Gently Stirred
Loose Leaf Tea
English Afternoon Tea Best Quality Leaf
This fine blend of Sri
Lankan, Darjeeling and Nilgiri teas is the epitome of the English Afternoon
tea. According to Google, Afternoon tea at four O’clock became an institution initiated
in 1840 by Anna, the seventh Duchess of Bedford, at her home in Woburn Abby. Apparently
‘fed up’ with being hungry during the day and having to wait for the evening’s
meal which started at 8 pm, she started a trend which soon became the talk of
the town. She served as Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria and this friendship
ensured that anyone who was anyone, (apart from the vast majority of people who
didn’t employ staff,) would take a break from their heavy schedule of being
rich and elegant and stopped for tea and dainty cakes. Alas, this is most
likely apocryphal, coming from a German aristocratic tradition of tea and cakes
being taken at 5 pm.