@@MrJay197409 Supper is after dinner hours. Even later in the night not long before bedtime. A lighter, more casual meal usually resulting from an impromptu invitation.
Exactly, I don’t know where in the world she got that ridiculous idea, when I heard that I just about fell out of my chair, yeah at certain times those gloves that have the finger is open or fashionable those ones that are like lace but your fingers are still exposed but that would be about it at the very most I have never ever heard of someone doing an afternoon tea with a full glove on their hand that’s crazy
Where did she get the idea of ever eating with gloves on??? If you wear them, short ones can go in your handbag if it is large enough but long ones go on your lap under the napkin.
Yeah ! That was so weird ,messed up ,well guess not for the ones wearing white gloves !? Also, she should had mentioned we're supposed to split open the scones ! And eat it a half & a half ! I believe that it's the most confusing part to eat when it comes to a British afternoon tea etiquette !
Sorry...Cream not scream but you might scream if you were wearing white gloves as if anybody would eat scones with jam and cream with white gloves...or anything else...where did that come from??!
So bogus. High tea is a working class "supper" Afternoon tea is 3 parts sandwich, scone & cakes/cookies. No way would we English drink tea out of soup bowls. One NEVER slurps ones tea. We never eat with gloves on. Such bad manners.
There is a revival in the United States to bring back manners, decorum and proper dress. Interesting enough, it's spearheaded by the teens to twenty-somethings. Most parents and about 35 and up all but don't have a clue so they're doing it on their own. I'm grateful that I did teach a semblance of this to my son. He is ahead of most and is comfortable almost anywhere because of it.
Do you stir the tea from 12-6? I want to learn the proper etiquette for high tea and afternoon tea. I really want to join one for my 33rd birthday party this December
This woman said a heavy darker tea for afternoon tea, and she included chamomile in there? I think that's why the host went back to mentioning dark tea.
Please, never slurp no matter what. Never put your pinkie in the air. Good heavens. I feel quite faint! One eats the sandwiches with ones fingers, then the scones by halving them with ones fingers and then using a knife for the jam and cream and lastly eating the pastries with a fork! Yes have never heard of ever asking guests to bring their own tea cups. The thought!
Yeah this lady is nuts, the only thing I can think of about the asking a guest to bring their own tea cup is the fact that it was a trend a couple years ago in the United States to do this thing where people would have a tea cup contest type of a thing where they would see who brought the most creative or unique or beautiful tea cup to the party so it was kind of like this fun idea and people would have fun doing it but she didn’t specify that in the video so it misleads people who wouldn’t know that
@@spark_6710 I farted at afternoon tea and blamed it on my hostess little Yorkiepoo dog, and then I tried to wave it away with my hand, while all the ladies of the manor watched in horror, and there was a skidmark on my pantaloons, and the worst part is nobody ever invited me to this high tea.
ConstantCompanion yeah I agree, there were several several inconsistencies and things that are not correct, maybe I will do a video sometime LOL that actually would be a fun idea for a video
Giles Bentham Loooool, you have to thank the INDIANS bc if the British hadn’t brought tea back in the Victorian Era then I doubt the English would HAVE any tea or should I say “cha” 💆🏻
Tea was served to the upper class at 3-4 o'clock. High Tea was taken by the lower classes and servants at 6 O'clock on high tables, that's were the term high tea came from.
High tea is like dinner time here. You eat at a dining (high) table and it's more like a full meal. Afternoon tea is taken at a lower table, coffee table, or tea table and is more like a snack. It's a little more formal. That's when all the cute little goodies come out.
Everything Sonya said in this video became IRRELEVANT at 1:10. I don't trust anyone who is supposed to showcase food and pronounces macaron as 'macarOOn'
Yeah, I cringed a little on that one too. In her defense there were macaroons on the table too. However, she did point to the macarons and say macaroons.
Lol! double handle cup is NOT a teacup it's a consumme cup made to quickly cool and sip savory broth at multiple-course dinner. She can't even present the proper items to show a good setup how much more to give advice horribly horribly horribly wrong. Please fact check anything that you do before you take advice from this video.
High tea & Low tea ( afternoon tea ) ,the words high & low comes from the tables' height they use to serve teas !!! It's a bit confusing as low tea is a classy ,royal tea ! Vs the word high !!! That's more for lower class public ! But ,basically low tea = afternoon tea w/ pastries & scones & petite cakes ! VS high tea = almost full meals !!! And ,in England ( not sure if the same all over the Britain & U.K.,I'm sure ...? ) they do high tea at 7pm.8pm ??? As dinner ....that's what I've been told & learnt watching videos as well !
