YEK Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 i know some English people take their tea seriously but do any of you actually take the time between lunch and dinner to have "tea time" ? does that still exist or is high tea/tea time whatever kind of old fashioned? just wondering while i sip my ginger tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soloman Tump Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 my sister works in an old fashioned tea rooms in a quaint tourist hot spot in the cotswolds. They serve afternoon tea a plenty to tourists. Personally though, i love a cup of tea, but never made a purposeful high tea break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gary C Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Only tourists and old people have the time to take a proper 'tea break', with china cups and cakes and all that. I guess factory workers, builders and labourers might have a second scheduled lunch in the afternoon if they work long hours. Or at least they used to. Fag and Yorkshire Tea time. Nowadays, I don't think anyone seriously has a tea time, but most people probably average 3-5 cups of tea or coffee every working day. Personally though, i love a cup of tea, but never made a purposeful high tea break. This, pretty much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltoi Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 upper-class and antiquated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCM Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 nobody has done this since 1902 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Yes, all us English have high tea with scones daily at three in the afternoon on the dot. Then we go down to the cricket green to play a friendly match aginst fellow Etonians refereed by the local vicar. Then we get a red double decker bus to go to Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament to do a spot of work and talk to the Queen before going home in a black taxi cab. At home the wife cooks us a full roast dinner before we all sit in the living room and listen to The Archers on the wireless supping some Earl Grey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan C Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 *sips darjeeling* Quite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDobalina Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Do go on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chunky Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 dandelion and burdock/shandy/ginger ale/vimto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hautlle Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 [youtubehd]ZJ0dnmn1sas[/youtubehd] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr lopez Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 my gran does. but she's old and a colonial so i'm not surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEK Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Yes, all us English have high tea with scones daily at three in the afternoon on the dot. Then we go down to the cricket green to play a friendly match aginst fellow Etonians refereed by the local vicar. Then we get a red double decker bus to go to Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament to do a spot of work and talk to the Queen before going home in a black taxi cab. At home the wife cooks us a full roast dinner before we all sit in the living room and listen to The Archers on the wireless supping some Earl Grey. see? exactly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popiax Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 My friends and I laughed at the FAQ on the Bangface Weekender site on what to bring: It's a good idea to bring some essentials e.g. toiletries, washing up liquid, food, tea bags etc. Apparently tea made the cut with those other essentials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest boo Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 people do it, but don't know they're doing it... they just call it a snack, with tea or coffee... at their desk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spratters Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 A few of my family are doing some afternoon tea thing on the Jubilee weekend with all what you'd expect. I presume shortly followed by a piss up. I've never done a 'high tea' type thing in my life. I'll probably go to this arranged one, although it's mostly because of the piss up afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nene multiple assgasms Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 my tea time is all day long. currently sipping pi lo chun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Dylan Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Darjeeling tea > everything else bitches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SecondaryCell Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 My life blood: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blir Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Ooop north they have tea time every day. Because having tea is just jargon for having dinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Ooop north they have tea time every day. Because having tea is just jargon for having dinner. I think my mum must've got that from her mum (who was a liverpudlian I believe) as throughout my childhood I always knew it as tea as well (despite being a 'soft southern shite') Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blir Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 That'll be the one. Do you call fizzy drinks "pop" as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 I do nowadays, but that's only cos I'm a pretentious buffoon who likes to slip in dated vocabulary into everyday conversations to try and hide the fact I'm really not that interesting ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blir Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 You know that's a very depressing answer to a question about carbonated beverage terminology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 I also enjoy the art of ambiguous self-deprecation to confuse others and frustrate myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blir Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 We must be kindrid spirits *tongue kisses* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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