b5media.com

Advertise with us

Enjoying this blog? Check out the rest of the Travel & Culture Channel Subscribe to this Feed

The London Traveler

March 30th, 2008

Tea for two - a deconstruction of English tea rituals

I remember once when I was travelling in France being asked whether we still had ‘le five o’clock tea’. Every Frenchman naturally identifies the English with cricket, a stiff upper lip, and afternoon tea - though somehow, cucumber sandwiches have never made it across the Channel.
But “tea” mean several things in English and it’s […]

By Andrea -- 6 comments