The History of Afternoon Tea
Afternoon tea was introduced in England by Anna, the seventh Duchess of Bedford, in the year 1840. The Duchess would become hungry around four o’clock in the afternoon and wanted food items & tea brought to her room. Soon she began inviting friends to join her and this became a fashionable event. During the 1880 ’s upper-class and society women would change into long gowns, gloves and hats for their afternoon tea which was usually served between four and five o’clock .
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