(A)

Afternoon tea, the typical English custom, is, perhaps surprisingly, a relatively new tradition. It’s the seventh Duchess of Bedford, Anna Maria Russell, who we have to thank for the invention of afternoon tea sometime around 1840. The evening meal in her household was served fashionably late at eight o’clock (thanks to the spread of gas lighting in England) thus leaving a long period of time between lunch and dinner.

(B)

The Duchess would become hungry around five o’clock in the afternoon. She requested that some tea, bread and butter and cake was brought to her room in the late afternoon. With that one request, an afternoon ritual was born, and she began inviting friends to join her. The fashionable custom soon spread across Britain.

(C)

This pause for tea became a fashionable social event. During the 1880s, upper-class and society women would change into long gowns, gloves and hats for their afternoon tea, which was usually served in the drawing room between four and five o’clock. Nowadays, however, afternoon tea is more casual, just a biscuit and a mug of tea, usually produced using a teabag.

(D)

By the Victorian era (1837–1901), tea drinking had become an English tradition. Tea drinking for the rich came with various types of equipment – delicate porcelain teacups, bowls and saucers, decorative teapots, beautiful table linen and personalised tea blends. The afternoon tea table was a place to express their identity, interests and taste.

(E)

Traditional afternoon tea consists of a selection of tasty sandwiches and cakes, called scones, served with cream and jam. There are two types of people in the world: those who put milk in first and those who begin with the tea and add milk second. To experience the best of the afternoon tea tradition, go on a trip to one of London’s finest hotels or visit a tearoom.

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