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About Cahill's Products of Ireland
If you need more information about our products or help selecting the right gift, call us at 484-356-4060. Apologies to our customers, have had to change email address due to large amounts of spam.
A Great Cup of Tea...
The Irish people have a gentle way about them, love to sing and dance, and like nothing more than to sit and chat over a good cup of tea. Here's the best recipe we've come across for a perfect cup of tea:
- Start with freshly drawn water.
- Bring to a full boil and pour a little into a good earthenware teapot to warm it, then empty the water out.
- Using a good quality tea, put 3-5 teaspoons, according to taste, into a warmed pot.
- Bring the water back to a boil and pour on the tea immediately.
- Cover the pot with a tea cozy and allow to brew for 5 minutes (any shorter and the flavor will not have developed; any longer, and the tannin will start to come out, making the tea taste stewed. For the same reason, boiling water should be used to make the tea, but the brew should not subsequently be boiled. Strain and serve.)
We offer three designs of teapots, in both 2 and 7-cup sizes. We also carry a full line of loose and bagged teas and a beautiful, insulated Shamrock tea cozy.
Our Favorite Irish Soda Bread Recipe
Your guests will appreciate a little something to go with their tea. Irish Soda Bread is popular throughout Ireland. Because it is easily and quickly made, it is often baked fresh for tea or even breakfast and is sure to please. Here is the recipe:
- 4 Cups Plain Flour
- 1 Tsp. Salt
- 1 Tsp. Baking Soda
- 1 Tsp. Sugar (Optional)
- 2 Cups Buttermilk or Sour Milk.
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Sieve the dry ingredients into a large bowl. Scoop up handfuls and allow drop back into the bowl to aerate the mixture. Add enough buttermilk to make a soft dough. Now work quickly as the buttermilk and soda are already reacting.
- Knead the dough lightly-too much handling will toughen it, while too little means it won't rise properly.
- Form a round loaf about as thick as your fist. Place it on a lightly floured baking sheet and cut a cross in the top with a floured knife. Put at once to bake near the top of the oven for 30-45 minutes. When baked, the loaf will sound hollow when rapped on the bottom with our knuckles. Wrap immediately in a clean tea towel to stop the crust from hardening too much. Serve warm.
Try our Follain preserves fromWest Cork: Gooseberry, Blackberry, Loganberry, Strawberry, Raspberry jams, or any of our numerous Irish Marmalades on a slice of this bread.