American Reacts to British Afternoon Tea

From sipping fragrant teas to indulging in a selection of dainty finger sandwiches, warm scones, and decadent pastries, get ready to witness the art of British teatime. Whether you're a tea aficionado, a food enthusiast, or simply curious about British culture, this video promises a delightful blend of taste and tradition. Pour yourself a cuppa, settle in, and join us for a delightful journey into the heart of British hospitality. Subscribe, like, and share this video to spread the love for this cherished tradition!
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[@digidol52]

The first of many comments to say that's not a Bakewell tart, it's a Battenburg cake. Afternoon tea is usually absurdly expensive , served in posh hotels and aimed at tourists. Most Brits have a mug of tea and a couple of biscuits around 4pm.

[@markwolstenholme3354]

Yes agree. £78 + at Fortnum & Mason 😊. £48 + at The Midland, Manchester 😊. £50 for two at Blackpool Tower Ballroom 😊, very enjoyable with the Wurlitzer organ playing 😊.

[@adriennewalker1715]

Not the fault of the American guy, it was the numpty narrator of the original video … I’d like to know what Americans get up to at 16.20 ‘tho

[@OC35]

In my family (from Lancashire) we called Battenburg cake chapel window cake.

[@vtbn53]

@@adriennewalker1715 I reckon it's afternoon delight, although why such a specific time though.

[@sandrabutler8483]

You get what you pay for, and everything has been made fresh on the premises each day

[@skipper409]

The cake being cut when the narrator says “Bakewell tart’, is actually Battenberg cake

[@millsy1861]

I can assure you that scones with jam and clotted cream are the best things on earth without doubt, you simply have not lived till you try some.

[@grimreaper-qh2zn]

What goes with a Scone jam and clotted cream ...... another one. Yummy

[@littleannie390]

Most British people drink tea all day every day, with meals, with a snack or on its own. Afternoon tea is only for special occasions, it’s usually expensive and a treat. I am one of the minority that don’t often drink tea and prefer coffee. My parents very rarely washed the teapot but you rinse it out with hot water between each pot. Few people use a teapot these days unless for speciality teas and just put a teabag in the mug for the standard brew.

[@samkenyon4522]

Although he said Bakewell Tart, the cake shown was actually a Battenberg cake - both are delicious I think most of us don't have afternoon tea more than once every few years at the very most - I'll be having some tomorrow with visiting family from the US but most of us work until after 5pm on a weekday. Many of us do have multiple cups of tea each day but without anything else (except perhaps a few biscuits). Cream tea, which is just the scone, cream and jam part with a pot of tea is probably a bit more common but still something most of us only do when on holiday.

[@VMM34]

I went around all the charity shops in my area and picked up everything including a butter dish. Cups, saucers, strainer, teapot, teapot stand. Everything doesn't match, but that makes it look even better!

[@Walesbornandbred]

What he said was a bakewell tart was a Battenburg cake which is covered in marzipan. They do say don't wash the teapot, what you should do is pour a bit of boiling water in it, swill it around and pour it out.

[@christinamoxon]

We have afternoon tea (the full thing) about 3-4 times a year. We have smaller versions (just the scones, clotted cream and jam, with tea) during summer weekends, if we're home on a Saturday. Loads of places around here do them, from the garden centre to the lovely tea-room at Pevensey castle. We usually do ours at home and there's a lot of sharing of scone recipes between relatives. The full-on, fancy version here is a special occasion thing (Mother's Day, birthdays, etc) and usually more popular in summer.

[@Aloh-od3ef]

The Bakewell tart….. The picture shown when he said Bakewell tart. It’s a battenberg cake 🤤🤤🤤

[@ThegirlfromU.N.C.L.E]

Love an afternoon tea! However as already explained it's not a regular experience, once maybe twice a year. I have more cream teas which are quicker, cheaper and less effort to make at home. Side fact: the narrator, Tom Parker-Bowles is Queen Camilla's son from her first marriage.

