Anonymous
Post 03/11/2025 11:49     Subject: Is high tea worth it?
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.


Just like "chai" in the US is fancy and costs $5+ at Starbucks. Chai (the tea with milk and spices) in India is what poor laborers take to work, because they can't afford food. Tea is cheap and the milk and spices/sugar gives them a little extra nutrition and energy for low cost.
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2025 11:48     Subject: Is high tea worth it?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Americans think "high" means fancy. It's not, it just refers to the time of day, you idiots.


Oh the high street is not a fancy street? It's just a late afternoon street. I think I'm getting it!


I always think, high tea is at high noon. It's a workaday lunch.


No, high tea, is suppertime, in the evening.

"High time" means "late".
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2025 11:46     Subject: Is high tea worth it?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Americans think "high" means fancy. It's not, it just refers to the time of day, you idiots.


Oh the high street is not a fancy street? It's just a late afternoon street. I think I'm getting it!


Correct; high street fashion means mass marketed stuff you could get at a run of the mill mall. “The lady on the high horse was appalled to discover that high tea on high street was just a bologna sandwich on Wonder bread.”


DP. Yes. "High street" is not an indication of exclusivity.

Comparative usage

The term "High Street" is used to describe stores found on a typical high street to differentiate them from more specialised, exclusive and expensive outlets (often independent stores) – for example, "High Street banks" (instead of the less-common private or investment banks) or "High Street shops" (instead of boutiques).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Street




With Americans, it's My Way or the High Way.
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2025 11:45     Subject: Is high tea worth it?
Everyone on this thread needs to watch Ted Lasso before you get the boot for putting your boots in the boot.
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2025 11:39     Subject: Is high tea worth it?
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.


Bingo! I studied that in school. Americans just assume " high tea" sounds fancy.
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2025 22:02     Subject: Is high tea worth it?
I love doing this once or twice a year, especially if I am in the UK or in NYC. I go with friends who are British or grew up drinking tea with their families, or with clients.

I find it a guilty pleasure, especially the sandwiches and scones.
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2025 21:55     Subject: Is high tea worth it?
It’s nice to do every once in a while if you can easily afford it. I personally love going out for a fancy lunch with a glass of good wine than doing a tea.
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2025 21:30     Subject: Is high tea worth it?
When we were kids we sang:

A man walking down the high street with a bellyache
Got to go to the toilet
Phht phht
Too late

You’re welcome.
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2025 21:17     Subject: Is high tea worth it?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Americans think "high" means fancy. It's not, it just refers to the time of day, you idiots.


Oh the high street is not a fancy street? It's just a late afternoon street. I think I'm getting it!


Correct; high street fashion means mass marketed stuff you could get at a run of the mill mall. “The lady on the high horse was appalled to discover that high tea on high street was just a bologna sandwich on Wonder bread.”


DP. Yes. "High street" is not an indication of exclusivity.

Comparative usage

The term "High Street" is used to describe stores found on a typical high street to differentiate them from more specialised, exclusive and expensive outlets (often independent stores) – for example, "High Street banks" (instead of the less-common private or investment banks) or "High Street shops" (instead of boutiques).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Street


Anonymous
Post 03/09/2025 20:44     Subject: Is high tea worth it?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Americans think "high" means fancy. It's not, it just refers to the time of day, you idiots.


Oh the high street is not a fancy street? It's just a late afternoon street. I think I'm getting it!


I always think, high tea is at high noon. It's a workaday lunch.
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2025 20:10     Subject: Is high tea worth it?
I always enjoy going to have tea.
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2025 20:09     Subject: Is high tea worth it?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Americans think "high" means fancy. It's not, it just refers to the time of day, you idiots.


Oh the high street is not a fancy street? It's just a late afternoon street. I think I'm getting it!


Correct; high street fashion means mass marketed stuff you could get at a run of the mill mall. “The lady on the high horse was appalled to discover that high tea on high street was just a bologna sandwich on Wonder bread.”
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2025 19:29     Subject: Is high tea worth it?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Americans think "high" means fancy. It's not, it just refers to the time of day, you idiots.


Oh the high street is not a fancy street? It's just a late afternoon street. I think I'm getting it!

Anonymous
Post 03/09/2025 19:23     Subject: Is high tea worth it?
I like a cream tea (it's just a scone with cream and jam and tea) but it tends to be massively overpriced.
Anonymous
Post 03/09/2025 19:04     Subject: Is high tea worth it?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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.


If you need a little mnemonic (don't we all, sometime?): in discreet, picture the two es as little spying eyes you are trying to hid from...discreetly. And in Discrete....the es are distinct discrete letters separated by the t.