What Is High Tea? - Food Republic
www.foodrepublic.com › 2016/11/22 › what-is-high-teaNov 22, 2016 · High tea is the British tradition of drinking tea while sitting in high-backed chairs at a table full of plated items such as cold meats, vegetables, pickled fish, potatoes, salads, pies, tarts, homemade bread or crackers with butter, teacakes and fruitcakes. It’s basically dinner, and in the working parts of England today, the word “tea” is used for a meal happening (with tea) from 5 to 7 p.m.
What is High Tea? - Afternoon Tea
afternoontea.co.uk › information › what-is-high-teaEnglish High Tea usually involved a mug of tea, bread, vegetables, cheese and occasionally meat. Variations on high tea could include the addition of pies, potatoes and crackers. So while Afternoon Tea was largely a social event for their upper class counterparts, high tea was a necessary meal in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.