us a big new kitchen and the tearoom has had a lick of paint and today we open for another year. The menu has had a few additions. For a start theres a new Chocolate Dream Cream Tea to show off Rachels new recipe for chocolate scones. Theres even a cocktail of our own some of the staff devoted time to research and development and came up with a mix including Peach schnapps and iced tea, so its a bit of a variation of Long Island Iced Tea and delicious. The name had to be the Peacocktail.

There are also a dozen or so new teas on the list, including Norfolk Lavender Tea Im afraid the list on the site here is a bit out of date, but Ill get to it as soon as I can. The next job though is tidying up the garden.

We look forward to visitors old and new. The rule remains that we dont take bookings, but we are hosting a few private functions here either after 5.15pm or on Mondays and Tuesdays when the tearoom is closed. If you have an event to celebrate and yould like to hold it here send us an e-mail or give us a ring.

George and Rachel

20^thFebruary 2009

Since we closed just before Xmas our builders have been working hard to get our new kitchen built - and to fit it out and redecorate the Tearoom etc etc etc. We even got planning permission! Unfortunately despite everyone's efforts we won't be able to open at the beginning of March as we had hoped. But we fully expect to be up and going on Wednesday March 11th, so the end is in sight. We're looking forward to seeing everyone again after that. Thanks for being so patient.

George and Rachel