Did you know that High Tea was taken by the lower classes? Me neither!
The higher classes took Afternoon Tea, a meal composed of sandwiches (usually cut
delicately into 'fingers'), scones with clotted cream and jam,
sweet pastries and cakes.
English High Tea usually involved a mug of tea, bread,
vegetables, cheese and occasionally meat. Variations on high tea
could include the addition of pies, potatoes and crackers and was a meal for laborers.
So while Afternoon Tea was largely a social event for their
upper class counterparts, high tea was a necessary meal in the
eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Some the members of the Friends of Ringwood Library, who organized the Tea.
Nevertheless, we at
the Ringwood Library Friends High Tea fundraiser had a grand old time
sampling different kinds of teas and an assortment of scones, cookies
and cakes. They were accompanied by clotted cream and lemon curd.
Our informative young presenter of Tea History and lore,Catherine Felegi of Tea Love Blog: http://cafelegi.wordpress.com/2015/04/12/doing-good-with-a-cuppa/
Ladies came to tea with their lovely hats.
Janet Picarelli, owner of Janet's Quality Baked Goods baked and donated all the food.
Beautiful tea cups and tea pots were set on the tables, doilies and flower arrangements decorated the room.
Enjoy!
Maria
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