Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Afternoon tea started out as a typically upper class pursuit. Even Queen Victoria (pictured, right) got into the spirit, and had ...

In America, tea has two primary associations: iced (served on a Southern porch on a sweltering day) or salty (giving some fish a caffeine boost at the bottom of the Boston Harbor). In Britain, however ...

Look no further than hotels and resorts throughout the U.S. for an enjoyable afternoon tea experience, complete with brimming cups of various blends of tea, savory scones and delectable desserts.

London’s latest must-visit for afternoon tea has arrived at Haymarket Hotel’s Brumus Bar and Restaurant, nestled in the heart of the city’s vibrant theatre district. Fun fact: Brumus is named after ...

“Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea,” wrote Henry James in “The Portrait of a Lady.” “Teatime” is one ...

But there is more to teatime than cucumber sandwiches with “Downton’s” Dowager Countess of Grantham, and pots of tea on the ceiling with giggling uncles in “Mary Poppins.” This is a complex beast, ...

It began with a rumbling stomach, or so the story goes. One afternoon in 1840, at around 4 p.m. Anna Russell, the duchess of Bedford, complained of a “sinking feeling,” according to the British Museum ...