English Afternoon Tea

Afternoon Tea is an English tradition whereby tea is served perhaps in the garden – weather permitting – at a table covered with a pretty tablecloth with napkins and adorned with a vase of fresh flowers.

The tea is poured from a teapot into pretty cups with saucers and the food which may consist of cakes, scones and biscuits (cookies) and sometimes sandwiches - often cucumber sandwiches - is arranged daintily on plates, doilies too are often used. The cakes might also be arranged on an elegant cake stand.

In addition a creamer may be used for the milk and a sugar bowl for white sugar or sugar cubes.

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