Afternoon tea下午茶.ppt

1、Afternoon Tea,Afternoon teais a light meal typically eaten between 4pm and 6pm. The custom originated amongst the wealthy classes inEnglandin the 1840s.,A garden where green grass grows everywhere and the birds are singing, people sit around a table and enjoy the satisfactory afternoon sunshine.,The

2、 origins,Anna Russell, Duchess of Bedford, is widely credited as transforming afternoon tea in England into a late-afternoon meal whilst visitingBelvoir Castle, thoughCharles II of Englands wife Catherine of Braganza is often credited with introducing tea to the court upon her arrival in 1662.,By th

3、e end of the nineteenth century, afternoon tea developed to its current form and was observed by both the upper and middle classes: the table was laid. there were the best things with a fat pink rose on the side of each cup; hearts of lettuce, thin bread and butter, and the crisp little cakes that h

4、ad been baked in readiness that morning.,The basic etiquette (礼节),In the Victoria Times , the male guests must wear tailcoat. And,the female guests should dress in a robe.,The utensil (餐具),Teapot, sugar refining, teaspoon,teacup,fork and so on.,The kinds of afternoon tea,Isabella Beeton, whose books

5、 onhome economicswere widely read in the 19th century, describes afternoon teas of various kinds: the old-fashioned tea, the at-home tea, the family tea and the high tea and provides menus. Nowadays, a formal afternoon tea is often taken as a treat in ahotelortea shop.,It was held in the time not fa

6、r from the lunch time. The food often are sandwiches and cookies.,It was held before dinner. Most of the food is meat.,low tea,high tea,For laborers, the tea was sometimes accompanied by a small sandwich or baked snack (such as scones) that had been packed for them in the morning.,For the more privi

7、leged, afternoon tea was accompanied by luxury ingredientsandwiches(customarilyincluding cucumber,eggandcress, fish paste,ham（火腿） andsmoked salmon),scones(withclotted creamand jam（果酱）, seecream tea) and usually cakes and pastries (such asBattenberg cake,fruit cakeorVictoria sponge).,12,Assorted past

8、ries（糕点）,Afternoon tea with bread and butter, jam and little cakes,Cornishcream tea, comprisingtea taken withscones,clotted creamand jam, inBoscastle（博斯卡斯尔 ）.,Afternoon teafinger foods,Afternoon tea plate: miniature pasties with a bit of horseradish, a procuitto-fontina pinwheel, pickled green bean,

9、 ribbon sandwich of ham salad and egg salad, a cucumber-radish open-face sandwich,Assam, Darjeeling and Leylon are general choice. If you wanted to drink milkly tea, you would add milk at first.,The tea,The tea cakes,Tea cakes are often placed in three layers of dim sum dishes.,The lowest layers are sandwiches. T