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A tea tray with elements of an afternoon tea. English afternoon tea (or simply afternoon tea) is a British tradition that involves enjoying a light meal of tea, sandwiches, scones, and cakes in the mid-afternoon, typically between 3:30 and 5 pm. It originated in the 1840s as a way for the upper class to bridge the gap between lunch and a late ...
Started by a peckish Duchess one afternoon in 1840, this tradition of snacking on an elegant spread of tea and treats became a centuries-long English tradition that's still valued by people around ...
Table d'hôte menu from the American Hotel in Buffalo, New York. In restaurant terminology, a table d'hôte (French:; lit. ' host's table ') menu is a menu where multi-course meals with only a few choices are charged at a fixed total price.
Cabaret service (ca. 1865) The term cabaret service (also known as dejeuner service [1]) is used to designate small tea or coffee services.A typical cabaret service includes (in addition to cups and saucers [1]) a teapot or a coffeepot (with a lid and occasionally a stand [2]), a sugar bowl, a creamer, sometimes a tray [3] [4] and cutlery. [5]
A tea break is the term used for a work break in either the morning or afternoon for a cup of tea or other beverage. The most common elements of the tea meal are the drink itself, with cakes or pastries (especially scones ), bread and jam, and perhaps sandwiches; these are the pillars of the "traditional afternoon tea" meals offered by ...
In certain parts of rural India, especially in northern states, such as Punjab, it is normal practice to take tea break two or three hours after breakfast. When the practice began, there was no set clock and break was usually between 10–11 a.m., so as in other countries it was named after the approximate time; Das-Baja, meaning '10 o'clock tea'.
Elevenses (also called "morning tea") – light snack [16] and drink taken in the late morning after breakfast and before lunch. Lunch – midday meal [17] of varying size depending on the culture. The origin of the words lunch and luncheon relate to a small meal originally eaten at any time of the day or night, but during the 20th century ...
A corporate office's cafeteria in Bengaluru, India, December 2003.. A cafeteria, sometimes called a canteen outside the U.S., is a type of food service location in which there is little or no waiting staff table service, whether in a restaurant or within an institution such as a large office building or school; a school dining location is also referred to as a dining hall or lunchroom (in ...