Yeah it’s complete rubbish, this lady is literally just doing this for marketing purposes, I’m sure this is one way that she makes money by being one of those independent etiquette coaches that people pay to come and give brief classes or do a couple sessions of coaching, there’s this other lady here on TH-cam that does a lot of that as well and is just unbelievable that they’re actually able to make a living off of disseminating this stuff from what I understand, I think because a lot of their clients on a day-to-day basis or not even Anglo, like there’s a really hot market for these etiquette coaches among the well-to-do families in places like the UAE and Saudi Arabia and so on where you have these families that suddenly have a bunch of money and they have an inferiority complex and they really want to be able to fit in with Western high society so to speak
*All that affectation and hand waving and neither host understood nor explained the difference between HIGH tea vs AFTERNOON tea as the video title promised. The idea that Afternoon tea is the 'poshier one' requiring manners and hat-wearing is also lame. Who produced and researched this nonsense content for the show?* Here are the differences: HIGH TEA was the meal taken by the SERVANTS (the people 'below-stairs') of English estates and manor houses which coincided with their early supper. They needed this to fortify themselves after serving lunch and now getting ready to serve dinner to the masters and guests upstairs, in-between all their other duties. Consequently, HIGH TEA was a substantive, savory meal consisting of whatever the cook/s had created for the SERVANTS that day. This included but was not limited to a first course of stews, pies, and casseroles with hearty breads, and possibly a dessert treat in the form of tarts etc., all of which were accompanied by basic English tea and ales. AFTERNOON TEA was a luxurious meal that evolved during the expansion of the empire and the discovery of the glorious teas of the Orient and India--the origin of tea-drinking and all its rituals. In China, the custom of drinking tea dates back to the third millennium BC but was only popularised in England during the 1660s by King Charles II and his wife. Then, in the mid 19th century the concept of ‘afternoon tea’ first appeared consisting of small feast of treats served by the servants to the upper-classes between 2:30pm and 4:30pm on delicate china with a variety of teas.
This video , the comments, and the knowledge is both funny and sad. I'm here because my granddaughter's school is having High tea. She really wants me to come so I'm going. After reading some of the comments some of this makes sense (ie. the order by which you poured the ingredients based on what the cup was made of) but in 2022 most of this is just stupid. Just another things to judge others based on differences. With all the stuff going on in the world if someone is that concerned about someone lifting their cup from a particular side, which fingers they hold their tea cup with, how they stir their tea, etc then they have waaaay bigger issues than Tea and Food. So people were "unfriended" because they slurped ? Such a sad existence. Meanwhile the other people can be more comfortable enjoying their food ,tea and company by simply being polite, respectful.
High tea is basically what North Americans consider your evening meal but less formal. It was eaten by working class people, which is ironic because misinformed people call fancy afternoon tea service "high" tea. "Dinner" is actually supposed to the main meal of the day and that could be anywhere between 11am to late at night. But "dinner" is now considered what you'd eat in the evening regardless of how formal or not it is. I've never seen this show before but given the pronunciation of "out" and "about" by the 2 presenters, my guess is this is a Canadian show. Rather fluffy and giggly, really.
Wasnt high tea had by servants because their " Masters and ladies" last meal of the day later then them and clearly the 2 couldnt eat at the same time. I heard it was around 3p.
Exactly about high yea confusion as high class image ! That is to do w/ the height of the tables being used ! But ,I didn't appreciate your mockery on Canadians ! I love Canadians !
A very enjoyable video, but with a few falsities. One does indeed eat finger-food with the fingers, and the order of milk adding is a personal preference. When pouring tea from the pot, I always put the milk and sugar in my cup first.
Please don't do this for any British person. Have tea in mugs, milk in first or last.... Just enjoy yourselves, who cares how you stir it? You might be surprised to know that often coffee is what's wanted over tea. Freshly ground, please,instant is OK for yourself but always offer your British guest the best ground coffee you can afford. Don't assume that we all drink tea. I bet a lot of Americans think we Brits speak like the Queen and crook our little fingers as we delicately sip our tea. I recommend you watch an episode (or all of them) of the Royle Family, it's a British comedy, and although it's a comedy there's a lot of truth in it 😆😆😆😆
I liked your comment ! But the most of Brits I've met ,or dated drunk tea over coffee except one rock star I used to know ,he told me almost the same story you mentioned here regarding Brits & coffee ! And I know many of you do drink coffees ,some prefer coffees ! Regarding pinky ....lol. I hate it ,either bent ,ir straight out ! Lol. But,unfortunately ,I've seen many English do/ done that ! I'll watch that tv shows if available on you tube ! Sounds funny & interesting !👍🤣
Did you know , by any chance, that was brought into England by Princess Catarina de Braçança, daughter of His Magesty The King João IV of Portugal, when she married King Charles II of England, around 1660? The Princess introduced the habit of drinking tea at any time during the day as she was used to in Portugal while living with her parents The King and Queen Of Portugal, back in the 17 century. Much later , in the XIX century The 7ª Duchess of Bedford introduced the "five o'clock tea in London.
Sorry, even Ritz Carlton wouldn't give you gloves to eat with. What a bunch of nonsense. Too much exaggeration. Have some toddlers around and see what happens to table etiquette. Sandwich + lipton tea + pastries = $200 so called afternoon tea wiht probably versace cups and pots.
That's good to know. My granddaughter invited me to one her school is having and I'd rather stay home than do all that pretentious and stupid crap involved in Afternoon tea.
