Afternoon Tea - Chic Elegance

I have been a fan of traditional afternoon tea for many many years.  In fact, I must honestly say that the advancement of "contemporary tea" does little to excite me.  I love the traditional chic elegance of a well plated afternoon tea service.

The good news is I am not alone!  According to Rueters.. Afternoon Tea is the New Black.  Whether you are celebrating a big event or you are hosting a business meeting, afternoon tea is becoming a hip place to be.

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Afternoon tea also known as low tea, is a light meal typically eaten between 3pm and 5pm. The custom of drinking tea originated in England when Catherine of Bragança married Charles II in 1661 and brought the practice of drinking tea in the afternoon with her from Portugal.

Traditionally, loose tea is brewed in a teapot and served in teacups with milk and sugar. This is accompanied by sandwiches (customarily cucumber, egg and cress, fish paste, ham, and smoked salmon), scones (with clotted cream and jam, see cream tea) and usually cakes and pastries (such as Battenberg, fruit cake or Victoria sponge).  

In hotels and tea shops the food is often served on a tiered stand; there may be no sandwiches, but bread or scones with butter or margarine and optional jam or other spread, or toast, muffins or crumpets.

Personally I love a cream tea served with a cup of tea, scone and a slice of cake or other sweet.

Nowadays, a formal afternoon tea is usually taken as a treat in a hotel, café or tea shop. In everyday life, many Britons take a much simpler refreshment consisting of tea and biscuits at teatime. 

Tea can refer to any of several different meals or mealtimes, depending on a country's customs and its history of drinking tea. However, in those countries where the term's use is common, the influences are generally those of the former British Empire (now the Commonwealth of Nations). The tea meal can be small or large and used, for example in the phrase, "to take tea".

 

Have you ever considered opening a tea business?  Believe it or not, tea dreams come in all shapes and sizes.  Whether you dream of serving a formal tea to high end clients, or opening an online shop, there is a tea business for you.

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