THE TEA IN UK

The tea is one of the biggest icons of the UK culture, His history dates back to the XVII century when it was imported from China by the biggest merchants of the season. The British East India Company was the company that had the monopoly of the market outside Europe.

The tea was released to the people of the season in the coffee shops more important of London, where it was used to an element of the coffee. The tea won so much popularity that it made the competency to the beer and the gin, the typical drinks of UK.

The traditional afternoon tea was introduced by Anna, the seventh Duchess of Bedford, in the XIX century, by the reason of the long time of the wait among the lunch and the dinner. Anna invited her friends and this habit became very popular in the high society of the season, and it perdures until today.

The traditional afternoon tea is featured with small sandwiches (the most popular are the cucumber sandwiches), with biscuits, cakes and the traditional scones. The tea is served in silver teapots, although nowadays there are so many variants for each taste and this tradition has been lost in the London population. But the biggest coffee shops and the biggest hotels of London continue to serve the tea traditionally for attract the tourists.

One of the funniest activities you can make to drink the traditional tea is the ‘afternoon tea cruise along the River Thames’, while you can delight every amazing views, which the London city offers you.