Omg, this women has no clue what she talking about. 1st: ladies do not wear their gloves at the table. 2nd: you do not eat tea sandwiches with knife and fork, you eat with your fingers. Which is why they are small. Scones are torn apart by hand, a pastry knife is used to spread jams and clotted cream and a pastry fork is used to eat messy pastries and cakes. 3rd: the tea during afternoon tea is not heavy as compared to a breakfast tea. It is light as to compliment the fair, not overpower it. 4th: with today’s China, the order of the milk is irrelevant. Traditionally, milk was added first so that when the hot tea hit the porcelain tea cup, it did not crack it. China was weaker in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Lastly, loose leaf tea is the only tea that should be used for Afternoon tea. Commoners use bagged tea. If you want to play an aristocrats game, I suggest you learn the correct rules.
The American lady doesn't know the afternoon etiquette at all. Next time, get a real British person or someone living in England long enough to show how to stir the tea at back and forth style. You have your scone with fingers, cakes with forks, knives are used to spread butter and jam on scones, never use a knife to cut the second open
She got some of this right and some of it wrong: what she says about the difference between ‘high’ and ‘afternoon’ teas is correct; but the part about using knives and forks at afternoon tea is completely wrong. You always use your fingers at afternoon tea, and only use a demi-tasse spoon to stir your tea and a small knife to spread jam and cream on scones. You don’t wear your gloves during the tea.
This is American afternoon tea NOT an English afternoon tea, gloves on NO knife and fork NO cutting scones with a knife NO so wrong on so many levels. There is an opening in America for an English person to go and teach them how its done.
@2:33 What I like to bring is a nice chai masala and it creates that white privilege effect actually in your mouth, as if you're actually blowing white privilege. For me it really completes that reminiscence on things gained from British colonialism and the ransacking of non-British civilisations for profit.
It seems pretty clear by the comments that this clip has a wealth of misinformation; what kinds of videos do people have that commentators would say is a good guide to real tea truth?
@@rosebud4387 High tea is like a supper & served at almost dinner time ! Like 7pm ! I believe ! And it's almost the same as a full meal as so many finger foods ! No petite cakes stuffs ! And in England ,maybe all over the U.K.as well ? They have tea like dinner !
Spark: high tea was like evening meal now people call it dinner . I know because I was brought up that way. BUT Its the new fashion these days to call afternoon tea High tea which it never was. and decedents of British tradition people regardless of country still carry on the tradition but many older folk are dying out now and people follow the US trend of calling the evening meal dinner time (dinner was always in the middle of the day for the English).Yes we have tea like dinner and it is called tea .High tea is afternoon tea with cakes and stuff.
@@rosebud4387 Wait !? Whaaat !? I followed the most of things you said that I knew ! But you eat ( English ,are you ? ) your dinner in the middle of a day !!!!? Whaaat !!!? That's not dinner ,then !? Lol. Oh...I know ! The acient way was bak in those days ! Do you still carry that yradition in 21 century !!!? I know that in England you just say " tea " & that's your dinner around 8 o'clockish no !? Lol. But ,",high "tea is from HIGH TABLE ! That's how I've learned in articles about your tea cultures before & those videos by British etiquette groups made that I watched on you tube are saying the same !!!? And low tea = afternoon tea ! I am GETTING SO CONFUSED NOW !!! I thought to myself I finally got it ! A while ago ! I am a heavy tea drinker all of my life ! Lol. My name ( well ,one of the kanji alphabets ) even came from DON OF LONDON ! Lol. I was told that I drink teas way more than British people by English ! Lol. And I've been doing afternoon tea thing like 30 years ago !!!? I am SO CONFUSED !!! LOL HELP !!!! 😅🤔🤗
@@spark_6710Spark a hot lunch was always had in the middle of the day and was called dinner.(dinnertime).My mother always served a hot lunch at 12midday and you could not be late or you would be in trouble. An exception came in a workers house where they might have their hot meal in the evening and only had the hot meal on week ends and holidays, Christmas for example.Not sure where this business of calling afternoon tea as high tea came from maybe people thought it was some kind of fancy tea time when it was not . High tea goes back to servant days when that was the servants called their evening meal and they sat and ate it together. Many English were employed as servants not just for gentry but for all kinds of wealthier or better off people. Its NOT low tea or low anything its just an evening meal. afternoon tea is had in the afternoon just like people go for coffee now.(and I think people have renamed it high tea if its very lavish with lots of plates of food/little sandwiches cakes etc etc to makeout its a posh thing). At school and work places they have morning tea (now called recess in schools) and afternoon tea. (when the kids get home from school etc now they probably call it having a snack..but mostly they seem to snack all day anyway. )And at both morning and afternoon tea adults probably drink coffee anyway and people say lets meet for coffee or we are all going for coffee now or they order in coffee in paper cups and sip on it all day long, so sadly the tea drinking culture has changed a lot so maybe that's why they had to make a big thing about HIGH TEA and got it all wrong. People think going to a high tea really means going to an afternoon tea but they are wrong technically as it was never called high tea it was always called afternoon tea. So if you are confused don't feel alone as most people are ignorant about that stuff these days as they have changed the times, names and rules/traditions as I said people drink coffee and snack all day on all kinds of things. So just enjoy your tea which I love to drink as well, but in addition I have expanded onto green tea and a number of Chinese, Asian and herbal teas as well.
My mom who grew up in the country in northern MO always called lunch “dinner” and the evening meal was supper. It always confused me lol. Is this a regional thing or just her? I use supper and dinner interchangeably for the evening meal. My Moms family came from Staffordshire England originally and their last name was Stafford.
