As anyone who owns or works in a food business knows, it really is such hard work! Long hours, weekends, paperwork, stock management, planning labour, relentless cleaning and that’s before you have even thought about serving any customers. So, when the food hygiene...
Legend has it that the first cup of tea was brewed in 2737 B.C. when dried leaves landed in a boiling cup of water served to the Chinese Emperor however tea wasn’t popularised in England until the mid 17th Century when King Charles II and his wife Catherine de...
One of the most Popular Cakes At Dotty’s is a Victoria Sponge cake! Here we have a Q&A with Dotty Royalty, my amazingly fantastic Mum Jenny. Thanks Mum. What are the origins of a Victoria Sponge? Well it is so called because Queen Victoria had a slice with...
I don’t knead (groan) to tell you that bread is one of the oldest prepared foods of all time, it sounds simple that bread is usually made from a wheat-flour dough that is cultured with yeast, allowed to rise, and then finally baked in an oven. Simple to make? Really?...
Welcome to our blog! Stay a while with your favourite brew and hear all about the fun and frolics here at Dotty’s Teahouse, Carshalton. Rebecca x