1 . Afternoon tea is served historically between Three and 5 p.m. It was initially designed to fill the hole between lunch and dinner. 4pm although is commonly cited as the most effective time for afternoon tea.

2. Please put away your telephones, sun shades, make up equipment and another private gadgets both on a chair, or inside your bag. These things shouldn’t be positioned on the desk.

3. Please don’t stick out your pinkie. There may be a massive false impression about it. Hear overlook about it. Its uncouth sticking your pinkie out when sipping tea. Don’t do it. Simply don’t do it.

4. The right order to benefit from the meals is savory to candy: begin with the decrease tier, which has sandwiches. Then proceed to the center tier with the scones and lastly the highest tier consisting of sweets/ pastries. Please word, you don’t have to end every part on every tier. Have a style of every, however in that order.

5. Pronunciation of scones is essential. It’s all the time ‘skon’ and by no means ‘skone’.

6. When having tea, the deal with of the teacup stays at Three o’clock, except you are left-handed after which you flip it to 9 o’clock. This helps with the straightforward motion as you sip your tea.

7. The sauce all the time should keep on the desk. Don’t maintain it/ carry it as you sip your tea whereas seated on the desk.

8. Your teaspoon ought to be on the 6 o’clock place when you are stirring, so you gently stir the tea in the direction of 12 o’clock with out touching the perimeters of the teacup. Slowly however very gently with out making noise on the desk. Place the spoon on the saucer when you are completed.

9. At all times Unfold the cream on the scones first then prime with the jam supplied. Unfold them throughout your entire the scone with a knife.

10. By no means use a knife to break the scones. Use your fingers to break them into two. Scones are damaged, not lower. Afternoon tea specialists say you then break it in half vertically then break that into half so you’re consuming a quarter of the scone at a time.

11. How to maintain your teacup is essential so you don’t drop it. It’s mentioned, (by the specialists) pinch your index and thumb between the loop of the deal with after which put your center finger alongside the underside of the deal with to assist it.

12. Take your time. When having fun with an English tea, you ought to get pleasure from it in a leisurely method and never gorge prefer it’s your final meal.  When having afternoon, time stops. Loosen up and revel in each minute of it. Afternoon tea is good for dates with household, associates or partner, bridal and marriage ceremony showers,…simply any event that requires completely happy instances.

This afternoon tea date was shot at The Lord Erroll Restaurant, Runda, the premier French and gourmand restaurant in East Africa ( https://www.lord-erroll.com/ )

(Footage by Maingi Kabera, assisted by B Murage and Manufacturing by Ubunifu Media for Capital Life-style (2020).)

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