Is high tea worth it?

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Anonymous wrote:Aside: any “reasonable” afternoon tea venues to host a shower for about 20?

There use to be a place in Occoquan, VA that we hosted her shower at. This was 15+ years ago.

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Anonymous wrote:Aside: any “reasonable” afternoon tea venues to host a shower for about 20?

Every place I've checked around DC/Tysons is $85-105 pp.

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Does the Omni or somewhere have one with a view of the blossoms?

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Anonymous wrote:My British dh would tell you that you are confused. High tea is a worker's meal, what builders and labourers eat in the late afternoon after long hours of manual work. It is not posh or fancy. It is not a birthday treat. It is stained mugs of basic workers tea and maybe a sandwich or something at home.

What you actual mean is afternoon tea.

Our English friends refer to afternoon tea with fancy sandwiches and scones and other treats, as “cream tea”.

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Anonymous wrote:Great work DCUM, putting OP in her place for using the commonly but not technically correct term here!

I hope she'll go sit in the basement for the rest of the day and think about what she's done.

Thank you. We’re the friends who will discretely tell you about the spinach in your teeth too.

The people on this thread aren't "friends" telling someone "discreetly" about anything. They're the bs who'd gossip behind her back about whatever. They're the three "friends" on White Lotus!

And by the way, it's discreet, not discrete. I'm telling you that just straightforwardly.

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Anonymous wrote:To me, it's all about context. In the right place, like the Savoy, afternoon or high tea can be a nice treat. High tea differs from afternoon tea in that is has a savoury course served between the sandwiches and cakes and pastries.

I love afternoon tea at a fancy hotel. I only do it every couple of years. But it is a great treat. I would not do one of those buses (unless it was like a shower or I was going with a large group).

Um, no.

High tea is what the workers installing your new kitchen break for when they are feeling peckish and need a mug of tea and a little snack.

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High tea is smoking a doobie whilst installing the kitchen then having a cuppa. DCUM ladies just nibble an edible on the way to the tea room.

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To me no. I really don’t enjoy the food served with high tea.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My British dh would tell you that you are confused. High tea is a worker's meal, what builders and labourers eat in the late afternoon after long hours of manual work. It is not posh or fancy. It is not a birthday treat. It is stained mugs of basic workers tea and maybe a sandwich or something at home.

What you actual mean is afternoon tea.

Nobody cares.

This is why the rest of the world hates Americans. Because so many of us are ignorant fools. I care.

When I know what someone means and what they are talking about—especialllly when they are asking for advice—I don’t go out of my way to act like a tahwaht and a know-it-all. If PP had actually ***answered the damn question*** in addition to clarifying, you might have a leg to stand on.

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I don’t think it’s worth it, mostly because it’s very expensive and the food is the kind of food I don’t like to eat: white bread, scones, sugary cakes, and way too much of it. It’s really unhealthy.

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I love it. I love tea and silly little sandwiches and desserts. I love getting dressed up with my kid and grandma to go. However, at least in dc, it is wildly expensive. Like, $100+/person for those teeny little sandwiches and teeny little desserts. It is absolutely not worth it, and yet it’s become a tradition.

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Anonymous wrote:I love it. I love tea and silly little sandwiches and desserts. I love getting dressed up with my kid and grandma to go. However, at least in dc, it is wildly expensive. Like, $100+/person for those teeny little sandwiches and teeny little desserts. It is absolutely not worth it, and yet it’s become a tradition.

Oh I’ll add the best afternoon tea ever is in London at sketch. Very expensive but very good. Plan to take my daughter when she’s a bit older.

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Jeez, I remember paying 10 pounds for high tea at the Ritz in London and thinking it was expensive. That was just last week I think.

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Anonymous wrote:Jeez, I remember paying 10 pounds for high tea at the Ritz in London and thinking it was expensive. That was just last week I think.

But ain't high tea just a sarnie and a cuppa Rosie Lee?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To me, it's all about context. In the right place, like the Savoy, afternoon or high tea can be a nice treat. High tea differs from afternoon tea in that is has a savoury course served between the sandwiches and cakes and pastries.

I love afternoon tea at a fancy hotel. I only do it every couple of years. But it is a great treat. I would not do one of those buses (unless it was like a shower or I was going with a large group).

Um, no.

High tea is what the workers installing your new kitchen break for when they are feeling peckish and need a mug of tea and a little snack.

I'm aware, but, I'm not British so I'll call it whatever I want. Thanks.