Tradition of Tea Time

While most associate tea time with England, the practice of tea
drinking actually began in France nearly twenty-two years before
tea was even introduced in England. King Charles II, who ruled
England in the seventeenth century, brought with him a Portuguese
bride and a firm tea drinking tradition. As the king and queen were
tea drinkers, a novelty in England at the time, the tradition
immediately became popular among the wealthy.

Tea replaced ale as the official beverage in England. When Queen Anne, a successor to King Charles II,
chose tea over ale for her morning drink, she set a new standard in all of England. Also during the
eighteenth century, tea became the customary drink with an evening meal to satisfy the hunger and thirst
of those working during the Industrial Revolution.

HIGH TEA

High tea was introduced to England in the eighteenth century. Traditionally only two meals were eaten in
most households - breakfast and dinner. Dinner was served late in the evening. However, when workers
came home from the more industrialized labors, they were
more than ready for a full serving of breads, meat, cheeses
and such. These were served on a high table along with tea
much like a dinner. Thus, the late afternoon meal was called
high tea. Today, high tea is mistakenly identified as a formal
tea in the afternoon along with pastries, but those delicacies
would never have been found in a true high tea - they
wouldn't be hearty enough.

TEATIME

Anna Maria Stanhope, the Duchess of Bedford, is credited

with having begun afternoon teatime. Once a lady-in-waiting
to Queen Victoria, Anne began to suffer a "sinking feeling" in
her stomach around four o'clock in the afternoon as the noon
meal had become skimpier. To help her make it from the noon
meal to the late formal dinner, Anne first asked servants to sneak in a pot of tea and bread.

Later, as she became more comfortable with her late afternoon meal, Anne began asking friends to join her
in her rooms at Belvoir Castle around five o'clock in the afternoon. She followed the traditional European
tea service format and served a collection of small cakes, bread and butter sandwiches, sweets and tea.

When she returned to London, the Duchess had enjoyed her summer treat so much that she continued the
practice by inviting friends to visit for "tea and a walk in the fields." Other noblewoman soon took up the
practice of serving a light afternoon meal and the true teatime was born.
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Traditionally 3 meals were eaten in most households True False

King Charles's wife was Spanish True False

King Charles's wife loved tea True False

high tea is a formal tea in the afternoon True False

Anna was always hungry around 4pm True False

Anna's tea became very popular in London True False

Do you have a traditional drink or meal in your Country. What is it? Write a paragraph about it.

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