[@jometcalf8991]

Afternoon tea like this is a very special occasion event like Mothers' Day or significant birthdays not something that we Brits do every day.

[@Chris_GY1]

The first cake is a Battenberg cake not a Bakewell Tart which has almonds on the top of it. Milk goes into tea not cream which is used for desserts and puddings. You don’t use a spoon for jam you use a spreader. Tom Parker-Bowles the narrator is the son of Camilla Queen Consort. Afternoon tea is more of a treat than a daily thing.

[@RenaissanceEarCandy]

A Bakewell tart is an almond based cherry (though sometimes other fruit) frangipane tart, traditionally topped with flaked almonds. A Battenburg cake (what we actually saw when he confusingly said "Bakewell tart) is four long squares of sponge (of two different colours) held together with jam and marzipan which, when cut open, reveals a chessboard pattern.

[@christinepage181]

That wasn't a Bakewell tart, it was a Battenburg. You should always warm the pot, put hot water and swirl, then throw away. Then put your loose tealeaves in and boiled water. All the paraphernalia is what makes afternoon tea the pleasure that it is.

[@phoenix-xu9xj]

We brew tea at anytime and all times. Medication for everything.

[@MrBulky992]

Let's not forget the teapot stand (acting also as a coaster to protect a polished table) and tea cosy, both designed to ensure that the tea in the pot remains hot.

[@paulknox999]

the video when talking about a bakewell tart actually showed them slicing a pice of battenburgh cake

[@jeanbellabasura1539]

The checkered cake at the start isn't a bakewell tart like the narrator says, it's a battenberg cake.

[@deborahmapps1430]

Sunday afternoon tea with sandwiches sliced peaches with bread and butter yum-yum, as you won't want anything else after a Sunday roast lunch.

[@stuartcollins82]

I had afternoon tea on Saturday. At the Celtic Manor Resort (Ryder cup hotel and Golf resort in South Wales). Lovely. Scones, cakes, sandwiches, and a huge selection of teas.

[@marcswarbrick3392]

I definitely go the Cornish way with scones! Spead a good thick layer of jam on then add a massive dollop of Rodda’s 🤤

[@llehctimtrawets]

For starters, Bakewell Tart is mentioned while we are being shown what looks like a Battenburg cake, though a later image corrects this mistake. Scones: being half Irish I always butter my scones before adding the jam, then the clotted cream in the Cornish tradition as I now live in Kernow (that's Cornwall btw).

[@MrBulky992]

The tea was made without warming the pot. I was always told to warm the pot first by filling it with a small amount of boiling water, swilling it around and leaving the pot for a short time before emptying and only then spooning in the tea.

[@denisemeredith2436]

Afternoon Tea or even Breakfast at Fortnum & Mason is a delightful treat. I make a brew several times a day and I always use a bone china mug which keeps the tea hotter for longer. Tom Parker-Bowles is Queen Camilla's son from her first marriage.

[@tonycasey3183]

I work in a pretty low-paid job. I am definitely working class. However, I do use a teapot and a milk jug. I have a strainer that comes with a holder. I have cutlery and side plates. I most definitely DON'T have servants to wash the dishes. It takes no time at all. And, no, I don't wash the inside of my teapot. I rinse it out after use and let it drain dry. It's not posh or faffy, it's just a nice, civilised way to have tea, a sandwich and a slice of cake.

[@MrsMillwall]

Ditto

[@avrilhopper6284]

The first cake that was cut was a battenburg cake , 2 different coloured cakes wrapped in marzipan in a loaf shape....

[@avrilhopper6284]

Can I just say that the majority of British will never,ever partake of a "posh " afternoon tea !!! Especially at Fortnum & Mason ( a very,very expensive shop !)in London where a cup of tea alone is probably a tenner !!!! I would say afternoon tea will be a cuppa & a biscuit for most working class folk on their afternoon break......

