Afternoon Tea in Britain Afternoon Tea Culture in Britain Afternoon Tea Etiquette in Britain

Afternoon Tea The British life is also the pursuit of romance and petty sentiment, after a day's work or a gathering of friends on the enjoyment of afternoon tea, and the British favorite afternoon tea than black tea, the British have 300 years of history of drinking black tea, is the hobby country of black tea.　With sugar and milk, it often becomes a necessary beverage after meals, so the UK is the largest consumption of black tea. It can be said that there has not been a country on the level of black tea tasting, with the British professional.

Afternoon tea trilogy In the end, the traditional English afternoon tea, what kind of magic so enchanted the British appetite? If you have never tasted the English afternoon tea people, in the waiter will be three shelves of snacks on the table, you can immediately appreciate the English afternoon tea exquisite, aristocratic atmosphere. After tasting one layer at a time, you will be able to realize what kind of deliciousness makes people unable to stop eating.　Part 1: Enjoy the delicious snacks.　Usually the first layer of the three-tiered tower is placed savory sandwiches, such as ham, cheese and other flavors, but these sandwiches are not made by the chef of the snacks, but by another sandwich maker. The second and third tier is set with desserts, in general, the second tier of strawberry tower, which is a must for British afternoon tea, others, such as puffs, cookies or chocolates, by the chef at will, the third tier of desserts are not fixed what to put, but the chef to put the right snacks, usually cakes and fruit tower In all things pay attention to the tradition of the British afternoon tea across the sea to our country, refreshments have also made a corresponding After the traditional English afternoon tea came to China, the tea cakes also made some changes accordingly and developed various new flavors. Like a bite-sized dessert decorated with caviar and cucumber, handmade cookies, and a kind of English muffins called sne that can be eaten with cream or jam. 20 kinds of tea snacks are small and exquisite, with different flavors, just like a piece of carefully carved works of art, which makes people linger in the elegance of appreciating the fine arts and not wanting to taste them.　Part II: Appreciate the exquisite tea ware.　Victoria afternoon tea is a comprehensive art of simplicity but not shabby gorgeous but not vulgar ... Although the time to drink tea and eat something (refers to pure English confectionery) is the most important part of the orthodox English afternoon tea, but less good tea, porcelain, music, and even a good mood, then drink afternoon tea seems to be beautiful.　The third part: tasting tea.　Afternoon tea, "tea" is the absolute protagonist. Specialized afternoon tea is divided into Darjeeling and Earl Grey tea, Ceylon tea and other types. Tea is usually brewed directly, and then filtered through the tea funnel to pour the tea residue into a cup to drink. Transparent glass teapot, when the hot water is poured down, you can see the tips of the tea leaves slowly opened in the water. The most beautiful is the rose tea, looking at the small rose petals in the water fluttering, the mood also follow the dance up. But in this season, milk tea is my favorite. The combination of black tea and milk seems to be an elegant aristocrat meets a celebrity gentleman, whether it's a small sip or a big mouthful of sound, in the cold winter, hot milk tea is undoubtedly a warm recipe, instantly from the tip of the tongue to the wall of the stomach, after a long time, there is still a light sweetness in the mouth, so that people will recall, milk tea can also match with the afternoon snack, whether it's a rich cheesecake, a sweet and glutinous chocolate The milk tea can also be paired with afternoon snacks, whether it is rich cheesecake, sweet chocolate muffins, or casual thick toast, simple pineapple buns, both Chinese and Western, the milk tea can be glad to accompany.

Afternoon tea culture Tea in British literature is more frequently appear, telling the characters of the living and the scene, in the British afternoon tea culture under the cultivation of British writers unusual distinctive features, is often shown on the Chinese tea song. Eighteenth-century British literary giant Samuel Johnson (1709 ~ 1784) called himself "with tea as a companion to entertain the dusk, with tea as a companion to soothe the night, with tea as a companion to meet the morning sun. Typical of the hardened tea geeks". The literary club he founded was once a popular tea meeting. There is such a joke, a first foreign French diplomat, was invited by a duchess to drink afternoon tea, he drank to the first four cups of bloating, only good to beg Mrs. mercy, no matter how not to add. It turned out that the French do not understand the rules of the British, each time "cheers" after not putting the teaspoon into the cup to show that this is the end, do not know the details of the duchess is not good to keep renewing the tea. In fact, not only the Frenchman's stomach can not stand, the duchess is a great pain in her precious tea.　Playwright Pineiro (1885-1934) on the spiritual civilization of tea is very appreciated: "tea is equal to the place where the wish." Other poets, such as Wordsworth, writers, etc., without exception, the port of tea culture has been praised. Many of the protagonists in Pride and Prejudice will have a Chinese tea party after their meal. The clock strikes four, and everything in the world instantly stops for tea Britain and China are both tea-drinking countries, each with its own unique tea culture, representing the different styles of tea-drinking between the East and the West. However, the British, who have never planted a single tea leaf in history, have used Chinese imports to create their own uniquely beautiful form of drinking, and are renowned throughout the world for their "English afternoon tea" with its rich connotations and elegant form. Today, no matter the English black tea, vanilla tea or fruit tea, people all over the world are very fond of it. "English afternoon tea" has become a symbol of the elegant British lifestyle. One day at four o'clock in the afternoon I went to the university to do business, only to see the office door closed, all the people have disappeared. Looking left and right, I found a small sign at the bottom corner of the door with the inscription "Teatime" (tea time). At this point, even if you have a big deal, you have to wait for the British to finish their afternoon tea, this is an unchanging rule. A British ballad is sung this way: "When the clock strikes four, everything in the world instantly stops for tea."

