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Afternoon tea

A cup of teaAfternoon tea (or Low tea) is a light meal typically eaten at 4 o'clock. It originates in Britain, though various places in the former British Empire also have such a meal. However, most Britons no longer eat such a meal.

Traditionally, loose tea would be served in a teapot with milk and sugar. This would be accompanied by various sandwiches (customarily cucumber, egg and cress, fish paste (bloater), ham, and smoked salmon), scones (with butter, clotted cream and jam — see cream tea) and usually cakes and pastries (such as Battenburg, fruit cake or Victoria sponge). The food would be often served in a tiered stand.

While afternoon tea used to be an everyday event, nowadays it is more likely to be taken as a treat in a hotel, café, or tea shop, although many Britons still have a cup of tea and slice of cake or chocolate at teatime. Accordingly, many hotels now market a champagne cream tea.

High tea
High Tea (also known as Meat Tea*) is an early evening meal, typically eaten between 5 and 6 o'clock in the evening. It would be eaten as a substitute for both afternoon tea and the evening meal. The term comes from the meal being eaten at the ‘high’ (main) table, instead of the smaller lounge table. It is now largely replaced by a later evening meal.

It would usually consist of cold meats, eggs and/or fish, cakes and sandwiches. In a family, it tends to be less formal and is an informal snack (featuring sandwiches, biscuits, pastry, fruit and the like) or else it is the main evening meal.

On farms or other working class environments, high tea would be the traditional, substantial meal eaten by the workers immediately after nightfall, and would combine afternoon tea with the main evening meal.

2007-04-29 07:13:00 · answer #1 · answered by dave a 5 · 1 1

The only teashops you really get are in the West County i.e.Devon,Somerset and Cornwall. There you will find cream teas, which are scones served with jam and fresh clotted cream as a specialty, along with the usual crumpets , teacakes and muffins.

2007-04-29 12:51:44 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 1 0

GOod question. Really good question.

Different types of

- Cake. My favourites would be almost any vanilla flavoured cake (real stuff not fake stuff) and carrot cake and anything nutty

- Biscuits (nutty stuff)
- Chocolate (nutty chocolate)
- Croissants
- All kinds of freshly baked bread, especially the nutty kinds...
- fruits including avocado, sharon fruit and figs
vanilla flavoured and once again, the nutty stuff...

One thing that i'd love to have from a teashop besides all this is Cereal. I'd love to have a good teashop that sells hard to find cereals from all over the world. I'm sure that one exists but I am equally sure that it would probably be too pricey for my pocket. Needless to say of all the cereal stuff i'd love the nutty stuff best.

Once again I must say this was a really good question. really gets the tastebuds going...

I forgot to mention tea. loong story there. i'd have to direct you to my 360 page...

http://uk.360.yahoo.com/my_profile-z5KFSHolc6OeHzD8FUz4n2s4dfwLow--;_ylt=An7SPvHC0Czv8Y0alYS1ZQNuFOJ3?cq=1

(it's the fourth one up from the first blog I ever wrote.)

... in which you'll find an entire blog dedicated to the subject, including a recipe I use myself which involves the use of spices in the whole tea making process, and i don't mean just masala tea or ginger tea either. Why? I'm Kenyan. We're renowned for our tea making skills which I think are still underrated despite the level of renowned-ness we enjoy.

Plus I come from a long line of farmers who farmed stuff alongside their other professions. It was mostly sugarcane and maize and vegetables, not tea. But i'm still Kenyan so i'll still claim my share of renowned-ness for tea making that we bear nationally... even though I don't have the slightest clue how to grow it.

Too much information I know. It was still a very good question though.

2007-04-29 07:16:27 · answer #3 · answered by Can I Be Your Pet? 6 · 1 1

English cucumber and creme cheese sandwich's, Duck liver pate', Seafood salad on lettuce bed, Spring greens with assorted vinaigrette dressings, Quiche, Lady fingers, Cookies, Cakes, and Assorted Teas...delicious!

2007-04-29 07:40:24 · answer #4 · answered by Mizz SJG 7 · 1 1

Club Sandwiches.
Asparagus Rolls.
Chicken Rolls.
Pinwheels.
Cucumber Sandwich Triangles quartered and crusts removed.

An assortment of cakes that will make you fat just looking at them.

A pot of Earl Grey tea.

2007-04-29 07:14:50 · answer #5 · answered by Murray H 6 · 2 0

Well, it's either afternoon tea, or it's high tea. Completely different. If the shop is advertising afternoon high tea, don't patronise the place - they don't know what they're doing!

2007-04-29 07:50:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

Fruits. Bananas are my favorite. btw did you know that tomatoes are the #1 selling fresh fruit? true beans

2017-03-10 20:04:43 · answer #7 · answered by Irene 3 · 0 0

fruit grows on shrub or vines and fresh vegetables grow in the land.

2017-02-16 19:35:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

An assortment of finger sandwiches, scones, cookies, tea bisuits, fruit & cream......Along with an assortment of teas served with lemon, sugar, honey, cream, etc.......Definitely a "girly girl" thing......

2007-04-29 07:26:01 · answer #9 · answered by sandypaws 6 · 1 0

cucumber sandwichs cream cakes and a variety of teas ie darljeeling and earl grey etc

2007-04-29 07:10:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

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