Afternoon tea is life, art and a kind of attitude. Afternoon tea is part of the British People's Daily life. In Britain,when the afternoon bell rang after four tones, it’s time for afternoon tea. People get together to relax and enjoy aromatic tea and delicious cakes and spending time with friends, family, and colleagues happily.
Source: British traditional afternoon tea became popular as early as the end of the 19th century. The seventh duchess of bader was the first to start enjoy afternoon tea, at four o 'clock in the afternoon, she often feels bored and a little hungry. So she asked her maid to bake bread, butter and tea for the use of satiety. She is very enjoy in the process of tea, often invite relatives and friends to drink afternoon tea and enjoy the ease of an afternoon.This is the origin of Victoria afternoon tea.Victoria afternoon tea has been spread so far, not only because it represents a fine afternoon, more because it is the noble gesture.
There are a lot of rules of afternoon tea and it provides the opportunity to show your own fair maiden temperament and relax your have such lesson teach you how to experience the afternoon tea.
Way of drinking tea: According to the traditional:First, put the napkin on the leg and then began to make tea(you can use a filter).You should hold the handle with your fingers and you must put a spoon in the back of the ground,with one hand hold the cup handle while drinking tea. Some tradition will require you drinking with little finger crooked, this is just for the sake of balance.The most orthodox English afternoon tea is presented in three layers of snack tray.The mainly food of bottom layer is sandwich,the middle layer is scones,the top layer is homemade cookies or desserts.The right way is to eat salty snack first, and then eat scones(The traditional way is:Divide it into two pieces with fingers, and then use a knife with a homemade jam on her scones, finally put some butter on the jam.).
Rules:1.Water of 100 degrees Celsius. 2. warm pot and warm cup (Otherwise there will be 5 degrees Celsius temperature difference). 3. timely and right amount.
History:Back from the history, the British first to drink is one of China's wuyi tea (black tea in Britain).In England, the most popular afternoon tea is early grey tea(source:A Chinese roasting tea with bergamot oil and anhui qimen black tea and gave the tea to a British Earl in China,Later the earl carry forward the tea).
Traditional English afternoon tea is known as low tea: tea table and chair height is relatively low,and we enjoy the tea called high tea at the dinner table.
Afternoon tea is the starting point of love
Jane Austen
Cucumber sandwiches are a very important element of sandwich in noble afternoon tea.
Afternoon tea is like a balance and balance work and leisure time.Slow culture is not to say that fully slow down your steps, you can consider in some time to slow down,For example you only have thirty minutes to slow down is also very good, you only have ten minutes to slow down is also very good.Slow life is a kind of life emotional appeal,drinking tea is a kind of attitude to life.
Japanese tea: promote the English afternoon tea, appear more delicate
French afternoon tea:not too care about three layers of dim sum, usually equipped with champagne.。