My guess is that the girl doesn’t even understand and just thought that it was a very cute fashionable looking couple or something but with two handles LOL that’s crazy, I could understand if it was more along the lines of what you might call an espresso glass because those are really popular nowadays but even an espresso glass only has one handle
Lovely video...however, no no ladies, don't you dare put your pinky up. William Hanson, the professional on etiquette has a youtube video on the history of the pinky finger up on a cup of tea. "Please don't do it"
This is absolutely ridiculous! What is this NEW invention? HIGH tea? Why just why? You like to take other cultures and then make it appear as if is yours? A new USA thing? I grew up in South America, WE adopted the TEA at 4:00PM from the British who came back in the early 20,s or even earlier, a time when British entrepenours were attracted to mines, mainly gold, silver and other minerals. So, please, this HIGH tea thing is a nuisance from people who know nothing about it. Imagine an African talking about a Cuban “arroz con pollo”. Please, do not fool us and more respect to our cultures and to the British people.
Copy cats! Tea time belongs to British cultures, is NOT American and there is NOT such a thing as High Tea! Tea time is and has ALWAYS been British! Do other thing or invent something else, but, repeat, do NOT copy other cultures! Please!
This is definately not an English afternoon tea....wrong on so many levels.... if you slurp your tea you wouldnt get a revisit for sure
Thomas! It makes me feel SO angry with this stupidity with High tea! What is this? Who invented it? Copy cats! They do NOT have the slightest idea!
High tea means dinner, folks.
YES !!!
This is absolutely ridiculous !
What about supper.
@@MrJay197409 Supper is after dinner hours. Even later in the night not long before bedtime. A lighter, more casual meal usually resulting from an impromptu invitation.
When you're part of the masses, there's only 1 meal after the workday. We called it supper, and it was very much High Tea.
Darling video, but riddled with inaccuracies. One doesn't eat with her gloves on.
Siren School
Haha yea. Unless u are trying too hard! Rubbish.
I looked in the comments section to make sure someone mentioned this. THANK YOU!
Exactly, I don’t know where in the world she got that ridiculous idea, when I heard that I just about fell out of my chair, yeah at certain times those gloves that have the finger is open or fashionable those ones that are like lace but your fingers are still exposed but that would be about it at the very most I have never ever heard of someone doing an afternoon tea with a full glove on their hand that’s crazy
Where did she get the idea of ever eating with gloves on??? If you wear them, short ones can go in your handbag if it is large enough but long ones go on your lap under the napkin.
I thought she was foolish and illinformed bringing this up. And you never put the pinky up or slurp.
Finger foods are eaten with fingers. Not knives and forks. A pastry fork may be used for small cakes.
when she said eating with fork and knife... i yelled out WRONG! lol
Yeah ! That was so weird ,messed up ,well guess not for the ones wearing white gloves !? Also, she should had mentioned we're supposed to split open the scones ! And eat it a half & a half ! I believe that it's the most confusing part to eat when it comes to a British afternoon tea etiquette !
@@spark_6710 You break the scones in half and eat half and half with jam and scream its a traditional tea and scones afternoon tea thing.
Sorry...Cream not scream but you might scream if you were wearing white gloves as if anybody would eat scones with jam and cream with white gloves...or anything else...where did that come from??!
@@rosebud4387 Yes ! Thank you for your reply! I knew that ,though !? What did I say here ? Letme read mine !
nooooooo - you eat the finger food with your fingers at afternoon tea! Cakes can be eaten with a cake fork.
So bogus. High tea is a working class "supper" Afternoon tea is 3 parts sandwich, scone & cakes/cookies. No way would we English drink tea out of soup bowls. One NEVER slurps ones tea. We never eat with gloves on. Such bad manners.
Karen Roberton thank you! We really do want to know.
Agreed and ALL finger food is eaten with ones fingers!!! Cake should be eaten with a cake fork.
There is a revival in the United States to bring back manners, decorum and proper dress. Interesting enough, it's spearheaded by the teens to twenty-somethings. Most parents and about 35 and up all but don't have a clue so they're doing it on their own. I'm grateful that I did teach a semblance of this to my son. He is ahead of most and is comfortable almost anywhere because of it.
Thank you and the pinky up is the worst
Do you stir the tea from 12-6? I want to learn the proper etiquette for high tea and afternoon tea. I really want to join one for my 33rd birthday party this December
This woman said a heavy darker tea for afternoon tea, and she included chamomile in there? I think that's why the host went back to mentioning dark tea.
No not chamomile..that's a new trendies tea like all the other herb teas etc.
Please, never slurp no matter what. Never put your pinkie in the air. Good heavens. I feel quite faint! One eats the sandwiches with ones fingers, then the scones by halving them with ones fingers and then using a knife for the jam and cream and lastly eating the pastries with a fork! Yes have never heard of ever asking guests to bring their own tea cups. The thought!
Yeah this lady is nuts, the only thing I can think of about the asking a guest to bring their own tea cup is the fact that it was a trend a couple years ago in the United States to do this thing where people would have a tea cup contest type of a thing where they would see who brought the most creative or unique or beautiful tea cup to the party so it was kind of like this fun idea and people would have fun doing it but she didn’t specify that in the video so it misleads people who wouldn’t know that
I agree w / you on everything except the pinkie part ! I've seen many English do/ have done that !!! Not a rule ,though ! Lol.
