But the cookies (Earl Grey and currant, lemongrass and ginger) and the extremely moist green tea cupcake justify the overkill.
The collection's facial spray, which comes in a narrow lavender ombre bottle, has a pleasantly moist feel and contains green tea, Japanese rice bran and red algae.
Applesauce Bread: Serve this easy, moist and spicy quick bread with tea, pack it in a lunchbox or eat it for dessert.
The counter is laden with ten der muffinlike cinnamon puffs ($1 each); marble, lemon and chocolate tea cakes ($4.50 each); moist gingerbread cake that serves eight ($18); and apple-cider pies ($18), baked or ready to bake.
Ideal with a morning or afternoon cup of coffee or tea are the large, moist blueberry or pumpkin muffins; scones, flavored with blueberries, raisin or cranberry-orange; vanilla or chocolate butter-cream cupcakes; and cinnamon coffee cake (from $1.50 to $2.25 apiece).
Furthermore, Huangshan's moist climate facilitates the growing of tea leaves, and the mountain has been called "one of China's premier green tea-growing mountains.
In the Robinsons' three-tier tea service, the super-moist scones are the show-stopper.
Snus, moist oral tobacco, comes in a tiny tea bag.
I never tire of tea-smoked duck ($10.95), with its lacquered, rosy skin and moist, mildly smoky interior, but even better is the tea-smoked pork with leeks ($10.95), in which slender slices of pork as smoky as bacon are beautifully paired with tender leek greens and tiny black beans the size of sunflower seeds.
The cupcakes (£1.75), meanwhile, from local outfit The Tea Cake Company, are feather-light, moist and grown-up, the thick frosting creamy and sweet, but not cloying.
