July 11th, 2009

Afternoon tea from renowned London Hotels

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The official English afternoon tea is a ritual, a conventional habit among the London courteous society. Therefore if you are visiting London you must have formal afternoon tea at least once during your stay. The light supper and sandwiches or cakes is a relaxing, drawn-out, civilized event having three courses, all elegantly serviced on delicate Chinese utensils. First, you have particular finger sandwiches, then fresh-baked scones served with jam and deliciously decadent clotted, and finally an array of bite-size sweets. All the time the server continues serving you tea from the pot of tea of your selection. Having tea is a characteristically British experience.

The Berkeley Hotel is one of the London hotels serving afternoon tea. The timing of serving tea in this hotel is between 3 pm to 6 pm. The afternoon tea includes tea sandwiches, homemade pastries, warm scones with Devonshire clotted. If you need, you can have the option of having The Berkeley Champagne Afternoon Tea serve in a glass of Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin Brut.

Brown’s Hotel is one of the oldest hotels in London. The hotel has the ambience of a town house. It serves the light supper in the English tea room on a Victorian cake stand and served with silver. They fuse their own tea and serve between 3 pm to 6 pm on weekdays and on Saturdays serve between 1pm to 6 pm. The ambience is cosy with a fireplace and resident pianist in the setting.The Cadogan Hotel was built in 1887and is a prehistorical town house. It is situated in the Sloane Street. The hotel is very peaceful and has a great atmosphere. Usually the tea is served from 3 pm to 6 pm in the Edwardian drawing room which has been equipped in wide comfortable sofas and armchairs.

The Connaught is a well-known hotel in Mayfair and was originally a place where the English Gentry rested during their visit to London. Tea time is served in the red room having a trolley service and in the drawing room from the cake stands in between 3.30 pm to 5.30 pm everyday. The rooms have been stunningly renovated with comfortable ambiance.

Claridge’s is a luxury hotels London. It has been offering luxurious, lavish cordial reception and discreet service to best-known people from all over the globe. It has been embossed in an opulent art deco style. Tea time is served in the hall and the reading room in between 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm. Tea is serviced on limoges porcelain with Robbe and Berking silver and silver cake stands.

The Ritz London is famous for its tea service. It is the fashionable place where you can have tea. It has been recently renovated and has been reconstructed to its new grandeur and Louis XVI style. Having afternoon tea at the Ritz Hotel is a common event and with so much rush they serve tea in three sittings from 1.30 pm, 3.30 pm and 5.30 pm. To avoid disappointment it is easier to book in advance as it is generally full.

The Savoy is a hotel in London having glamour and precious custom. The mid-afternoon tea combines tradition with all the elegance and sophistication suitable to one of the best London hotels. Good Afternoon tea is served in between 2 pm to 5.30 pm.

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