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FREELY PRETEND THAT YOU’RE ENGLISH Make the
His Excellency Tea If you want to pretend to be English and to invite some com- pany for an afternoon tea par- ty, you should serve this bevera- ge on a low coffee table or club table. Tea is drunk at 4pm, tho- ugh any time between 3 and 5 is appropriate. You should prepare and serve it with a tea set con- sisting of a teapot, sugar bowl, small milk jug, side plates for ser- ving snacks, cutlery and, of cour- se, tea cups and saucers. This is where your imaginati- on comes into play, but don’t for- get that the ritual of afternoon tea emerged at the English royal court due to the need to snack between an early breakfast and a
it to enliven us in the morning, to fortify us during a break from work or to relax us before bed. If you happen to be in the pro-cof- fee camp and are wondering why there’s a story about tea at the start of your flight, you should know that tea is drunk more than coffee around the world, and is around 3,000 years older. Drinking tea was a matter of prestige for a long time, and or- ganising a tea party represented an opportunity for the hostess to show off her manners, tea service and social status. Although proto- cols and rituals still exist and are respected, today’s tea parties are more synonymous with pleasant company alongside snacks.
perfect tea party A tea party is primarily a gathering and socialising with snacks, but with adherence to strict rules on how to pour tea, what to serve with it and even the height of the table
THERE ARE FEW RITUALS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH prestige, luxury, meditation, re- laxation, peace, silence and res- pite like drinking tea… We drink
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