There’s nothing more comforting and relaxing as sitting on a cup of English tea coupled with sandwiches and cookies in an English tea house.  Whether you are much disturbed by your personal problems or you are tired because of some office works or school requirements, many of the English tea houses offer the best service for everybody.

As the title implies, the English tea houses served teas as the major beverage.  For some people the English tea house is first named as “Penny Universities” because for a penny any person could spend for a cup of English tea, for a copy of the newspaper, and for the person to engage in discourse with the hottest gag of the day.

It is considered that most of the English tea houses in the early times and even up to now specialized in chosen fields of interest. Some of this is serving the attorneys and lawyers, some are writers, and others are the military. It is also recognized that the English tea house is the forerunner of the English gentlemen’s private club.

England is notable for its greater triumph in the field of the English tea traditional.  With those notable feats it is not surprising that England became one of the largest manufacturers of tea in the whole world.

Since the English tea traditional practice has become part of the English culture, it is important to know that the English tea traditional practice may be of great resource for a much better understanding about the English tea.

So for everybody’s information, this dates back many centuries to the late 1700s.  At that time the English tea traditional practice was then widely applied but mostly by the aristocrats.  But as the years went on, the lower classes began also to cater to the English tea traditional practices.

It is noted that in the English tea traditional practice, the tea is taken between 3 o’clock to 5 o’clock in the afternoon.  Along with this practice, a cup of tea is naturally mandatory in the English tea traditional beliefs.

In addition, many assumed that in an English tea traditional practice, the proper way of making a cup of tea involved some of the important rules.  First, in an English tea traditional practice, the kettle must be placed on to boil, then clean and warm the tea pot.

When we say “English Tea Time”, we eventually associate the English tea time to some form of gathering with the tea at the center stage.  Well, this idea is right in the first place.  As we all know, most people especially the English are mostly tea drinkers.

In fact, the English people considered the tea ceremony as part of their tradition, and as such it is not amazing that many of the Englishmen are the best tea blenders and tea growers.

For that matter, the concept for this emerged.  However, in an English tea time, there are certain rules to be followed, and that was termed as “English tea time etiquette”.

So what then is the English tea time etiquette?

The English tea time etiquette is said to have drastically evolved for over the years.  In the early days, the gentlemen are allowed to pour their hot tea into the saucer to make it cool before drinking, but now, as this continue to change; such act is not at all acceptable in a society wherein an English tea time is held.

In this etiquette such person performing that act in an English tea time is considered as quite rude.

As teas, after its introduction as a kind of beverage, continue to become widespread and become one of the favored beverages of most people, many English tea stores are established in most part of the British Isles.  It is not in fact amazing that England has massive English tea stores today.

As a typical store, the English tea store mainly offered teas for those who are tea drinkers and even to those who just wished to discover the pleasure offered by English tea stores.

Since there was a large amount of teas imported and even produced in England with its English tea stores, some of the English tea stores offered a hundred or more various types of teas that are of excellent quality.

The English tea stores provide most of the chosen varieties of well appreciated teas such as Taylor of Harrogate, P. G. Tips which is one of the favorite products most of its, Twining, and Stash, to mention only a few.

Most of the varieties of tea that are commonly found in most English tea stores are white tea which is become the top seller of most this stores because of the taste and health benefits that it provides.

Since tea became the unofficial national drink of England, it is unsurprising to know that many English tea shops are on England’s vicinity nowadays.  Probably for most people the sights of several English tea shops is just so natural for the fact that they live in a society where teas are so popular that even those who are in the lower classes catered to such beverage.

As a typical tea store, the English tea shop is a place for consumption.  As such, the people go to the English tea shops to buy teas or to dine in for some of the celebrated English teas.

The English tea shop in particular serves as a place for the people to find some of the varieties of teas including black teas, green teas, oolong, and the other favored classes of the English tea.

Most of the English tea shops usually offered some of the favored and the much valued brands of the English teas such as the Darjeeling, P. G. Tips, Earl Grey, Assam, and much more.