[@paulkitching1623]

A proper afternoon tea is a treat rather than a daily thing, and it’s always nice to enjoy it at a good tearooms of which there are some really great ones. In North Yorkshire close to where I live there is one on the best. I also have a tea set for home use on special occasions. I usually have six or so varieties of tea, though my personal favourites are Darjeeling or Earl Grey, both of which I prefer with a slice of lemon rather than milk or cream. I do like coffee, but only fresh ground Italian beans. Incidentally, I believe the narrator of this video is Tom Parker-Bowles, Queen Camilla’s son.

[@alisondodd9210]

I have a tea break every day mid afternoon, at work or at home, at work it’s usually with biscuits and a piece of cake, at home especially if friends pop in then it’s the “the full monty”, still have a tea like this on Sunday.

[@user-gt2ud2gw9e]

Oh, I'm not rich, but I take afternoon tea from time to time and there's always plenty of other 'normal' folk like me there, who Iove 'tea and a chat'.

[@sarahfoster6765]

My friend treated me to a afternoon tea for my birthday & very nice it was to 🍰🧁🫖☕️

[@kayleighegerton7030]

I love your reactions, seeing all the frills as too much, as a northern English gal, I second it, just gimme a strong cuppa in me favourite mug and the biscuit barrel lmao 😅

[@KC-gy5xw]

foreigners make more of afternoon tea than Brits do. We have a cup of tea when we feel like it..

[@sallyannwheeler6327]

My daughter and I love going for cream teas. There is a very posh tea room by where we live. You can also have a glass of Prosecco with it. Lovely to have in the garden on a hot summers day. I have 3original cake stands just for the occasions. Just had some freshly baked scones with locally made raspberry jam and clotted cream a few days ago.And of course as a Cymraes( Welsh person) Te Cymraeg. ( Welsh tea.) Blasus! ( Tasty!)😁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤️🌎🇺🇸

[@Fiona77h]

Tea should be made with water at around 80°C to prevent bitterness. We have tea and cake (or posh biscuits) on Sunday afternoons, followed by tea- the meal because we have dinner at lunchtime on Sundays (usually a Sunday roast)

[@papercup2517]

"Stands the Church clock at ten to three, And is there honey still for tea?" Afternoon tea certainly was at one time a normal everyday thing, but a much simpler affair than shown here at Fortum & Mason, London's poshest department store, where it would be mainly aimed at tourists, those up from the country for a day's shopping and very cashed up Londoners. But when I was growing up in the 50s, at around 4pm the family would gather and just sit down at the kitchen table and there would be a loaf of bread or two (brown and white) set out on the wooden bread-board with a bread-knife to cut it (no sliced bread in those days!), with butter, jam, honey and Marmite in various little pots and jars to spread on it. Yes, in our house we did have designated jam spoons - it was considered uncouth to stick your buttery knife straight into the jam or honey. There was also a butter dish but this was where the butter lived anyway, never in a fridge. My mother would usually have baked a cake of some kind and there'd probably be biscuits too - either bought or home-made. In December on Sundays we would have 'Advent Tea'. There were special prayers and on the first Sunday one candle was lit in the darkened room. Each Sunday another candle was added, making our shadows on the wall increase in number too, until by Christmas Day the room was a blaze of light - all symbolic of course, of the entry of Light into the World. it was a lovely tradition, very atmospheric. Almost every country town in England has a teashop where you can get some version of afternoon tea, from just a pot of tea for one to the full spread - but at a fraction of the price of the posh London version. When I lived in Devon, we would go out every weekend for a 'cream tea' which the West Country is famous for. They were relatively inexpensive and delicious, just fresh baked scones, clotted cream and jam, and sometimes honey. The posh London places stole idea from them and embellished it into into the big, luxurious affair that they promote to the tourists as a quintessentially British experience. But the real thing as far as I'm concerned is - or was - in the teashops and around the kitchen tables of ordinary people, all over Britain.

