During the early days of the soda fountain, soda was considered to have health benefits, although today we do not usually think of soda this way. Everyone is familiar with old wives tales and remedies and, of course, many are regional. Growing up in Michigan, I am quite familiar with Vernors and the following it has. Regardless of this side effect, people still love it and continue to drink it. In fact, the carbonation is so powerful, that it has been known to lead to coughing fits if it is breathed in. It has an intense ginger flavor, more closely associated with a ginger beer than ginger ale, and is extremely effervescent.
The drink is not like other ginger ales on the market, lending to its slogan of “deliciously different”. Invented in Michigan at some point between 18, it has been touted as having a cult following of primarily Michiganders and Midwesterners. Vernors Ginger Soda, formerly Vernor’s Ginger Ale, is a “deliciously different” soft drink found mainly in the Midwest. Hotels offering traditional afternoon tea include Claridges, the Dorchester, the Ritz and the Savoy, as well as Harrods and Fortnum and Mason.Check out what Collections Associate Rachael discovered about Vernors Ginger Soda this month. There are a wide selection of hotels in London offering the quintessential afternoon tea experience. In terms of this, once the warm scone has been split in two the all-important question is in what order should the clotted cream and strawberry jam be added? Of course the Team at Historic UK must be seen to be completely unbiased in their views on this issue, however as we are based in Devon it is always… Cream First! Of course, of all the regional variations of how a cream tea should be served the titans in this battle always boil down to just two… The Devonshire Cream Tea versus the Cornish Cream Tea. Many of the other counties in England’s west country also claim the best cream teas: Dorset, Cornwall and Somerset. The Devonshire Cream Tea is famous world wide and consists of scones, strawberry jam and the vital ingredient, Devon clotted cream, as well as cups of hot sweet tea served in china teacups.
To experience the best of the afternoon tea tradition, indulge yourself with a trip to one of London’s finest hotels or visit a quaint tearoom in the west country. Nowadays however, in the average suburban home, afternoon tea is likely to be just a biscuit or small cake and a mug of tea, usually produced using a teabag. Tea grown in India or Ceylon is poured from silver tea pots into delicate bone china cups. Traditional afternoon tea consists of a selection of dainty sandwiches (including of course thinly sliced cucumber sandwiches), scones served with clotted cream and preserves.
During the 1880’s upper-class and society women would change into long gowns, gloves and hats for their afternoon tea which was usually served in the drawing room between four and five o’clock. This pause for tea became a fashionable social event. This became a habit of hers and she began inviting friends to join her. The Duchess asked that a tray of tea, bread and butter (some time earlier, the Earl of Sandwich had had the idea of putting a filling between two slices of bread) and cake be brought to her room during the late afternoon. The evening meal in her household was served fashionably late at eight o’clock, thus leaving a long period of time between lunch and dinner.
The Duchess would become hungry around four o’clock in the afternoon. Whilst the custom of drinking tea dates back to the third millennium BC in China and was popularised in England during the 1660s by King Charles II and his wife the Portuguese Infanta Catherine de Braganza, it was not until the mid 19th century that the concept of ‘afternoon tea’ first appeared.Īfternoon tea was introduced in England by Anna, the seventh Duchess of Bedford, in the year 1840. “There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.”Īfternoon tea, that most quintessential of English customs is, perhaps surprisingly, a relatively new tradition.
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