afternoon tea: is it still done?

[Pleater]

At the weekends we tend to have a cup of tea and a 'little something' at about four thirty.

Today it was toast and marmite.

(I know I know but after a few decades you would actualy get to like it - really)

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[Macman]

[QUOTE=Steve Ashton;890681]
In the municipality of Oak Bay, just east of downtown, it is said that they are "More British than the British". The border of Oak Bay with the rest of the city is known as "The Tweed Curtain". Imagine if you will one of the quiet villages of Britain in the 1950's.
A Mk V or VI model Jag parked at the corner, a black bicycle with wicker basket leaning against the building, and ladies resplendent in their pillbox hats and brollies.[QUOTE]


I don't usually do tea, but my wife and I go to this place on the Oak Bay border once a year or so. You will then see an XJR parked outside and a kilted couple inside. The tea selection is fantastic, and their "Big Muckle Giant Tea for Two" is the thing to order.

http://www.whiteheather-tearoom.com/

[ThistleDown]

I don't usually do tea, but my wife and I go to this place on the Oak Bay border once a year or so. You will then see an XJR parked outside and a kilted couple inside. The tea selection is fantastic, and their "Big Muckle Giant Tea for Two" is the thing to order.

http://www.whiteheather-tearoom.com/

Ah yes, Aggie Campbell. Glasgow-born, laughs hugely. Wonderful high tea.

[Peter C.]

Does the custom of afternoon tea (with a few light refreshments) still happen in the UK, or is it a relic of the past? There are some traditions which people continue, and some get left behind, and I'm wondering which category tea-time falls into. Thanks for your replies.

When I was a kid we had breakfast, dinner and tea but that tea time had nothing to do with afternoon tea.

We used to have afternoon tea occasionally on a Sunday when we had visitors or when we were visiting.

I go to the UK every year and always pop in to a tea shop for afternoon tea at least once.

Now I have introduced my American family to afternoon tea and they love it. We only have them when we have visitors and we usually have West Country cream teas.

piperdbh, I met you at Gatlinburg two years ago, if you are down that way again you must give me a pm and you and who ever you are with can come over and have a chat over afternoon tea if you have the time.

Peter

[piperdbh]

piperdbh, I met you at Gatlinburg two years ago, if you are down that way again you must give me a pm and you and who ever you are with can come over and have a chat over afternoon tea if you have the time.

Peter

Thanks for the invitation. I would enjoy that very much. Can we go see Dolly while we're in town?

Will you be at the festival in Franklin next weekend, or at Grandfather?

[Peter C.]

Thanks for the invitation. I would enjoy that very much. Can we go see Dolly while we're in town?

Will you be at the festival in Franklin next weekend, or at Grandfather?

I will be at the Taste of Scotland festival in Franklin, and hope to be at Grandfather Mountain.

Peter

[Mike_Oettle]

In South Africa the term “tea” as meaning a meal is generally something heard from immigrants or visitors.
Being invited for afternoon tea is quite an occasion (at least in our house). We get special eats for the occasion – cake, scones (not the same as American scones) and the like – and lay on the ancestral china (and silver, for those who have it).
But morning and afternoon tea are also routine, at home and at the office.
My daughter and her fiancé generally drink coffee instead, but we still refer to the occasion as tea.
My wife taught me to make tea and enjoy drinking it, but she sometimes takes coffee instead.
There are a few tearooms in the city where I live, but not as many as there used to be.
Dinner is a word used for the main meal, regardless of what time of day it is.
On Sundays and special holidays like Christmas it is usually (not invariably) in the middle of the day, but on week nights it is generally in the evening.
Regards,
Mike

[Jock Scot]

Does the custom of afternoon tea (with a few light refreshments) still happen in the UK, or is it a relic of the past? There are some traditions which people continue, and some get left behind, and I'm wondering which category tea-time falls into. Thanks for your replies.

Yes it still continues in places.

[Lallans]

After international misunderstandings within my family regarding the meaning of 'tea', I fell into a sort of code where 'tea' when addressed to a British person meant 'supper' (ie, to the Scottish plus the Northern England and Northern Ireland members), as per their usual practice, but I employ the term 'high tea' instead of 'supper' when addressing a mixed group, as in an email "Thank you for giving the kids the lovely high tea" . This is probably seen as a little pretentious on both sides but it works. 'Tea' meaning a meal is of course never used in my part of Canada: rural people say 'breakfast, dinner, and supper' and perhaps more recently use 'lunch' if 'dinner' is a light meal, whereas city folk have adopted the more American terms of 'breakfast, lunch, and dinner.' This is seen as more sophisticated than 'dinner' followed by 'supper' but I am seeing signs of a Canuck backlash back to 'supper'. And don't get me started on the use of 'brunch' and its variations.

[highland mafia]

.' This is seen as more sophisticated than 'dinner' followed by 'supper' but I am seeing signs of a Canuck backlash back to 'supper'. And don't get me started on the use of 'brunch' and its variations.

Ya know...Now that you mention it you do seem to hear a lot of people calling it "supper" these days... Much then in the past. Huh never really noticed??