Rare Trish Traveler Posted February 24 #1 Share Posted February 24 Saw that an afternoon Indonesian Tea Time is offered on my upcoming Rotterdam cruise. Sounds intriguing.🤗 How is it different from HAL's standard tea time? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overhead Fred Posted February 24 #2 Share Posted February 24 (edited) If I remember correctly, there are different teas available and the savory/sweets offerings are a bit different. We certainly enjoyed it. I think this was from the Indonesian tea - Edited February 24 by Overhead Fred Added pictures 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sailingdutchy Posted February 24 #3 Share Posted February 24 5 minutes ago, Overhead Fred said: If I remember correctly, there are different teas available and the savory/sweets offerings are a bit different. We certainly enjoyed it. I think this was from the Indonesian tea - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sailingdutchy Posted February 24 #4 Share Posted February 24 Hey that face looks familiar ......and yes we also enjoyed the Indonesian tea , plus some of the tea is actually from Indonesia 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Trish Traveler Posted February 24 Author #5 Share Posted February 24 7 minutes ago, Overhead Fred said: If I remember correctly, there are different teas available and the savory/sweets offerings are a bit different. We certainly enjoyed it. I think this was from the Indonesian tea - Thanks for posting. That looks wonderful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Vict0riann Posted February 24 #6 Share Posted February 24 These were the teas at the Indonesian tea: And the offerings at the regular afternoon tea: 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Trish Traveler Posted February 24 Author #7 Share Posted February 24 2 minutes ago, Vict0riann said: These were the teas at the Indonesian tea: And the offerings at the regular afternoon tea: Thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlsSalt Posted February 24 #8 Share Posted February 24 Best treat at the prior Indonesia Tea besides the wonderful little green coconut-sugar crepes, was showcasing Sumatra Coffee. Come to the Indonesian Tea for the Indonesian coffee - hope they continue to offer it - beautiful flavor. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syesmar Posted February 24 #9 Share Posted February 24 @Trish Traveler I am SO happy to hear about an upcoming Indonesian Tea! I used to enjoy them so much, as well as the Royal Dutch Tea. Thanks to HAL for bringing this back! Here’s a Thread with info on HAL’s teas. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cbr663 Posted February 24 #10 Share Posted February 24 3 hours ago, OlsSalt said: Best treat at the prior Indonesia Tea besides the wonderful little green coconut-sugar crepes, was showcasing Sumatra Coffee. Come to the Indonesian Tea for the Indonesian coffee - hope they continue to offer it - beautiful flavor. Sumatra coffee is our daily regular coffee at home. I will defintely keep this in mind when we book another HAL cruise. Thanks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlsSalt Posted February 24 #11 Share Posted February 24 10 minutes ago, cbr663 said: Sumatra coffee is our daily regular coffee at home. I will defintely keep this in mind when we book another HAL cruise. Thanks. On the HAL two week all around Indonesia cruise a number of year ago, we picked up a bag of the infamous..... (ahem) ... "civil cat digested"..... coffee beans. With great trepidation, we served it at a family dinner with full disclosure . We all looked at each other as we took our first sips, and to a person we all said the same thing , wow, this is really good. Though I admit, it is still hard to shake the bean "harvesting" imagery. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Gail & Marty sailing away Posted February 24 #12 Share Posted February 24 8 hours ago, Trish Traveler said: Saw that an afternoon Indonesian Tea Time is offered on my upcoming Rotterdam cruise. Sounds intriguing.🤗 How is it different from HAL's standard tea time? I would go, they might bring back some of the things of the past. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Trish Traveler Posted February 25 Author #13 Share Posted February 25 5 hours ago, syesmar said: @Trish Traveler I am SO happy to hear about an upcoming Indonesian Tea! I used to enjoy them so much, as well as the Royal Dutch Tea. Thanks to HAL for bringing this back! Here’s a Thread with info on HAL’s teas. Thanks for the link. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare lyndarra Posted February 26 #14 Share Posted February 26 On 2/25/2024 at 8:20 AM, OlsSalt said: On the HAL two week all around Indonesia cruise a number of year ago, we picked up a bag of the infamous..... (ahem) ... "civil cat digested"..... coffee beans. With great trepidation, we served it at a family dinner with full disclosure . We all looked at each other as we took our first sips, and to a person we all said the same thing , wow, this is really good. Though I admit, it is still hard to shake the bean "harvesting" imagery. I think you meant civet cat or, more correctly, Kopi luwak. Each time I visit Indonesia I buy kopi luwak. It's not cheap but it's one of the best coffees to be found. I also bring home larger packets of Indonesian Arabica and Robusta. Taste is better than any ship coffee I've had. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Trish Traveler Posted March 29 Author #15 Share Posted March 29 OP here. We're back from our Rotterdam cruise. We attended the Indonesian Tea on 2/27/24. Here is the info from my review regarding the tea: At 3pm we decided to try the Indonesian Tea in the MDR to see what was special about that. Well it was okay. We shared a table and conversation with a nice man. We had a tower of goodies to share. Some of them looked like they were probably an Indonesian Treat, while others were standard like egg salad sandwiches. There were no choices given for tea, the server just came around and poured a ready-made pot of black tea. So although we enjoyed it, I don’t need to repeat it and I find it a bit wasteful if you don't finish everything on the tower. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennybear Posted March 29 #16 Share Posted March 29 How sad! The Indonesian green tea was amazing! Thanks for coming back! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakridger Posted March 30 #17 Share Posted March 30 @Trish Traveler Thank you for reporting back. That was my feeling way back in 2006 which is why I haven't gone back to a teatime on HAL. No Clotted Cream for the scones! It's just not anything unique or memorable unfortunately. ~Nancy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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