How to Properly Enjoy Afternoon Tea

I always learn something in your videos! I've been putting my condiments on the wrong side! Loved the video. Gave me sweet memories of afternoon tea at the Milestone!

Love your historical anecdotes! It really makes the presentation interesting! You always inspire me!

I love tea! Thank you.

Your set up definitely looks like a London afternoon tea.

Thank you so much for sharing so much useful info. Love the beautiful tea set

Thank you for sharing this video. Afternoon teas are such a treat. I've never had it in England, but my favorite is Emirates Palace's afternoon tea. I highly recommend it if you are ever in UAE.

I love your channel. Thank you so much for this wonderful information about the Afternoon Tea. Much appreciated.

It is essential that a sucking procedure that offers a sound of slobbering accompanies the artful essential are observed,yes indeed,gulping is allowed,and if any Chinese are within earshot a large accoustially free belch is obligatory,then on leaving the table,whilst bending down a very loud breaking of wind is much admired !indeed encouraged,then go home!!don't come back !!!

I wonder, if you're finished with the first course but the others are still eating, do you wait for them? And if so, who takes the initiative to move onto the second course? Great video!!!

This has been a great video! I really enjoyed the storytelling. I only recently started holding afternoon teas for my family and friends each month. Such fun! Thank you for the lovely video!

I'm in the United States, and I say scone as in "gone." I also take them in the Devonian manner, although her dear departed Majesty took them in the Cornish manner. Lovely video, this!

Thank you! Excellent explanations! Very engaging! I would love to know the history of spoons. Thank you.

You are a class act. A real Lady.

You don’t get to ate the sandwich 😂.

This has been a lovely lesson on tea! Really enjoyed the bit about the origin of bone china. I have a question though, if one were to drink tea with lemon, is it dropped into the cup or squeezed?

Combee abbey

How do you feel about using tea-light warmers?

I was doing some reading I saw recommendations on blooming tea leaves in the pot from back in the day. They instructed to fill the pot with boiling water and let it sit and warm up for a few minutes. Then empty the water and add the leaves to the empty pot, closing it, and letting the steam bloom the leaves. Then after a few minutes, you can add your water and brew as normal.

According to Wikipedia, a person named Thomas Frye first produced bone China. So, not Spode or Wedgwood

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Hello Heidi,
Thank you for a detailed and elaborated explanation.
Still got two questions I’d be happy to get responses to:
1. Do I brew a tea on my table, when all the guests are sitting, and then wait for the estimated 4 minutes? As far as I understood, that’s the reason to have a fancy hour glass as a accessory, isn’t it? Or should the teapot be brought on the table with tea leaves and water already poured, and we all just wait for those 4 minutes? If it is the former, do I need to have some fancy utensil (spoon) for the tea leaves to be spooned into the teapot, along with a tea leaves box?
2. How do I discard tea leaves from the strainer in case I have it full during the ceremony (I’m having 9 people altogether, so the strainer might get clotted)? Or should I just have an additional strainer?

Very informative. Thank you!

Love it! Thank you!

How to sip the tea in between?

You are perfect in all. Elegant, classy and simple on your way to teach us. Thank you so much dear Lady.

Thank you for the afternoon tea videos! Where did you get the three tiered tea caddy?

I had high tea in Victoria

I would say one for each person and one for the pot. I don't use more than four spoonfuls in the large Spode teapot and three in the small Spode teapot, but it's a matter of taste: I don't really like strong tea. Lovely video. Thank you.

Do you have to eat up your sandwich and or scorn before picking up some dessert? What if you didn’t like the sandwich and couldn’t eat it all up 😬

Right off you assume people need to be shown or told correct equitette! Really? " adore" is a bit primitive as in idols! "Correct " is so arrogant!

The extra water is not to extend the tea it is for anyone that prefers weak tea.

Please don't wave your spoon around in the air, hardly part of equities!

The " correct " word is inverted. You are very funny.

Your knife blade is facing the wrong way. A bread plate not a dinner plate for lunch!

That was amusing kinda.

I enjoyed every second of this video.