Tea author Bruce Richardson shares his advice on developing skills that help everyone feel comfortable at afternoon tea events in London and beyond.
Six Skills to Sharpen Your Teatime Etiquette

Tea author Bruce Richardson shares his advice on developing skills that help everyone feel comfortable at afternoon tea events in London and beyond.
The Daily Promenade at Bath. Throughout the novels of Jane Austen, detailed tea scenes help up know the tea rituals of the British upper class in the early 1800s. In Northanger Abbey, Austen sets the stage in the Assembly Rooms of Bath, where Regency-era rules of etiquette leads to an embarrassing situation at the communal…
My wife and I have found great delight in introducing our grandson to the ritual of tea. Green, strawberry, or black with lots of milk, Davis is enthralled with all the tea families and takes great pleasure in pouring the tea from his tiny teapot into his porcelain cup with the giraffe handle. He gives…