[@jameslewis2635]

Not washing the tea pot is a regular old-world kind of thing and I could definitely see someone about the age of Paul McCartney saying. Typically what happens in homes (that use tea pots) is that water is boiled with the first bit of water from the kettle being used to clean out the tea pot and warm it up. The fresh leaves or tea bags are then put into the pot before it is filled with boiling water. The pot is then left until the next round of tea is to be made and the whole process repeats. Most people will generally just make tea in a mug (like the one you showed) with a tea bag. If you are having tea without milk you generally don't want to have the bag in the mug for very long. The longer you let it sit, the stronger the flavor and the more bitter the undertone. If you are wanting to avoid using milk, green tea or herbal teas are probably a better choices. While most Brits will have 'afternoon tea' on rare occasions as an activity we might have with visiting friends, we drink tea all the time normally at home with many people having three or four mugs a day. As a side note there is also 'builders tea' which is a very strong brew of a fairly common tea like Tetley or Yorkshire Tea served with milk (usually whole milk) and sugar (in order to combat the very bitter aftertaste).

[@GrafindeKlevemark]

At one time in British companies (admittedly some time ago !), you had a tea break with someone hired to take the tea trolley (usually about 11 o'clock) and serve a mug of tea to all the employees.

[@matthewgreenough2431]

I drink tea everyday, mainly in the morning, afternoon tea is more like a treat, like mothers day or a birthday, its can be expensive for what it is, but your paying for the experience, nothing wrong with chilling out, drinking tea and eating alot of cake.

[@paulleach3612]

A cup of tea along with two slices of bread and butter was common in our house (while growing up) at around 4pm. Still do it to this day if I'm peckish.

[@shirl790]

If u have trouble brewing a good black cuppa, don't leave t-bag in too long ( I swirl bag around 7 times b4 removing) also if u squeeze bag against side of cup I find tea bitter. Try that way for a great black tea x

[@sunnyjim1355]

And always use boiling water and NEVER put the milk in first, in fact that should be done last!

[@RonSeymour1]

The afternoon tea, as shown is a once in a lifetime treat. It is way too expensive to be a regular thing although I guess the wealthy may do it more often. Most people are far too busy to sit down, even at home, for afternoon tea. They will just make a brew and a snack whenever they need one.

[@keithorbell8946]

You’re quite right about not washing the teapot, just as you don’t wash a cast iron frying pan, the tannins in the tea build a patina on the inside which gives body and depth to the flavour of the tea. If you drink tea without milk or sugar, brew it for a shorter time. The milk and sugar help to counterbalance the bitterness. Also, remember that during the Edwardian period (1901-1910 ish) Britain (and her Empire) was the World’s only Superpower.

[@madcyclist58]

Does even a video about afternoon tea have to include the now-obligatory aspersions on Britain's Imperial history? Free set of sackcloth and ashes available on request, I've never worn mine.

[@myusernameissusan]

I bloody love a proper afternnoon tea, it's the sort of thing you do on birthdays or mother's day for a special treat as it's never cheap. Oh and It's scone not scon and the jam goes on first 😂

[@brigidsingleton1596]

Nope. Scone rhymes with _gone_.❤ Scone does _NOT_ rhyme with stone.😡

[@valeriedavidson2785]

​@@brigidsingleton1596 No it doesn't. It is just silly.

[@valeriedavidson2785]

I agree. Scone rhyming with stone. The other way is just effected.

[@laurenC91.]

If you brew loose tea it helps solve that issue of bitterness as it usually comes from low quality tea bags, especially if you push it against the side of your mug to push water out of it. You're not supposed to push the water out of your tea bag between the spoon and side of your mug/cup if you wish to avoid the bitterness. Also at home it's usually just with a couple bisuits (cookies but firmer than actual 'cookies' and different shapes to cookies sometimes too)

[@ido8071]

The first cake was not a bakewell tart, it was a battenberg cake.

