Blend together the tea and icing sugar.

Put the butter, tea and icing sugar in the bowl of a mixer with a paddle attachment and beat them on medium speed for about 3 minutes or until the mixture is very smooth. Add the vanilla extract. Then reduce the speed to low and add the salt and flour, mixing only until just incorporated.

Flatten the dough into a disc, wrap it in plastic wrap, and chill the dough in the fridge for at least 1 hour.

Roll out the dough into a 0.5 cm – ¼ inch thick sheet. Cut into teabags with a sharp knife, using a real teabag as a guide.

Place the cookies on a tray lined with baking paper, make a hole at the top using a toothpick and place them in the fridge for 15 minutes (this will help the cookies to retain their shape when baked).

Bake in a preheated oven at 170°C – 340°F on the middle rack for 13 to 15 minutes. The cookies should remain pale. Transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.

Once the cookies have cooled down, melt the chocolate over a double boiler.

Dip half of each cookie in the melted chocolate to make it look like there is tea inside, and place it on a tray lined with baking paper.

When you have done that for all the cookies, put the tray in the fridge for about 10 minutes, or until the chocolate has hardened.