Partial List of Loose Leaf Tea for sale:
Oak Park Blend- Diverse, nutty and fruity(green and black tea with Jack Fruit and Almonds
Cinnamon Apple Spice
Genmaicha
Assam
English Breakfast
Keemun
Lapsang Souchong
Chocolate Coconut
Blood Orange Rooibois
Moroccan Mint
Sencha Tea Lemon
Gun Powder
Jasmine
Monk's Blend
Chamomile
Spicy Chai
Hibiscus
Ti Kwan Yin
Formosa
Ginger
Rowanda-Black
Pumpkin Spice
Sample Afternoon Tea for pickup includes:
Finger Sandwiches
Watercress and Cucumber
Fig and crème Cheese
Chicken Salad
Turkey
Scones -2 small different flavors
Mini Pastries-Subject to change
cookies
Cake
Brownies
Pie
Clotted Crème
and Jam
$30.00
History of Afternoon Tea
Tea consumption increased dramatically during the early nineteenth century and it was around this time that Anna, the 7th Duchess of Bedford is said to have complained of “having that sinking feeling” during the late afternoon. At the time it was usual for people to take only two main meals a day that of breakfast and dinner around 8”0clock in the evening. The solution for the Duchess was a pot of tea and a light snack, taken privately in her boudoir during the afternoon.
Later friends were invited to join her in her room at Woburn Abbey and that summer the practice proved so popular that the Duchess continued it when she returned to London, sending cards to her friends asking them to join her for “tea and a walk in the fields.” Other social hostesses quickly picked up on the idea and the practice became respectable enough to move it into the drawing room. Before long all of fashionable society was sipping tea and nibbling sandwiches in the middle of the afternoon.
Afternoon tea was taken at low tables around 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
We also serve lunch every day that we are open
Scones of the Day
Sandwiches
Lavender Tea Cookies
Tea
Special of the Day
Every Friday at 11:00 join us for Elevenses, the Hobbits second breakfast. For $6.00 you get a cup of tea and an exciting treat. It changes and we post on Instagram what the treat will be.