Recipes abound for scones and tea. Scone recipes range from simple to very complex, but the original scone recipes were nothing more than eggs, milk, butter, and flour. This would describe a pretty basic scone mix. Some of the original scones were called Devon cream tea, which isn’t a tea at all, but a scone mix, and at times even a dish in and of itself. And of course there are many tea recipes as well, such as mint tea and the famous Arnold Palmer tea drink recipe.

A Devon cream tea is a scone recipe that originated in Devonshire in the western high country of England. The cream used in the Devon cream tea scone recipe must always be clotted Devon cream. A Devon cream tea scone, and all scones for that matter, should be made with farm-fresh scone mix and served warm from the oven; and a scone made from farm-fresh scone mix ingredients should be eaten the same day it is made. A hot tea is needed to wash down all the sugar and sweet from a Devon cream tea scone, and a good tea compliments the Devon cream tea scone nicely.

There are hundreds of other scone recipes and scone mixes for you to find and experiment with–try them all until you find your favorite scone or scone mix recipe. There are lots of tea recipes as well, including mint tea and Arnold Palmer’s.

Mint tea is just as the recipe sounds, tea with mint. Mint tea recipes are fairly simple and straightforward. Just brew up a pot of your favorite tea and add some mint. Fresh mint leaves are best, but you can always use a mint flavoring extract. An Arnold Palmer is another tea recipe that is a favorite among tea drinkers and lemonade drinkers. That is because an Arnold Palmer is a tea recipe that combines half a glass of cold or iced tea with half a glass of cold lemonade. It is a popular iced tea recipe and is very refreshing on those hot summer days. The tartness from the lemonade also goes nicely with several sweet scone recipes.