
There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea – Henry James. Afternoon tea is more than just a Milk Arrowroot biscuit dunked into a cup of tea. It’s a quintessential English custom. In early 19th century, the Duchess of Bedford started a daily ritual that was to become known as ‘afternoon tea’. Her dinner wasn’t served until 8 o’clock in the evening and she would get ravenously hungry at around 4 o’clock in the afternoon. Instead of reaching for a Tim Tam biscuit and strong cup of coffee, she would sneak into her private quarters to snack on butter…