Do you Brits really have a tea time??

Question

i wish i had a tea time... or more of an whiskie time

oh... so its not really a "tea" time , its more of a dinner time?

Answer 1

NO BRITISH PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE 'TEA TIME' ANY MORE.

British people just drink tea whenever we want, there is no set time each day every day that everyone sits down and drinks tea (at least not in the vast majority of households). If you want a cup of tea you just have a cup of tea like anywhere else in the world. Anyone above who has said they do have it, is either an exceptional case, or they are confused as to what you mean.

If you said the words 'tea time' to most people in the UK, they would think you were talking about the time they have their evening meal each day, because some people (particularly in Northern england) refer to their evening meal as their 'tea', (people who don't refer to their evening meal as 'tea' call it 'dinner' instead).

Until I started speaking to North Americans on the internet I had never heard the expression 'tea time'. People in Britain today are a modern, metropolitan European people. We haven't sat down and drank polite cups of tea out of china cups with cakes for a hundred years. Sorry if I have dashed your idea of England as being 'quaint' or whatever.

Answer 2

I'm from England too, if you hear tea time nowadays people mean evening meal. Like the previous poster said there is no set time for drinking tea...people drink it constantly during the day, whenever they are having a break/relaxing.
The only places I would know of having a set teatime with tea and scones/biscuits or sandwiches would be at a retirement home or hospital.
Also, "Put the kettle on" means make a cup of tea.

Answer 3

Hi. I'm going to start following you, and putting you straight on all your silly questions you placed throughout this section of yahoo.

Yes, many brits have afternoon tea, at about 4 pm. It's a great excuse to stop working, but drink some caffine for the last slog of the day.


Most northern brits refer to 'tea time' as a way of refering to dinner, sometimes with tea to drink also, often not.

In modern european britain (i like that comment i read before), tea is replaced by coffie, and then followed later by much more social beverge, like whisky.

Hope you have learn't about that tiny island across the pond. Your not an advisor on politics to george bush are you...???

Nope, i guess not, you can use the internet and type (almost).

Hugs, and forgive me for my comments.

Answer 4

I suppose I'm a replica Brit, since I was born & raised in Canada. But my answer is "What planet are you from? Even my 2 yr. old knows the British have tea time...then they have a pint of beer...then they look for someone to snog. Course snogging in Canada is different than snogging in England. At least that's what my 5yr. old says."

Answer 5

Some do and some don't. I tend to have afternoon tea at four with my friend when we drop each others children off from the school run.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

i like a cup a tea in the morning ,i like a cup a tea with my tea, but when i go to bed theres a lot to be said for a nice cuppa tea !

Answer 8

Yeah, I wish I could have a tea time - I'd just sleep!

Answer 9

Yes, we do. But it is not actually for tea. It's more of a meal time.

Answer 10

Yes, it is at 4:20.