Posts Tagged ‘high tea’
High Tea, Afternoon Tea and Elevenses
What’s the difference between High Tea and Afternoon Tea? No, they’re not the same. And what in the world is Elevenses? NPR gives a very good explanation in this article. Here’s our post on this same topic: afternoon tea not high tea. Toodles!
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You may hear others (I know it’s not you) mistakenly call afternoon tea “high tea.” It’s understandable because it does seem a rather highfalutin’ affair but it is incorrect to call it high tea. Afternoon tea originated, so they say, with Lady Anna Maria Stanhope, Duchess of Bedford who was a lady in waiting for Queen Victoria. The custom…
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