[@jmillar71110]

Im from Scotland and cant say that I've ever had an afternoon tea. Usually more a tourist thing up here. I'm quite happy with a cup of Scottish Blend and a caramel wafer😂

[@herenow6953]

The narrator is HRH The Queen's son - Tom Parker-Bowles is the son of Queen Camilla. He's a well regarded 'foodie' and has built his own career separate from his mother's marital life. The afternoon tea you just watched was a 'once in a lifetime' type of afternoon tea for most Brits. Mostly aimed at people wanting an 'experience' so used by Brits for big birthday treats etc, and by toursts all the time because- well, because. Most Brits drink either tea or coffee. I'm a tea drinker. I'm always having a 'brew' - which may or may not be at 4pm. That will include a tea bag of Yorkshire Tea, some skimmed milk but not too much - we are aiming for a deep tan shade - and maybe a digestive biscuit to dunk.

[@stevefrost64]

This video also has a royal connection, Tom Parker-Bowles who narrates it is Queen Camilla's son and ergo The King's step-son. Tom is a well know food critic and food writer over here in the UK

[@ratsters7]

My parents wondered what they'd done wrong. I can't stand tea! Even the smell of it. Coffee for me please! And at any time 🙂

[@ricardolorrio8228]

in the UK, it is known as "High Tea" ... and if in London, it is only served at the very best hotels and is very expensive ...

[@helenwood8482]

4pm is Earl for tea. It's usually somewhere between 5 and 7.

[@jonharvey6277]

You never wash a teapot so the tannins from previous brews give the tea a deeper flavour

[@old.not.too.grumpy.]

I'm British, 64 years old, very middle class. I have never been for an afternoon tea. Outside of tourist areas and hotels, you be hard pressed to find anywhere that serves it. I have had a cup of tea and a cake. Also, when on special occasions, birthdays and the like or when one has visitors, a tea has been served, but nothing like the spread shown here. At £50 to £80 per person in the aversge establishment going up to £500 in the some luxury hotels, I think the price is excessive. Hence, you'll find places that do serve it are full of tourists and people celebrating something special. Having said all this pn my next trip to Harrogate or York, I intend to book an afternoon tea in Betty's. Supposedly, one of the best afternoon teas and at £18.50 much better value than those London hotels😂

[@jamesswindley9599]

Custard is so British 😆😂 xxx

[@davehagi9883]

Love Custard, Cold or Hot, depending what it is going with.

[@MrBulky992]

The narrator of the video is Queen Camilla's son by her first marriage. I say "scone" to rhyme with "shone" as does Tom Parker Bowles, educated at Eton and Oxford. I rest my case.

[@sandrabutler8483]

We don't have this every day and nor have cream in our tea, milk only and that's down to personal preference, same as you don't necessarily take sugar The store is known as the Royal Family local grocers, but that's because it was set up by a footman way back a couple of centuries ago

[@CrankCase08]

Neither I, nor anyone I know, takes 'British afternoon tea'. It's more of an a quaint old custom that was once practiced by the wealthier classes whose afternoons were not cluttered by the requirement to work at least eight hours per day.

[@ashby4211]

Afternoon tea as a ritual started with aristocrats who in most cases were brought up eating very small portion sizes as their formal meals consisted of several courses. I assume that this was the case with afternoon tea, tiny bite sized portions eaten slowly. Today its a treat and rather pricey so the amount of food served is more abundant and doggie bags are provided for customers so that some of the uneaten delicacies can be taken home. Either way I don't think you would get fat on afternoon tea here, too expensive to eat every day. Most Brits would have a cup of tea and maybe a slice of cake or a couple of biscuits in the afternoon at home.

[@mervinmannas7671]

This sort of high tea is very much a treat now and then. Oddly i am going to a Harry Potter themed tea with my mother and nieces on Sunday. I have done tea at number of London stores and hotels but F&M is the best. They have 3 main menus between £72 and £76 per head, two sweet and one savory. The tea menu to chose from has about 20 different teas inc. one with rose petals in it. I was warned not to have lunch and so glad i didn't. The food never stopped coming we must have been there over 1 half hours. And they always make sure there are some cakes left even if yo say no more. As they give you little boxes to take them home in. Expensive Yes but God it was soooo worth it. Another good one is the Langham Hotel near the BBC.