@@spark_6710 I farted at afternoon tea and blamed it on my hostess little Yorkiepoo dog, and then I tried to wave it away with my hand, while all the ladies of the manor watched in horror, and there was a skidmark on my pantaloons, and the worst part is nobody ever invited me to this high tea.
@@evilubuntu9001 Lol 🤭🤫😨🤓Lol.lol.lol 🤣
What a load of rubbish. Completely wrong
middleclass an NonU - indeed ...
lemongrass martini then share! That's why they have these little tutorials. We have no idea how it works. Make a video. I'll watch.
ConstantCompanion yeah I agree, there were several several inconsistencies and things that are not correct, maybe I will do a video sometime LOL that actually would be a fun idea for a video
one should remove the gloves while having tea. finger foods to be had with fingers. lighter meal, lighter tea!!!
you eat your finger foods with your fingers. misinformation
The clue is in the name .
She is no expert and talks absolute nonsense!!!
She should really not be such a huge fake.
She is wrong. You don't eat the finger food with a knife and fork.
What a ridiculous vid.....will they ever get it right insulting
but we should break the scones with hand not with knife
Indira Cheesepizza true. and how are we going to eat macaroons with a fork
Absolutely!! Never a knife.
You don't. Afternoon finder food is eaten with ones fingers. -ALWAYS. Only cake is eaten with a cake fork.
Indian girl can stick to her masala cha
Giles Bentham Loooool, you have to thank the INDIANS bc if the British hadn’t brought tea back in the Victorian Era then I doubt the English would HAVE any tea or should I say “cha” 💆🏻
Those are not...scones. And Chamomile tea is really...a tisane.
Tea was served to the upper class at 3-4 o'clock. High Tea was taken by the lower classes and servants at 6 O'clock on high tables, that's were the term high tea came from.
yes, thats correct...
Good information. We really do want to know.
Bonita Weekes why on high tables?
High tea is like dinner time here. You eat at a dining (high) table and it's more like a full meal. Afternoon tea is taken at a lower table, coffee table, or tea table and is more like a snack. It's a little more formal. That's when all the cute little goodies come out.
Bonita Weekes
Good to know
The italians thought tea time was at 5
So if the host/hostess picks their nose, then I would do the same. No one eats with gloves or slurps down the tea. She’s full of it.
Lol.lol.lol 🤣🤣🤣👍I said the exact same to myself !
Everything Sonya said in this video became IRRELEVANT at 1:10. I don't trust anyone who is supposed to showcase food and pronounces macaron as 'macarOOn'
the worst part is, a macaron and a macaroon are two different foods!
jigglery123 - So true.
Yeah, I cringed a little on that one too. In her defense there were macaroons on the table too. However, she did point to the macarons and say macaroons.
Absolument .
From the etiquette point of view, this video really is a disaster. Go over to William Hanson's explanations, THAT is real afternoon tea etiquette.
There is a difference between a macaroon and a macaron... The afternoon tea tray held macarons.
Lol. Yes !
Flavored teas to Camellia sinensis leaves are like wine coolers to wine. Herb teas are a ok, but not artifically flavored teas.
Lol! double handle cup is NOT a teacup it's a consumme cup made to quickly cool and sip savory broth at multiple-course dinner. She can't even present the proper items to show a good setup how much more to give advice horribly horribly horribly wrong. Please fact check anything that you do before you take advice from this video.
A double handled cup LOL that’s crazy you for an afternoon tea LOL even espresso cups only have one handle,
I've never heard of "high tea" before this video. I never knew there were more than one kind of tea. Wow.
High tea & Low tea ( afternoon tea ) ,the words high & low comes from the tables' height they use to serve teas !!! It's a bit confusing as low tea is a classy ,royal tea ! Vs the word high !!! That's more for lower class public ! But ,basically low tea = afternoon tea w/ pastries & scones & petite cakes ! VS high tea = almost full meals !!! And ,in England ( not sure if the same all over the Britain & U.K.,I'm sure ...? ) they do high tea at 7pm.8pm ??? As dinner ....that's what I've been told & learnt watching videos as well !
American tea is totally different from English tea time believing this video is right it's a joke. she's making all of this up
Yeah it’s complete rubbish, this lady is literally just doing this for marketing purposes, I’m sure this is one way that she makes money by being one of those independent etiquette coaches that people pay to come and give brief classes or do a couple sessions of coaching, there’s this other lady here on TH-cam that does a lot of that as well and is just unbelievable that they’re actually able to make a living off of disseminating this stuff from what I understand, I think because a lot of their clients on a day-to-day basis or not even Anglo, like there’s a really hot market for these etiquette coaches among the well-to-do families in places like the UAE and Saudi Arabia and so on where you have these families that suddenly have a bunch of money and they have an inferiority complex and they really want to be able to fit in with Western high society so to speak
Terrible, they really don't know what they are talking about. It has nothing to do with English afternoon tea. Even I know that and I'm from Germany.
Yes ! I love Germans !👍🤣How do you drink tea there !?
