First of all, tea is very important!

First of all, tea is very important! Use your best teapot and cups and make sure there is plenty of milk and sugar to add to the tea. We personally like English breakfast tea bags but we know a lot of people like Earl Grey, especially for a tea party. Maybe you could put lots of different types of tea out so that people can try all of them?

Next, you need to prepare sandwiches. At tea parties, we often make ‘mini’ sandwiches - a sliced loaf of bread with each piece cut into quarters for example – so that they are easier to eat. In England, we spread butter onto the bread before adding the fillings. Traditional fillings include ham and mustard, cheese and onion chutney, tuna mayonnaise or smoked salmon and cream cheese ... But really whatever you fancy!

Then, every tea party needs scones! A scone is a traditional cake which is made using flour, butter, sugar and milk. You eat scones by splitting them in half and spreading them with either butter or clotted cream (a thick cream which spreads easily onto the scone) and either raspberry or strawberry jam. We think scones are our favourite part of afternoon tea!  We post some photos of our  homemade scones   for  the  Tea Party with our English Teacher Mrs Di Pierri and enjoy yourselves!