Honestly, when we talk about the English tea rose, there is really no concrete explanation of such thing.  Several different explanations and definitions are given, and some defined the English tea rose as being a typical rose and some defined the English tea rose as mainly a type of tea.

These explanations about the English tea rose in fact create a level of confusion to most people.  But as my Literature teacher once said, “Confusion begets Knowledge”, I may rather be confused to gain knowledge.

Well, as what as I have learned, the English tea rose on the first hand is referred as any of several hybrid bush roses which is derived from a tea-scented Chinese rose with the color of pink and yellow flowers.

Historically, the English tea rose is said to have emerged as part of the English tea ceremony and tradition because according to the English folklore of tea, there was once upon a time a lady who was not granted to acquaint unescorted except in her rose garden.

I am sure that almost all of us already encountered the term “menu” and we commonly heard it from many restaurants, bars, etc.  As we all know the menu is basically the list of options for a diner to select.  So for that matter, I am sure that certain understanding is already in you for the term “English tea menu”.

As the title implies, the English tea menu is basically consists of some options for the tea drinkers to choose.  It is not therefore surprising that this menu is usually found in most tea houses or tea rooms where the tea drinkers are there to enjoy the pleasure that the English tea can give.

The English tea menu generally varies from the availability of some teas and meals.  Usually there is English tea houses that offer the English tea menu depending on the meals planned for the day.

The English tea menu, just like many other related meal plans, is generally set into an orderly manner. And the English tea menu has its own titles for the meals and an affixed prices for certain set of English tea order.

When the tea was introduced to England, the English tea garden speedily proved famous enough to replace the place of ale as the national drink of England.  Following that period, the tea drinking was then practiced in England and in fact became part of the English tradition.

There came the emergence of the tea taxation and shipments, and in later years the tea tradition is not only practiced by the aristocracy but also by the bourgeoisie and the lower classes.

So for that, the English tea garden emerged and became well-known for all of the people.  It is said that the development of the English tea gardens is attributed to the Dutch “tavern garden teas”.

In the English tea garden, both the ladies and the gentlemen consumed their English teas out of doors in which the English tea garden are said to be surrounded by sorts of amusement which oftentimes include orchestras, hidden arbors, flowered walks, and bowling greens.

Aside from that the English tea garden is also filled with concerts, gabling, and even fireworks at night.

It is also interesting to note that through the English tea garden, Lord Nelson, who defeated Napoleon by sea, met Emma, later Lady Hamilton who was Lord Nelson’s great love.

I am sure that everyone is familiar with a tea cup.  And probably many of you have tried to use an English tea cup without knowing that it is an English tea cup.

However, the use of an English tea cup especially in an English tea party or any gathering which include the presence of some these for the guests and even hosts and hostesses, involved several rules that must be followed.

So for everybody’s information, the English tea cup when it is use in a certain gathering involved some this etiquettes.  This tea cup etiquette involved the proper handling of this or the proper using of this in general.

One of the noted English tea cup etiquettes, in terms of handling it, is that one must remember that the best way to hold this is by slipping the index finger to the handle of this, up to almost the first knuckle.

Then in holding the English tea cup, the balancing and securing of this by placing the thumb above the handle of this and granting the bottom of the handle to rest on the middle finger.

As we all know, the concept of English tea ceremony was first introduced by the Japanese culture as part of their tradition.  Many of the Japanese began to practice the tea ceremony as part of their religion which is Zen Buddhism and for them the tea ceremony is sacred.

From the introduction of the tea ceremony in Japan, the popularity of tea continued to travel until it reached England.  For that matter, many people then and now in the British Isles began to embrace the English tea ceremony as part of their culture and tradition.

So for that, it is not amazing that many of the English especially those who are really tea drinkers still practice the English tea ceremony.  As far as I know, this is also associated with the English tea party or the English tea time.

As such, this is involved some gatherings and since it is an “English tea ceremony” the tea is at the center stage. 

As the title “English tea ceremony” implies, it then is a formal gathering that is often decorated lavishly.  As such, most of the people in this tea ceremony are actually dressed elegantly with their well-adorned caps with matching rose designs and linings.