*All that affectation and hand waving and neither host understood nor explained the difference between HIGH tea vs AFTERNOON tea as the video title promised. The idea that Afternoon tea is the 'poshier one' requiring manners and hat-wearing is also lame. Who produced and researched this nonsense content for the show?*
Here are the differences: HIGH TEA was the meal taken by the SERVANTS (the people 'below-stairs') of English estates and manor houses which coincided with their early supper. They needed this to fortify themselves after serving lunch and now getting ready to serve dinner to the masters and guests upstairs, in-between all their other duties. Consequently, HIGH TEA was a substantive, savory meal consisting of whatever the cook/s had created for the SERVANTS that day. This included but was not limited to a first course of stews, pies, and casseroles with hearty breads, and possibly a dessert treat in the form of tarts etc., all of which were accompanied by basic English tea and ales.
AFTERNOON TEA was a luxurious meal that evolved during the expansion of the empire and the discovery of the glorious teas of the Orient and India--the origin of tea-drinking and all its rituals. In China, the custom of drinking tea dates back to the third millennium BC but was only popularised in England during the 1660s by King Charles II and his wife. Then, in the mid 19th century the concept of ‘afternoon tea’ first appeared consisting of small feast of treats served by the servants to the upper-classes between 2:30pm and 4:30pm on delicate china with a variety of teas.
This video , the comments, and the knowledge is both funny and sad. I'm here because my granddaughter's school is having High tea. She really wants me to come so I'm going. After reading some of the comments some of this makes sense (ie. the order by which you poured the ingredients based on what the cup was made of) but in 2022 most of this is just stupid. Just another things to judge others based on differences. With all the stuff going on in the world if someone is that concerned about someone lifting their cup from a particular side, which fingers they hold their tea cup with, how they stir their tea, etc then they have waaaay bigger issues than Tea and Food. So people were "unfriended" because they slurped ? Such a sad existence. Meanwhile the other people can be more comfortable enjoying their food ,tea and company by simply being polite, respectful.
If you really want to know about tea etiquette, I recommend watching Chateau des Fleurs - Tea with Adam Gottesman. It's the real deal.
Paul Burrell people served queen and diana princess of Wales ...he's the expert
No this is not supper...it is dinner. Supper is a late night toast and tea or biscuit and tea...
High tea is basically what North Americans consider your evening meal but less formal. It was eaten by working class people, which is ironic because misinformed people call fancy afternoon tea service "high" tea. "Dinner" is actually supposed to the main meal of the day and that could be anywhere between 11am to late at night. But "dinner" is now considered what you'd eat in the evening regardless of how formal or not it is. I've never seen this show before but given the pronunciation of "out" and "about" by the 2 presenters, my guess is this is a Canadian show. Rather fluffy and giggly, really.
Wasnt high tea had by servants because their " Masters and ladies" last meal of the day later then them and clearly the 2 couldnt eat at the same time. I heard it was around 3p.
Exactly about high yea confusion as high class image ! That is to do w/ the height of the tables being used ! But ,I didn't appreciate your mockery on Canadians ! I love Canadians !
Glad I read the comment section before I took this seriously 😭😭
Yes ,I know horrible ! Don't take a word from this lady ! Lol. So weird !!! What on earth !?
white tea is my favourite
cucumber sandwiches
& scones & butter
with homemade fruitcake
What absolute rubbish...how does she get away from it😑
I stopped listening when this woman called the macarons "macaroons." Those are two entirely differen things.
A very enjoyable video, but with a few falsities. One does indeed eat finger-food with the fingers, and the order of milk adding is a personal preference. When pouring tea from the pot, I always put the milk and sugar in my cup first.
A wrong about where to replace the spoon!
Should be on the napkins ! You meant ,right !?
I need to watch this for school 🙄
That's FABULOUS !👍
How would you eat a macaron with a knife and fork?!
With your fingers..
Afternoon tea looks like such a pain in the as*. I'll be going to Afternoon tea instead, If someone ever invite me 😔
Please don't do this for any British person.
Have tea in mugs, milk in first or last.... Just enjoy yourselves, who cares how you stir it?
You might be surprised to know that often coffee is what's wanted over tea. Freshly ground, please,instant is OK for yourself but always offer your British guest the best ground coffee you can afford.
Don't assume that we all drink tea.
I bet a lot of Americans think we Brits speak like the Queen and crook our little fingers as we delicately sip our tea.
I recommend you watch an episode (or all of them) of the Royle Family, it's a British comedy, and although it's a comedy there's a lot of truth in it 😆😆😆😆
I liked your comment ! But the most of Brits I've met ,or dated drunk tea over coffee except one rock star I used to know ,he told me almost the same story you mentioned here regarding Brits & coffee ! And I know many of you do drink coffees ,some prefer coffees ! Regarding pinky ....lol. I hate it ,either bent ,ir straight out ! Lol. But,unfortunately ,I've seen many English do/ done that ! I'll watch that tv shows if available on you tube ! Sounds funny & interesting !👍🤣
Did you know , by any chance, that was brought into England by Princess Catarina de Braçança, daughter of His Magesty The King João IV of Portugal, when she married King Charles II of England, around 1660? The Princess introduced the habit of drinking tea at any time during the day as she was used to in Portugal while living with her parents The King and Queen Of Portugal, back in the 17 century. Much later , in the XIX century The 7ª Duchess of Bedford introduced the "five o'clock tea in London.
