English afternoon tea set including hot tea, pastry, scones, sandwiches and mini pies on marble top table. High tea, a quintessentially British institution, finds its truest expression in London. It ...

Type “high tea etiquette” into an internet search engine and you’ll find a million rules and regulations from the old-fashioned — “It is not only improper to slice a scone, it is considered common” — ...

It’s said that the tradition of high tea started as a way to bridge the gap between lunch and dinner for the nobility who were peckish. What better way to while away the afternoon than with tea and an ...