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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Would not describe high tea as a light meal! When my great grandma made it,  you got a fried egg,  bacon,  sausage,  bread and butter, cheese, and cakes. [/quote]

I’m an American living in England.

I’ve never seen or heard high tea being used. But it is what American call dinner or supper. The evening meal. My English freinds regularly call this meal tea. Just tea. So like, I’ll have a play date and a mom will ask me if I am serving tea. (Dinner) or if they should pick up their kid before or after tea. Kids and adults still use this phrasing. Supper is used to refer to a heavier and maybe later evening meal. But I’m not sure on this!

You want “afternoon tea”. It is served in places from 3pm-6pm usually. It’s like a pretty light meal before you’d have a later “supper”. It is an experience. You are brought a tray of goodies and your tea.

It is not the same as just popping into a cafe and buying a scone and a pot of tea. This is nice too, and you can do this in almost all department and grocery stores.

A cream tea is when you get a tea and a scone with clotted cream and jam. It is more popular in Devon and Cornwall. [/quote]

There's regional and class differences too. High tea was more commonly used up north, I believe, and refers to what we'd call supper. "Supper" itself is an upper middle / upper class class southern English term for, well, supper.

But yes, what OP is looking for is afternoon tea. I'll also be a little honest here and say that despite all the years of living and visiting in England I've never really desired or wanted anything more than just a pot of tea with a biscuit or two. Can't stomach a bigger meal that comes with the fancy hotel afternoon tea when I'd rather have a proper supper later. [/quote]

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