I believe I 've heard a different story that some Britsh princes started ! While I was watching an afternoon tea etiquette video by a British person !
Very true..
Unless your on Downtown Abbey why would you wear gloves?
This lady has no idea what she’s talking about. 🤦♂️.
Lighter shortbread? Shortbread is shortbread, it's made with butter.
Good point ! There's no such a thing as lighter ,or heavier when it comes to short breads, different sizes & shapes ,yes !
Sorry, even Ritz Carlton wouldn't give you gloves to eat with. What a bunch of nonsense. Too much exaggeration. Have some toddlers around and see what happens to table etiquette. Sandwich + lipton tea + pastries = $200 so called afternoon tea wiht probably versace cups and pots.
High tea is meat and potatoes.
That's good to know. My granddaughter invited me to one her school is having and I'd rather stay home than do all that pretentious and stupid crap involved in Afternoon tea.
Omg, this women has no clue what she talking about. 1st: ladies do not wear their gloves at the table. 2nd: you do not eat tea sandwiches with knife and fork, you eat with your fingers. Which is why they are small. Scones are torn apart by hand, a pastry knife is used to spread jams and clotted cream and a pastry fork is used to eat messy pastries and cakes. 3rd: the tea during afternoon tea is not heavy as compared to a breakfast tea. It is light as to compliment the fair, not overpower it. 4th: with today’s China, the order of the milk is irrelevant. Traditionally, milk was added first so that when the hot tea hit the porcelain tea cup, it did not crack it. China was weaker in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Lastly, loose leaf tea is the only tea that should be used for Afternoon tea. Commoners use bagged tea. If you want to play an aristocrats game, I suggest you learn the correct rules.
The American lady doesn't know the afternoon etiquette at all. Next time, get a real British person or someone living in England long enough to show how to stir the tea at back and forth style. You have your scone with fingers, cakes with forks, knives are used to spread butter and jam on scones, never use a knife to cut the second open
She got some of this right and some of it wrong: what she says about the difference between ‘high’ and ‘afternoon’ teas is correct; but the part about using knives and forks at afternoon tea is completely wrong. You always use your fingers at afternoon tea, and only use a demi-tasse spoon to stir your tea and a small knife to spread jam and cream on scones. You don’t wear your gloves during the tea.
This is American afternoon tea NOT an English afternoon tea, gloves on NO knife and fork NO cutting scones with a knife NO so wrong on so many levels. There is an opening in America for an English person to go and teach them how its done.
Cant believe people don't know how to drink a cup of tea Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhseh this video is all wrong.
Good choice high tea for the garden breakfast is important meal putting on list way fun my name is Heather ha
I wonder if young Brits use "high tea" to mean "afternoon tea" as a result of influence from the Americans.
Um.. somebody that goes to afternoon tea quite a bit. The finger sandwiches are eaten with the fingers!
@2:33 What I like to bring is a nice chai masala and it creates that white privilege effect actually in your mouth, as if you're actually blowing white privilege. For me it really completes that reminiscence on things gained from British colonialism and the ransacking of non-British civilisations for profit.
Never ever eat anything woth gloves on. Finger food is always eaten with the fingers.
Who cares just drink the tea, eat the damn food and enjoy without all the specifics, sheesh!
she says macaroon as if she had coconut cookies but those are French macarons
English afternoon tea would never go with those accents.
I have always wanted to learn British etiquette ♥️
She did not just call macarons, macaroons. Totally different cookie.
Plus, you bring your manners to all meals, whether afternoon tea or high tea...
Two words to sum it up - Absolutely Snobbish
Shame, so no tea for the underclass.... :)
Ms Singh does not know what she is talking about
Afternoon yea American style 😤
It seems pretty clear by the comments that this clip has a wealth of misinformation; what kinds of videos do people have that commentators would say is a good guide to real tea truth?
This one is a decent abridged version: th-cam.com/video/vKA7b7Zxi7A/w-d-xo.html
This was very informative.
how does she have a tea shop she knows nothing
woman knows nothing of this tradition
“Follow the lead of the host.”
I am sorry but you have a lot to learn about tea etiquette.
High Tea is supper! Afternoon Tea is what you are trying to talk about but getting it basically wrong.
No not supper .Tea time.
@@rosebud4387 High tea is like a supper & served at almost dinner time ! Like 7pm ! I believe ! And it's almost the same as a full meal as so many finger foods ! No petite cakes stuffs ! And in England ,maybe all over the U.K.as well ? They have tea like dinner !
Spark: high tea was like evening meal now people call it dinner . I know because I was brought up that way. BUT Its the new fashion these days to call afternoon tea High tea which it never was. and decedents of British tradition people regardless of country still carry on the tradition but many older folk are dying out now and people follow the US trend of calling the evening meal dinner time (dinner was always in the middle of the day for the English).Yes we have tea like dinner and it is called tea .High tea is afternoon tea with cakes and stuff.