[@valeriedavidson2785]

High tea is a cooked meal which workmen would have after work. This is afternoon tea which is different.

[@louised4260]

No we don’t have afternoon tea. In fact we never have it really unless it’s a special occasion and it would be in a hotel or nice restaurant not at home. We usually drink tea from mugs and use tea bags.

[@user-vy6qi2pn8o]

I'm devastated that a battenburg got called Bakewell tart. Afternoon tea it's a thing high society thing. Regular people don't.

[@giovannacasadio9600]

The tea pot must not be wasted with soap but rinsed with running water. I was born in the middle of a tea plantation in Kenya and have at least 2 cups of tea a day😊.

[@dancinglucifer1526]

4000 years from then to now

[@mcdizzle2855]

“20 mins after 😉” 🔥👌🏻🔥

[@vickytaylor9155]

If using teabags in your teapot, it is one teabag per person, plus one for the pot. You also need to warm the pot with boiling water first, leave for five minutes, throw the water out and boil more water, then add the water to the pot and leave to steep for about five minutes.

[@marvinc9994]

An' anuvver fing: Do we Brits have a 'traditional' afternoon tea EVERY day? Of course not: as with everything else these days, you need to employ _properly-trained_ servants - and _they_ are becoming increasingly hard to find.

[@adriennewalker1715]

Tea and biscuits, now, is a daily occurrence in my house … afternoon tea more a meet with friends splurge type event … precisely because of the treats on offer 😂

[@helenwood8482]

Tea is undrinkable without milk (we never use cream). Sugar is optional, milk is not. Milk I very healthy. Americans believe fat is fattening. That I as logical as saying eating a fish will turn you into one. The reason why Americans believe that is that the sugar producers paid a fortune to have them told that.

[@MrZombie999]

1) Wash the pot else you will get a build up of Tanning, it looks like a brown furry mold, 2) When making Tea in a pot add hot water to the pot first and swish it about then throw that out, this just warms the pot, 3) Others will say 3pm is the correct time.

[@shhhhhh62]

Don't wash the pot - rinse it.

[@MrZombie999]

@@shhhhhh62 well you can wash it just don't use detergent I guess

[@Colin-mc4ml]

JJ, did you notice the name of the narrator Tom Parker Bowles? Tom is the son of Her Majesty Queen Camilla. Fortnum & Mason was established in the early 1700s and holds the Royal Warrant of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II & Charles Prince of Wales. It is likely that King Charles III will issue a Royal Warrant in his name as he previously gave them one as Prince of Wales.

[@DrDaveW]

The narrator of this is the food journalist Tom Parker-Bowles, the son of Camilla Parker-Bowles. Or in other words - the Queen's son!

[@johnm8224]

Did anyone notice that the narrator is The King's step-son?? lol

[@mathiasosiriswoodhal]

im with you on that got to wash your tea pot i know some people who do that its just not right lol

[@mundaneMindanao]

If you want to drink black tea (tea with no milk) leave the bag in for less time, under a minute and a good queeze

[@johnbillinghurst4351]

Afternoon tea at (the ritz hotel) and (the savoy hotel) would cost about $ 91 per person …..

[@geekexmachina]

There are lots of different teas which differ by taste, some people take black tea with lemon or orange to take the bitterness instead of milk, or you can get teas with orange in the blend like lady grey, then there are Smokey teas like lapsang

[@helenwood8482]

Jam first, then cream. It's the only way it works.

[@abarratt8869]

It's a splendid way of whiling away those tricky hours between after-lunch and before-dinner, when the only other alternative would be to keep pounding the feet "making the most of the day". Afternoon tea with its ceremony, fine tea and tempting morsels has therefore become a part of "making the most of the day", and acts and a good run up to gin and tonics after before-dinner, and then of course dinner itself.

[@marylynne9104]

If your tea is bitter, you are probably brewing it too long. I too drink black tea without milk, cream or sugar, and I brew it really briefly, not much longer than a minute. Milk combats the bitter notes in tea brewed longer.

