English high tea

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English High Tea is a tradition that originated in England. Enjoy a selection of tea, sandwiches, scones, and pastries served in the late afternoon.

Photography by John O'Hagan • Styling by Courtni Bodiford • Recipe Development by Becca Cummins • Food Styling by Kathleen Kanen

High tea was one of the ways for aristocrats and royal families in the British tradition to relax while seated on luxurious high chairs and tables. Hence the name “high tea.” Conventionally, high tea was served between 5 and 7 p.m. It included serving hot tea with pickled fish, cold meats, potato salads, bread, tea cakes, and tarts.

For those of you who can't get Pinterest, here are a few saved to my Pinterest account. It's on the sidebar here. I like the above picture because I think we can do this with our own dear house in the background. Tea rooms are hard to find and often long distance. I am going to try and emulate this! Another one with a cottage in the background.

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Adapted from Buckingham Palace. Enjoy British royalty's official English scones recipe, because your tea time deserves the very best scones of all. Serve with clotted cream and good jam. Ed. note: If the recipe temperatures and quantities seem a little odd, don't worry. It's because this recipe for English scones was converted precisely from European measurements and temperatures supplied by Buckingham Palace's pastry chef.

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