Cream tea composed of scones, clotted cream and strawberry jam

Cream tea at The Orchard, Grantchester

A cream tea, Devonshire tea or Cornish cream tea^[1] is tea taken with a combination of scones, clotted cream, and jam. In the United States, it is promoted as a typically English, and perhaps upper class, afternoon snack. Image File history File linksMetadata Cream_Tea. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2560 × 1920 pixel, file size: 944 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)Cream tea at The Orchard, Grantchester, near Cambridge, England. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2560 × 1920 pixel, file size: 944 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)Cream tea at The Orchard, Grantchester, near Cambridge, England. ... The Orchard is a music label and distributor for independent bands. ... Grantchester is a village on the River Cam or Granta in Cambridgeshire, England. ... Tea leaves in a Chinese gaiwan. ... Scones with honey. ... Clotted cream on scones with jam, also called Cream Tea. ... Jam from berries Jam (also known as jelly or preserves) is a type of sweet spread or condiment made with fruits or sometimes vegetables, sugar, and sometimes pectin if the fruits natural pectin content is insufficient to produce a thick product. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto)1 Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total... Upper class refers to the group of people at the top of a social hierarchy. ... A snack food is seen in Western culture as a type of food that is not meant to be eaten as part of one of the main meals of the day (breakfast, lunch, supper). ...

Cream teas are offered for sale in tea rooms throughout England and the Commonwealth, or wherever someone wants to give an impression of British influence. For tea rooms used in Japanese tea ceremony, see Japanese tea house The gallery in The Willow Tearooms. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

History

The name "Devonshire tea" comes from the county of Devon in England, where it is a local speciality. The exact origin of "cream tea" is disputed, although there is evidence to suggest that it originated in Tavistock around 997AD.^[2] A county is generally a sub-unit of regional self-government within a sovereign jurisdiction. ... “Devonshire” redirects here. ... Tavistock is a town in Devon, England, lying on the River Tavy on the edge of Dartmoor. ... Events City of Gdansk is founded Saint Adalbert of Prague is sent to Prussia by Boleslaus I of Poland Samuil of Bulgaria crowned Tsar by Pope Gregory V The town of Trondheim is founded. ...

Variations

Other items served with a cream tea may include cucumber or watercress sandwiches with the crusts cut off and various small cakes or biscuits; although in general these are not requirements for a cream tea. The traditional cucumber sandwich is composed of paper-thin slices of cucumber placed between two triangular slices of lightly buttered white bread. ... Species Nasturtium nasturtium-aquaticum L. Nasturtium microphyllum Boenn ex Rchb. ...

In Cornwall, it is traditionally served with a "Cornish split", a type of sweet white bread roll, rather than a scone.^[3] Cornwall (pronounced ; Cornish: ) is a county in south-west England, United Kingdom, on the peninsula that lies to the west of the River Tamar and Devon. ... Two rolls Bread Rolls at a bakery Bread Rolls in a basket A bread roll is a piece of bread, usually small and round and is commonly considered a side dish. ...

Another variation to a cream tea is called "Thunder and Lightning" which consists of a round of bread, topped with clotted cream and golden syrup, honey or treacle.^[1] A bottle of golden syrup Golden syrup is a thick, amber-colored form of inverted sugar syrup, made in the process of refining sugar cane juice into sugar, or by treatment of a sugar solution with acid. ... A jar of honey, shown with a wooden honey server and scones/biscuits. ... Treacle is an obsolete pharmaceutical term for a medicinal salve, usually given for snakebites, poisons, and various diseases. ...

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Sandra Salmans. "BRITAIN'S BEST AT TEATIME", New York Times, 1982-09-05. Retrieved on 2007-01-28. 
2. ^ Were cream teas "invented" in Tavistock?. BBC (2004-01-17). Retrieved on 2007-01-28.
3. ^ Harriet O'Brien. "Cornwall: A clean break", The Independent, 2006-07-08. Retrieved on 2007-01-28. 

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See also

• Afternoon tea
• Tea party
• Tea sandwich