[@MrBulky992]

With the jam and cream, do what I do. Break the scone in half in the customary fashion. On one half, apply cream then jam. On the other half, apply jam then cream. By this means, no one, be they Cornish or from Devon, is offended (or maybe both are?).

[@Well-in-the-garden]

Growing up we had afternoon tea on a Saturday and Sunday but Sundy was in the evening because it was also the Sunday Roast. So tea time was around 6pm after playing board games or cards or at the same time if Monopoly was involved lol

[@cherrycola8217]

Tbh I think the majority of brits use electric kettles now instead of teapots for convenience. But yes I think to wash a teapot you're supposed to just use hot water. Similar principle to not using dish soap in a wok because it washes away the flavour.

[@jaccilowe3842]

Fun fact: The narrator is Queen Camilla's son, Tom Parker Bowles.

[@dandy193]

There is a difference between Afternoon Tea and High Tea. This I would say is High Tea, not sure how many these days use the term High Tea but it is what it is

[@rosemarielee7775]

High tea would usually have a cooked element, such as eggs on toast to make a more substantial meal.

[@jmillar71110]

Im in Scotland and here a high tea is usually a cooked meal like steak pie, some kind of roast or gammon etc then your usual selection of cakes with tea/coffee. X

[@MrZombie999]

Try adding Honey if you dont want sugar also sweat rice flour cakes in place of normal flour can be used as for a less bitter Tea don't leave it in the mug/cup so long, if your having it black just stir the bag around 4-5 times and take it out

[@nicolap2]

nah we may have a cuppa (anytime of the day)but this is not something that we do regularly. Mother’s day or a birthday. It’s tourists that seem to do this

[@kailoYT]

No, not 2,737 years ago. He said 2737 BCE and that is 4,760 years ago. So, even more unbelievable maybe?

[@Andrew-uq4zo]

It's batternberg cake not bakewell tart !! Great vid pal 👍🏻 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇺🇸

[@steven54511]

When I was young in the late 70's / early 80's, my family had this sort of tea every Sunday without fail. Cake, sandwiches, drink of your choice - from tea, coffee, pop or fruit juice, crisps amongst other delicious items.

[@elainecampbell8227]

Hi Stephen, afternoon tea was only on Sunday in our house too. Crumpets and fancies (do you remember them?). The only other time we dragged out the cups and saucers, teapot and doilies was when Great Aunt May - surely every family must have one - came to visit.

[@BristolLeathered2010]

Jam first , then Cream ... No Butter required

[@elunedlaine8661]

Cream tea at Fortnum's is currently $96 per person

[@Eve-Nicholson]

Summer Sundays......

[@lillired857]

yeh we dont do that unless we're being a tourist lol

[@thomasmumw8435]

Always jam on your scone first as it's more solid, then the clotted cream, if cream was first the jam would just slide off! 😁❤️. As I work a full week I just drink a mugs of tea all day with a few biscuits! Last cuppa about 8pm!

[@ido8071]

green tea with honey and or lemon, hot or cold

[@Fiobo823]

Actually, most British people these days drink a crap ton of coffee, myself included :D Tea will always be associated with us, but coffee is our drink of choice most days.

[@davidware9549]

Check out the cutty sark it was a ship that brought the tea to England it’s on land u can go see it it’s not to far from where I live

[@nannylinda03]

That was a Battenburg cake not a Bakewell tart. I love loose leaf tea. It tastes much better than tea bags although I do use them. Always, always warm the pot first and although this might make people throw their hands up in horror, I put the milk in first. I can't drink tea if it's strong and it has to be very hot. These videos about afternoon tea are very misleading. The big Hotels that do it charge a fortune so it's a special occasion thing. In reality, I personally have about 5 or 6 cups (mugs) of tea a day and either some biscuits or, if I've made a cake, then I'll have that. Tea and cake is so good 😊

[@jillybrooke29]

They cost a bomb, been to Claridges 6 years ago and my local posh hotel, so twice. Not very often. Battenburg cake (marzipan) not Bakewell Tart