@@rosebud4387 Wait !? Whaaat !? I followed the most of things you said that I knew ! But you eat ( English ,are you ? ) your dinner in the middle of a day !!!!? Whaaat !!!? That's not dinner ,then !? Lol. Oh...I know ! The acient way was bak in those days ! Do you still carry that yradition in 21 century !!!? I know that in England you just say " tea " & that's your dinner around 8 o'clockish no !? Lol. But ,",high "tea is from HIGH TABLE ! That's how I've learned in articles about your tea cultures before & those videos by British etiquette groups made that I watched on you tube are saying the same !!!? And low tea = afternoon tea ! I am GETTING SO CONFUSED NOW !!! I thought to myself I finally got it ! A while ago ! I am a heavy tea drinker all of my life ! Lol. My name ( well ,one of the kanji alphabets ) even came from DON OF LONDON ! Lol. I was told that I drink teas way more than British people by English ! Lol. And I've been doing afternoon tea thing like 30 years ago !!!? I am SO CONFUSED !!! LOL HELP !!!! 😅🤔🤗
@@spark_6710Spark a hot lunch was always had in the middle of the day and was called dinner.(dinnertime).My mother always served a hot lunch at 12midday and you could not be late or you would be in trouble. An exception came in a workers house where they might have their hot meal in the evening and only had the hot meal on week ends and holidays, Christmas for example.Not sure where this business of calling afternoon tea as high tea came from maybe people thought it was some kind of fancy tea time when it was not . High tea goes back to servant days when that was the servants called their evening meal and they sat and ate it together. Many English were employed as servants not just for gentry but for all kinds of wealthier or better off people. Its NOT low tea or low anything its just an evening meal.
afternoon tea is had in the afternoon just like people go for coffee now.(and I think people have renamed it high tea if its very lavish with lots of plates of food/little sandwiches cakes etc etc to makeout its a posh thing). At school and work places they have morning tea (now called recess in schools) and afternoon tea. (when the kids get home from school etc now they probably call it having a snack..but mostly they seem to snack all day anyway. )And at both morning and afternoon tea adults probably drink coffee anyway and people say lets meet for coffee or we are all going for coffee now or they order in coffee in paper cups and sip on it all day long, so sadly the tea drinking culture has changed a lot so maybe that's why they had to make a big thing about HIGH TEA and got it all wrong.
People think going to a high tea really means going to an afternoon tea but they are wrong technically as it was never called high tea it was always called afternoon tea. So if you are confused don't feel alone as most people are ignorant about that stuff these days as they have changed the times, names and rules/traditions as I said people drink coffee and snack all day on all kinds of things.
So just enjoy your tea which I love to drink as well, but in addition I have expanded onto green tea and a number of Chinese, Asian and herbal teas as well.
What about cream tea?
Bad manners to wear gloves at the table
High Tea is a working class meal
She just made it all up , a load of rubbish
Terrible. Just Terrible.
I'ma have my tea bag whenever I want.
This is a total disaster
This is so so so wrong
My mom who grew up in the country in northern MO always called lunch “dinner” and the evening meal was supper. It always confused me lol. Is this a regional thing or just her? I use supper and dinner interchangeably for the evening meal. My Moms family came from Staffordshire England originally and their last name was Stafford.
First.
Why is there tea in bullion cups?
Mm Thomas exactly my question. What an idiot, knows nothing about etiquette! Taking the Americans for a ride.....
My guess is that the girl doesn’t even understand and just thought that it was a very cute fashionable looking couple or something but with two handles LOL that’s crazy, I could understand if it was more along the lines of what you might call an espresso glass because those are really popular nowadays but even an espresso glass only has one handle
This is absolutely appalling oh the inaccuracies, this is ludicrous.
Lovely video...however, no no ladies, don't you dare put your pinky up. William Hanson, the professional on etiquette has a youtube video on the history of the pinky finger up on a cup of tea. "Please don't do it"
I have seen many English do ,though ! And that's no a rule ! I hate it myself !
This is afternoon tea NOT HIGH TEA!
I believe proper tea is only made in Yorkshire, England
Chinese tea ..s.!!!!!
karthika murugan I believe the comment is referring to the actual making of the TV not the origin
They grow tea in Yorkshire?
Utter drivel
This is absolutely ridiculous! What is this NEW invention? HIGH tea? Why just why? You like to take other cultures and then make it appear as if is yours? A new USA thing? I grew up in South America, WE adopted the TEA at 4:00PM from the British who came back in the early 20,s or even earlier, a time when British entrepenours were attracted to mines, mainly gold, silver and other minerals. So, please, this HIGH tea thing is a nuisance from people who know nothing about it. Imagine an African talking about a Cuban “arroz con pollo”. Please, do not fool us and more respect to our cultures and to the British people.
Copy cats! Tea time belongs to British cultures, is NOT American and there is NOT such a thing as High Tea! Tea time is and has ALWAYS been British! Do other thing or invent something else, but, repeat, do NOT copy other cultures! Please!
High tea is a light cooked meal
Usually pre theatre 5pm...
Afternoon tea served 3pm to 4pm
That's more clearer answer ! But some tea houses & hotels serve them from earlier time & some til later times for high teas.
TEA time is NOT American! Do NOT take other country tea culture and make it yours!
Following the host's (hostess) lead is a sign of respect and manners, even if you know he or she is wrong. I don't have a problem with that per se.
She said you want chamomile to go sleep later? Thats not what it does.
I dont know how I got here, but they woman running the show is stunning