English Tea

[oobiecoo]

I posted this accidentally in Family & Home but wanted to post it here also.



Having never traveled outside of the U.S. (other than Mexico), I''ve never experienced English Tea. I know basically nothing about it... so please enlighten me! What time(s) do you have it? Are there special linens you use or a special place that you drink it? I want to know everything

 

[JulieN]

Personally, depending on when you have dinner, I like tea between 4 and 4:30. I tend to have late dinners. If I had earlier dinners, tea time would be pushed forward.

For linens, I would use the same sizes that were used for lunch, taken in the receiving room. Cream, sugar, and clove-studded lemon slices are traditional tea accompaniments. I advocate having two pots: one for hot water, and a small pot or lidded bowl for the tea leaves, unless I am serving only masala chai, which will likely be eaten with samosas.

In actuality, I generally have tea at 3:30/3:45 in a styrofoam cup, made with tea dust in a bag, standing up, balancing a cup of tea and a plate of bagel chips and dip.

 

[neatfreak]

Date: 10/19/2008 10:46:28 PM
Author: JulieN
In actuality, I generally have tea at 3:30/3:45 in a styrofoam cup, made with tea dust in a bag, standing up, balancing a cup of tea and a plate of bagel chips and dip.

LOL Julie. Me too sadly...I love tea and I''m not even English!

 

[MishB]

I''m posting in the other thread, photos to come too.

 

[anyname]

mmmm...tea...I don''t remember having tea in England because i was quite young when i moved from the UK to the US, but i have had tea in Hong Kong, same principle, around 3-3:30 pm, break out the tea with milk ( i actually had no clue that people drank hot tea with lemon until a couple of years ago...oi). There are also scones, clotted cream, little cakes, little sandwiches. It''s really up to you what you want. Why are you interested in English Tea?

 

[Linda W]

I love tea. I always have coffee in the morning and a cup of tea in the afternoon. Usually around 3:00p.m. for me. A big hot steaming mug full. Yum!!!!


My favorite brand is Awake by TAZO, I also enjoy herbal teas too.



Linda

 

[arjunajane]

Yum, I love any type of tea - herbal, black, iced especially right now!
Don''t have any rituals, though love finding new blends to enjoy..


...awww, now I want some tea!

 

[Gailey]

OK - English Tea, where do I start????

If you are interested in the custom of afternoon tea, here''s an informative link: http://www.panix.com/~kendra/tea/afternoon_tea.html

If you are interested in how to brew English tea, try this: http://www.englishteastore.com/howtomaketea.html

If you are interested in which brands are worth trying and likely to be easily available to you:
http://www.twinings.com/home.php
http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page.aspx?c=2&p=46794&cat=2,40733,46838

If you want the real McCoy: http://www.taylorsofharrogate.co.uk/OurTeas.asp

Probably the best place in the world to drink tea: http://www.theritzlondon.com/tea/

Quick tip for cleaning a tea stained tea pot. Use this: http://www.polident.com/

Let me know if there''s anything else you would like to know, I drink gallons of the stuff!