How to take afternoon tea like a Brit - BBC REEL

When faced with cake, tea and a fine selection of pastries, you may ask yourself, 'how do I make the ensuing binge look graceful?' British etiquette expert William Hanson guides us through the dos and don'ts of afternoon tea.

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[tellmenow]

As long as you don't slurp your tea or mess up your lap with crumbs, it is totally irrelevant for me whether you make a circular stir or a south north spoon motion. However, I truly respect this guy. He's so quintessentially British... And we need people like him, so that when good manners and etiquette eventually fall into oblivion, we'll have someone to resort to and remind us how certain things must be done. He's like a living museum piece. A time-capsule of good manners!

[Didomum]

One thing with my finishing school taught me is that you should at all times appreciate other cultures

[anumayashinwong]

1:18 woww!! He took a tiny bit of that tiny sandwich 😂

[spubkgj]

Thank you for your beautiful demonstration

[oyvucku]

I'd love to see etiquette for other cultures like how to eat a Japanese or Korean meal

[adfgfds]

God. Even the music! This is the most British thing I've ever seen xD

[uwedornenburg]

Wonderful presentation a a bit hilarious. I do love your explanation! Thank you so much!

[HARE]

Thanks, Mr. Hanson.
We may need this information some day soon.

[upscalebohemian]

I own 25 to 30 or more tea books and this is the first time I've read tea sandwiches in a private home are square versus rectangular in a hotel. They're all rectangular with bites more substantial than shown here, about two bites per sandwich, I guess. And jam first on a scone for me. It's easier to put jam on the scone and the clotted cream on top of the jam than vice versa.

[anilliyanage]

The best tea is Ceylon tea (from Sri Lanka).

[dingleberryridesagain]

Yes indeed, always look under the table, if necessary undertake a journey to ensure that there are no feral cats lurking under the entire presentation, occasionally have a look out the window and give the two fingers to any ferals or bogans walking by, if one should return your greetings be sure to set the dogs on them, it is perfectly ok for you to slobber your mug of tea making a loud sound like a drain emptying, , yup if you can manage this simple ritual you are on your way to the house of Lords !

[mariposahorribilis]

As my grandmother would say "I'm not sure if that's tea begrudged or water beguiled!"

[ek-wvef]

그 홍차의 잎에는, 반드시 스리랑카인의 배설물이 붙어 있습니다. 충분히 맛보세요 ♪

[Morit]

I've always found funny that we, chileans, also have the tradition of the afternoon tea. Here is called 'once' and sometimes even replaces the dinner. It is common to have sandwiches and some pastries.
Of course we lack the class and elegance of the british 😋

[okaminess]

Thanks for this. I'm looking up afternoon tea tips. I just got an Ali Miller tea set.

[odietamo]

I must say that I’m a bit shocked there was no mention of milk, although there appeared to be some on the table. I am American, but I have known many Brits since childhood, and I can’t think of even one who didn’t put milk in his or her tea, in any black tea, that is. Indeed, I learned it from them. Sugar was more optional.

[valorarise]

just what i was looking for. we're going to start 4pm tea at my house. but my oh my...that's a lot of sweets on a regular basis....

[sleepinghamster]

Thanks for your lovely video:) May I ask why we treat the shape of sandwishs differently in a private house and the hotel? is there any historical reason behind it?

[janicewebber]

But you are the cake with the fork tines up! I'm so confused.🥺

[debbievila]

I'm a fellow Brit and I disagree about the pronunciation of 'scone'. There are two ways, depending on the region you live in. Most people I know pronounce it as 'skoun'