When the world is all at odds and your mind is all at sea, then cease the moment a brew a cup of tea. There is magic in the fragrance and solace in the taste.  Laden moments vanish when you add a sip of butterscotch schnapps to it as well. The world becomes a lovely...Read More

Traditionally, high tea was a working-class meal served on a high table at the end of the workday, shortly after 5 p.m. High tea was much more of a working-class family meal than it was an elite social gathering.  Read More

There are many different stories that claim to explain the origin of afternoon tea but one of the most widely accepted is that the Duchess of Bedford came up with the initial concept. The noon meal had become smaller, and so the Duchess suffered from a sinking feeling at about four clock in the afternoon....Read More