This is an afternoon tea that I did last summer when I was in London. Still haven’t gotten around to posting anything from the my London Trip (last June!).
I would absolutely love to live London! It’s the mecca of high tea! It was a major dilemma to decide which two afternoon tea venues I would do there. So many to choose from! As part of my Four Seasons Afternoon Tea project, I had to go to the Four Seasons hotel in London. A perfect venue for a mini reunion! I was in London to meet my best friend and her fiance, plus catch up with Bex and Jess (whom I knew my days living in Fukushima back when I was a JET). It was pretty awesome that we were all going to be there in the one city at the same time.
The Four Seasons Hotels always have impeccable taste in decor and matching tableware etc.
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| From 4 Seasons London – afternoon tea |
Champagne all round to start of the festivities:
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| From 4 Seasons London – afternoon tea |
I should probably add, that I only had about 2 days in London and I crammed two afternoon teas in one day! So actually, before attending this afternoon tea, I had come straight from another one beforehand. Ugh, what a glutton.
Lovely tableware – plates, cup saucers, timer sets (for optimal tea brewing).
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| From 4 Seasons London – afternoon tea |
There were two afternoon tea options here. Decisions, decisions. They had the traditional classic “English afternoon tea” as well as a “Gourmet Italian dolce vite afternoon tea”. Talk about torn.
I am a massive fan of Italian food, so the Italian set it was. Between the six of us, I think we ended up 3 Italian sets and 3 English sets, that way we could try both and share.
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| From 4 Seasons London – afternoon tea |
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| From 4 Seasons London – afternoon tea |
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| From 4 Seasons London – afternoon tea |
Yay. Reunion time:
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| From 4 Seasons London – afternoon tea |
The Italian-themed afternoon tea set did not disappoint. The savoury morsels were to die for. Way better than cucumber sandwiches.
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| From 4 Seasons London – afternoon tea |
The desserts on the Italian set were also the better option. The two side by side (Italian desserts on the left, English desserts on the right):
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| From 4 Seasons London – afternoon tea |
English desserts:
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| From 4 Seasons London – afternoon tea |
Italian treats:
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| From 4 Seasons London – afternoon tea |
Yum:
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| From 4 Seasons London – afternoon tea |
Only the English afternoon set came with scones though.
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| From 4 Seasons London – afternoon tea |
I thought the food in the Italian afternoon tea set was amazing. Would definitely opt for that again.
Plenty of pots of tea:
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| From 4 Seasons London – afternoon tea |
Service here was also great. They each gave us a little souvenir of some chocolate tea leaves which I took all the way back to Japan with me. They also gave us a Four Seasons pen. The afternoon tea here is a solid choice venue.
Friends and tea – nothing could be better:
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| From 4 Seasons London – afternoon tea |
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