Afternoon tea
The concept of afternoon tea can be traced back to 1840, when Anna Russell, the Duchess of Bedford, introduced it in the UK. Anna Russell was one of the best friends of Elizabeth’s great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria. Afternoon tea quickly became a loved meal among the higher social classes. These days, it’s more something people do for special occasions. The Queen, however, still enjoys afternoon tea every day. For the Queen, afternoon tea consists of different types of small pastries like a sponge cake with whipped cream, chocolate biscuit cake, ginger cake, fruit cake and small, crustless sandwiches with egg mayonnaise, cucumber, smoked salmon or ham and mustard. There are also small jam sandwiches. All of this, of course, is accompanied by tea.
