Make time for tea & scones
Since the eighteenth century, the United Kingdom has been one of the world's greatest tea consumers, with an average annual per capita tea supply of 1.9-kg (4.18-lbs).
The British Empire was instrumental in spreading tea from China to India; British interests controlled tea production in the subcontinent.
Tea, which was an upper-class drink in continental Europe, became the infusion of every social class in Great Britain throughout the course of the eighteenth century and has remained so.
When it comes to baked goods, few issues carry the contentions of the great scone debate: should the cream or the jam be spread first?
Cream tea has been served in the UK since the 11th century and arguments surrounding the order of spreading the scone’s traditional toppings have ruminate ever since.
While those in Devon typically spread the clotted cream first followed by jam, the Cornish tradition is to spread jam first followed by cream.
And if like me you really don’t care and just want to eat lots of scones with jam and cream and don’t care how it’s put together, you do that!
Tea is a prominent feature of British culture and society. Are you ready to get your tea on?