Three or four o'clock in the afternoon is the peak of the time when the British people every day "Teatime" more, so that outsiders feel that the British people l/three of the life are consumed in the drinking tea. Early in the morning as soon as you open your eyes, that is * in bed to enjoy a cup of "bed tea"; breakfast and then a cup of "breakfast tea"; morning business and then busy, but also have to pause for 20 minutes to decorate the mouth of the "work break tea" ; in the afternoon before work and came to drink tea and eat dessert legal time; home before dinner and then once again "HighTea" (between five and six o'clock in the afternoon, there are meat cold cuts of formal tea); before going to bed is not to be avoided "parting tea". Really precisely to tea to start every day, to tea to end every day. The British every day meticulously repeat the tea to tea routine and enjoy it. In addition, the United Kingdom has a wide range of tea feast (Tea-Party), garden tea (Tea in garden) and weekend hiking picnic tea (Piic-Tea), really fancy.　British afternoon tea, which came from the first to drive the British aristocracy to enjoy the Chinese tea, when married to King Charles II in 1662, the Portuguese Princess Catherine, known as the "Queen of Tea". Her dowry that year, including 221 pounds of black tea and exquisite Chinese tea set, the era of black tea is as precious as silver. The new queen's elegant brewing and drinking role model, led to the nobles to follow suit, tea fashion quickly popular and become a symbol of nobility. Since then, Mary II and Queen Anne are also keen to promote the tea culture, held a Chinese tea party, the palace special cloth is quite Chinese mood, to the screen, Chinese tea set, silverware and improve the advanced mobile coffee table to embellish. However, the official invention of the title "English afternoon tea" was in the 1840s. At that time, those rich and bored aristocratic ladies and gentlemen, every day after lunch, for how to pass the long afternoon before dinner and worry. A duchess named Anna had the bright idea of inventing the program of drinking afternoon tea, which was immediately welcomed by the high society and scrambled to follow suit. From now on, the rich and idle rich and powerful, every day there will be a elegant and formal name to get together "long story"; and noblewomen and ladies and more than a show of beautiful clothes and jewelry of the wrong opportunity and place. However, the British tea form is very different from the Chinese native puppet. Chinese native even pay attention to a cup of tea in the hand, wind and moon drink is that fresh and fragrant odor; and the British are much more complex, they want to add milk and sugar in the tea, accompanied by cookies, desserts and so on. The British are used to eight or nine o'clock in the evening before dinner, afternoon tea is good to make up for the stomach. Every time I invited the British to drink tea, I insisted on exaggerating that Chinese green tea should not add milk and sugar, the best enjoyment is to taste its original flavor. A lot of British people are happy to accept this example.

