tea party essentials

And in keeping in theme with Brit Week...

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I have a friend in the MSW program that was born and reared in Great Britain. I got to hear some of his stories from his childhood and learned a little bit more about Britain (like, the flag is called "union jack"). Here are some more fun facts I learned from him regarding a proper tea...a few tips from a Brit, if you will. 

- High tea should be served at 4pm.

- Cream tea is a hot tea (a black tea - breakfast blend or earl grey) with milk. 

- Tea is served with a confectionary (a biscuit or scone served with a dollop of jam and clotted cream).

- Cucumber and butter sandwiches, with no crusts, are served with this delicious tea. 

namaste, megan

Brit Week

Brit week (which runs in Los Angeles from April 21st to May 4th) is dedicated to celebrating the relationship between the US and Great Britain. This event also takes place in San Francisco, Orange County and Miami. A couple of our favorite art items -that are Brit week appropriate- from Etsy are above. Links to the lovely artists and their Etsy pages are below.  

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And keeping in theme...let's make some scones & strawberry jam! 

I used the scone and strawberry jam recipes from this lovely book. This tea party book is perfect for creating, planning and hosting an appropriate British tea party. For the scones; instead of milk, I used honey Noosa yogurt...amazing! This website helped me with conversions. This website helped me determine oven temperature. How cute are the mushroom measuring spoons? While no longer available, Anthropologie has others. 

namaste, megan

** Note: caster sugar is superfine sugar.