Musings of a Frequent Flying Scientist

Highest of High Teas

For Justine’s Eclectic Corner #10 Tea Time Event, I am bringing us a decadent and elegant high tea. Last weekend was a weekend full of celebrations – my best friend’s birthday dinner, drinks, lunch the next day, shopping, and then we celebrated her mum’s birthday on the Sunday with High Tea.

What a beautiful high tea. I had the Japanese Lime Tea and we all enjoyed a decadent array of tiny goodies. It was fabulous and even included a glass of bubbles at the start.

Of course, I had to switch to coffee about halfway through 🙂  None of us could finish the food, so we were lucky enough to take a few little cakes home for a snack later that evening.

 

Teapot Vase.
Silverware.
Japanese Lime Tea (iPhone)
Little flower sugars!
Whipped butter with thyme and pepper.
I heart this sandwich. (iPhone)
Cakey goodness.
The best scones.
Decadence! (iPhone)

 

Happy birthday again ladies!

x desleyjane

 

 

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24 responses to “Highest of High Teas”

  1. Agadoo Avatar
    Agadoo

    Very nice photos. Glad you had a lovely time (and weekend!)

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    1. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      Thanks hun. Yes fun all round 🙂

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  2. gfchopstix Avatar
    gfchopstix

    Very elegant! Looks like you had a lovely high tea. Great photos, of course! 😀

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    1. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      Aw thanks so much 🙂

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  3. Andy Townend Avatar
    Andy Townend

    Very “Fortnum and Mason”, excellent shots DJ!

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    1. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      Oops I had to look that up! Thanks so much Andy 🙂

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      1. Andy Townend Avatar
        Andy Townend

        my pleasure 😉

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  4. Ben Rowe Aperturef64 Avatar
    Ben Rowe Aperturef64

    That looks far to fancy for me, I have a feeling I might be removed from the tea house if I stumbled in.

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    1. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      LOL! It’s a bit of a girlie thing 🙂
      But there were some boys there too!!

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  5. Stacy P. Fischer Avatar
    Stacy P. Fischer

    Oh, how I love tea, for all the yummy deliciousness you’ve captured in your photos 😋

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    1. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      Me too. Soooo goooood xxx.

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  6. dia Avatar
    dia

    What a beautiful presentation! You will have to explain “high tea” to this American, I am not familiar, but looks like something I would love to be a part of.

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    1. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      Thank you!!
      Aahhhhh high tea is an old English tradition. We’ve probably modified it a little here in Australia. Beautiful Royal Dalton China and a list of teas to try. Sometimes you get a Pimms and lemonade with cucumber and lemon as a starter but we had bubbly instead. And then the tower of tiny goodies, the idea being a selection of different treats.
      The bottom layer is tiny sandwiches, tiny quiches, tune muffins, all savory.
      The middle layer is tiny scones with homemade raspberry jam and cha tummy cream. Our middle layer also had a tiny panacotta.
      And the top layer is where it’s at – little cakes and chocolate goodies.
      Always presented beautifully. Usually it’s a group of ladies who go there together, often for bridal showers or baby showers…
      It’s a decadent little 2 hours of heaven 😍

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      1. dia Avatar
        dia

        Oh very nice, it must be a bit of stress to set up and prepare for–you surely want everything to be just right… ! But so worth the planning and work because it is a display of delectable art! I like how the treats get more decadent the higher up you go! What is “bubbly”?

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          desleyjane

          Oh I must confess we go to a proper tea house for this, I am not so talented to prepare. Our only preparation is to find a pretty dress for the occasion 😀
          Bubbly! I just mean champagne sorry…

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  7. tildy1 Avatar
    tildy1

    Beautiful! Very elegant! Do you have to dress up for high tea?

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    1. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      Absolutely! Well I don’t think it’s a rule but it’s fun to do so!

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  8. kazg10 Avatar
    kazg10

    Yumm looks delightful 🙂

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  9. luciledegodoy Avatar
    luciledegodoy

    Wow DJ! What a treat! Very elegant and refined high tea! Eve tying links perfect and deli! Loved it. The photos are magazine style. You’re a natural! Yay.

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    1. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      Thanks Lucile dear. It’s my favourite tea house 🙂

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  10. eclecticoddsnsods Avatar
    eclecticoddsnsods

    wow wow wow omg i nearly fainted when I saw this and Japanese lime tea, never tried that sounds amazing. The photos are beautiful and I am sooo jealous but happy that you got to experience it, looks totally amazing, Just love the heart sandwich. Thank you for such a treat DJ, simply love this, can you tell? lolxx

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    1. desleyjane Avatar
      desleyjane

      LOL, it’s incredibly English, isn’t it? Oh I loved it xox.

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        eclecticoddsnsods

        sounds amazing, now i need to try that tea! hehe

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