Of course, there are also some appetite stubborn timid and changed the mouth: "still want English tea." The so-called British tea is black tea. So why China produced green tea, arrived in foreigners but became black tea? Legend has it that in ancient times, China's green tea had to sit more than a year and a half of sea ships to sail to England, green tea at sea during the automatic fermentation, arrived in England when it became just right at a good place of flavorful black tea.　Chinese tea, was the treasure of the rich Chinese tea is the 17th century began to be imported into the United Kingdom, because of the expensive freight costs, coupled with the British *** on this "Oriental foreign things" tax, the highest was up to chase 19%, so you can afford to enjoy the tea only those who are rich and noble class. Since tea is so expensive, drinking tea has become a status symbol. Being able to entertain guests with Chinese tea became the best form of boasting wealth. At that time, the British ladies have a gold-plated embedded jade small key hidden in the waist, used to open the special tea chest, even if the tea is made by the hostess to preside over, for fear that the servants will steal the tea. To the second half of the 18th century, the British *** finally reduced the tax on tea to 12.5%, thus ending the history of tea only aristocratic rich enjoy. Accompanied by drinking Chinese tea fashionable up is the rapid popularity of Chinese tea sets, with Chinese porcelain teapot, tea cups brewing Chinese tea, is considered authentic tunnel. At that time, the British porcelain, from the shape to the pattern color, are imitated China, but always compared to the Chinese goods with the spirit of craftsmanship passed down from generation to generation. It is said that with the British tea set to make tea cups will be due to heat and burst, therefore, to pour some cold milk into the cups, and then only with boiling water tea. Rich people in order to boast of their own with a high-priced purchase of authentic Chinese tea, often deliberately in front of guests, the first boiling water directly into the teacups, and then injected into the milk. Thus, the first tea after the milk is seen as the rules of the rich family to speak. But today's reality is saddening, if you go to the Western shopping center walk, will be found in front of the high-grade porcelain counter can not find the shadow of China's porcelain, those dazzling, exquisite, staggeringly expensive porcelain, are European products. Porcelain for Westerners, not only is a meal drinking tea supplies, but also placed in the cabinet for people to appreciate the decorations and works of art.　British fascination with tea as always, and drink some new flavor. In winter, some British people are keen on "cocktail tea", is the whiskey poured into the boiling hot tea. Many British people even bath also do not forget to brew a cup lying in the bathtub to enjoy. Britain is the world's number one tea consumer, every day to drink 135 million cups of tea, tea consumption accounted for 1/4 of the world's total production. Britain publishes a book every year, "the best tea house in Britain guide", specializing in the introduction of the famous and characteristic of the tea place, which in the middle of the London Ritz Hotel's Tea Rooms are always expensive and noble ranked the top. The hotel was planned and managed by the father of her boyfriend Doda, who went to the Yellow Springs with her, and was often visited by Princess Di during her lifetime. To come here for afternoon tea, men must wear a tie to enter, and must be booked in advance, the busiest two weeks in advance to find a seat. In fact, for many people, going to the Ritz for tea and rare French pastries is seen as an unusual experience. At the moment, the black tea, which is accentuated by a noble and glamorous atmosphere, has become one with the magnificent tea sets, the noble halls, the gaudy red men and green women, and the well-practiced bartenders, reflecting the enjoyment of the material and the spiritual at the same time. "When the teapot is brought into the study, the room is immediately filled with a refreshing fragrance. After a cup of tea, the whole body and mind get a very good comfort. The warmth provided by a cup of hot tea on returning from a walk in the drizzling rain is too wonderful to describe.

Afternoon tea etiquette 1, the most orthodox time to drink afternoon tea is four o'clock in the afternoon (is generally known as Low Tea) 2, in the Victorian era, men are wearing a tuxedo, and women are wearing robes. Every year in Buckingham Palace's formal afternoon tea, male guests are still wearing tuxedos, high hats and umbrellas; women wear daytime dresses, and be sure to wear a hat.　3, usually by the hostess in formal attire to serve the guests in person. Non must be ... ... only ask the maid to assist to show respect for the guests.　4, generally speaking, afternoon tea tea for Keemun tea, Darjeeling and Earl Grey tea, Ceylon black tea, if you drink milk tea, is the first to add milk and then add tea.　5, the orthodox British afternoon tea snacks are decorated with three layers of snacks porcelain plate, the first layer of sandwiches, the second layer of traditional British snacks Sne, the third layer of the cake and fruit tower; from the bottom to the top of the open back to eat. As for the Sne eating method is first coated with jam, and then coated with cream, eat a mouthful, and then coated with the next mouthful.　6, Dim Sum eating etiquette. From light to heavy, from salty to sweet. The order of consumption of tea should follow the law of taste from light to heavy, from salty to sweet. First taste a little salty sandwiches, let the taste buds slowly taste the true flavor of the food, and then sip a few mouthfuls of fragrant black tea. Next is smeared with jam or cream of the English muffins, so that a little sweetness in the mouth slowly emanate, and finally by the sweet and thick fruit tower, leading you to personally taste the most *** of the afternoon refreshments.　7, rigorous attitude. This is a gentleman and ladylike etiquette, the most important thing is that at that time because of tea almost rely on China's input, the British have an unparalleled love and respect for tea, so in the process of drinking afternoon tea inevitably exudes a rigorous attitude. Even, in order to prevent the tea was stolen, there is a kind of locked tea cupboard, whenever the afternoon tea time, only commissioned by the maid to take the key to open the cupboard to get tea.　8, appreciate the exquisite tea ware.