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British Fact of the day...
Afternoon Tea and High Tea in England
AFTERNOON TEA (The traditional 4 o'clock tea)
This is a small meal, not a drink. Traditionally it consists of tea
(or coffee) served with either of the following:
Freshly baked scones served with cream and jam (Known as a cream tea)
Afternoon tea sandwiches - thinly sliced cucumber sandwiches with the
crusts cut off.
Assorted pastries
Afternoon Tea today
Afternoon tea is not common these days because most adults go out to
work. However, you can still have Afternoon tea at the many tea rooms
around England.
Afternoon tea became popular about one hundred and fifty years ago,
when rich ladies invited their friends to their houses for an
afternoon cup of tea. They started offering their visitors sandwiches
and cakes too. Soon everyone was enjoying Afternoon tea.
HIGH TEA (The traditional 6 o'clock tea)
The British working population did not have Afternoon Tea. They had a
meal about midday, and a meal after work, between five and seven
o'clock. This meal was called 'high tea' or just 'tea'.
(Today, most people refer to the evening meal as dinner or supper.)
Traditionally eaten early evening, High tea was a substantial meal
that combined delicious sweet foods, such as scones, cakes, buns or
tea breads, with tempting savouries, such as cheese on toast, toasted
crumpets, cold meats and pickles or poached eggs on toast. This meal
is now often replaced with a supper due to people eating their main
meal in the evenings rather than at midday.
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