Indonesian Tea Time vs. Tea Time

[Trish Traveler]

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?

[Overhead Fred]

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
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[sailingdutchy]

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 -

 

 

 

[sailingdutchy]

Hey that face looks familiar ......and yes we also enjoyed the Indonesian tea , plus some of the tea is actually from Indonesia 

[Trish Traveler]

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.  

[Vict0riann]

These were the teas at the Indonesian tea:

 

 

And the offerings at the regular afternoon tea:  

 

[Trish Traveler]

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. 

[OlsSalt]

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.

[syesmar]

@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.

[cbr663]

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.

[OlsSalt]

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. 

[Gail & Marty sailing away]

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.

[Trish Traveler]

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.

[lyndarra]

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.

 

[Trish Traveler]

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. 

[bennybear]

How sad! The Indonesian green tea was amazing!  Thanks for coming back! 

[oakridger]

@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