Welcome back to another afternoon tea post from Tea With Me and Friends - this time I would like to share with you a recent tea Lorna and I experienced with the lovely Secret Tea Society Ladies at Warren House.
Now if you are not sure who the Secret Tea Society are you should really take a peek at their website....led by our tea leader Claire, we are a group of like minded ladies who enjoy tea and a good gossip! We meet approximately once a month for afternoon tea at various locations - we're a very friendly bunch so if you fancy joining us take a peek!
This tea was a rather special one as it was a Breakfast at Tiffany's themed afternoon tea that was put on for us at Warren House in New Malden, Surrey. As well as a beautifully dressed room and themed games all the ladies were also asked to dress for the occasion....
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| An orderly queue of Audreys! |
As you can see from the photo above, tea was served buffet style, which for this particular tea I rather enjoyed. All the food was on the buffet table, presented on stands and we could help ourselves. Tea was of the loose leaf variety and we were presented with a selection of Twinings leaves to pick from.
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| A selection of Twinings Teas to pick from |
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| Afternoon Tea Stands - Warren House |
We had a traditional selection of afternoon tea treats to indulge in:
Afternoon tea sandwiches
Scones with homemade jam and clotted cream
Various pastries and fresh fruit
The sandwiches were fresh and perfectly sized - not a crust in sight. The fillings were very traditional and included smoked salmon and cucumber, egg mayonnaise and ham.
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| Afternoon tea sandwiches - Warren House |
Next we helped ourselves to scones and pastries.....
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| Sweet treats at Warren House! |
From the lovely selection I decided to try the vanilla and strawberry panna cotta shot, the ginger spiced cupcake, the brownie and the tea bread.
I really enjoyed the panna cotta, which was rich and creamy and went beautifully with the strawberry compote on the top. I also loved the mini cupcake which was perfectly sized and full of flavour.
The scones were also a good size - not too big, not too small and were not claggy in texture. I particularly enjoyed the homemade strawberry jam as well, which had a really good flavour.
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| Afternoon tea sweets - Warren House |
Our tea was served in wonderful, individual glass teapots.
I loved the contemporary design....
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| Tea is served! |
Finally I thought I should show you what Lorna and I decided to wear to this tea. We were all asked to dress in our best Breakfast at Tiffany's inspired outfits....and we decided to think outside the box a little....
Lorna opted for Audrey in her pink dress....and I went for "Moon River" Audrey, complete with guitar!
All in all we had a wonderful afternoon, a big thank you to Claire for organising yet another wonderful afternoon tea and thank you also to Warren House for a lovely afternoon tea experience.
To find out more about afternoon tea at Warren House please visit their website.
Thank you for popping by today,
Rachel
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