Saturday Afternoon Teas

Tea has been enjoyed around the world since the development of tea drinking by the Chinese over three thousand years ago.  It wasn’t until the 1600s that drinking tea became popular in England, and the 1800s when the concept of Afternoon Tea was introduced by the seventh Duchess of Bedford because she routinely became peckish in the late afternoons.  Over time, she shared her newly invented habit with friends, and soon all of England was enjoying a snack with their tea in the afternoon. 

 

A traditional Afternoon Tea consists of a selection of small sandwiches and sweet pastries, as well as scones with clotted cream and jam. A Cream Tea consists of just scones, clotted cream and jam.  Our Afternoon Tea events offer you the choice of either an Afternoon Tea or a Cream Tea.  Our sweets, savories and scones are all prepared by Becky’s Best Baked Goods of Geneva.

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Our Afternoon Teas are $40.00 per person; our Cream Tea is $20.00 per person.  Current dates for our Teas are Saturday, January 24, 2025 and Saturday, February 14, 2025.  At each Tea, we will have one seating for the Cream Tea at 11:00am and two seatings for our Afternoon Teas, one at 12:30pm and a second at 2:30pm.

 

Afternoon Tea Menu for January 24, 2026:

Savories: Roast Beef with Horseradish Cream, Arugula and Cheddar; Egg Salad on Pumpernickel; Cucumber with Roasted Tomato Basil Butter; Smoked Salmon with Creamy Dill Spread; and Chicken Shepherd's Pie

Pastries: Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake; Sticky Toffee; Shortbread Cookie; and Cocoa dusted Chocolate Truffle

Plain, Blueberry or Cranberry-Orange scones, with traditional clotted cream, lemon curd or strawberry jam

 

Cream Tea Menu for January 24, 2025:

Plain, and Blueberry or Cranberry-Orange scones, with traditional clotted cream, lemon curd or strawberry jam

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Afternoon Tea Menu for February 14, 2026:

Savories: Shrimp Rolls; Roast Beef with Horseradish Cream, Arugula and Cheddar; Cherry Almond Chicken Salad Cups; Pimento Cheese Sandwiches; Goat Cheese and Pesto Stuffed Cherry Peppers

Pastries: Flourless Chocolate Cake with Fresh Raspberries; Crème Brulée; Shortbread Hearts; Cream Cheese Pound Cake with Strawberries

Plain, and Strawberry or Raspberry scones, with traditional clotted cream, lemon curd or strawberry jam

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Cream Tea Menu for February 14, 2025:

Plain, and Strawberry or Raspberry scones, with traditional clotted cream, lemon curd or strawberry jam

 

Join us for a traditional British Afternoon Tea; it’s a great way to celebrate the biggest or smallest joys in life, or to just get together with friends or family for a slow moment of conversation and connection.  Afternoon Tea first seating is 12:30pm to 2:00pm; second seating is 2:30pm to 4:00pm; the Cream Tea seating is 11:00am to 12:00pm.