Roxana Caragea

Original source (the page formatting is done for wordpress, therefore the spacing and page arrangement is different): h ​ ttp://www.coprinted.com/blog/interesting-facts-about-tea-parties/ Interesting Facts About Tea Parties We would all probably love a good tea party, where we chat with close friends and enjoy lovely food and teas and just appreciate the time spent together. It’s classy and elegant but it can also be fun and cute so variety abounds. Below we’ll tell you some things about tea and tea parties that you may not have known until now. Read on! 1. Tea connoisseurs might recognize the term Darjeeling tea. It talks about a very small area, at the foot of the Himalayas, from where the Champagne of teas come from. The area is only 70 square miles, with over 80 tea gardens. You can only get Darjeeling from this area, therefore anything else is considered an imitation. 2. Winos will definitely recognize the process of pairing the perfect wine with the perfect food. It is about matching flavor profiles, scents and textures. Rejoice tea drinkers, because turns out, you can find the perfect tea partner to your favorite meal. Black teas go every well with spicy and bold meals, while green teas are best friends with seafood meals, or otherwise green and fresh foods. 3. On every tea party table, if it is traditional, you will find the lovely, three-tiered tray. On the bottom tray, you’ll have the savory foods: finger sandwiches made with different fresh ingredients – cream cheese, dill and cucumber; salmon and dill with a spritz of lemon juice, radishes with lovely cottage cheese. On the middle tray you will find the cakes and cupcakes – any desserts that are soft and syrupy, that contain cream, frosting or fruits; and finally, the top tray will have tea cakes – like biscotti – and scones – you can enjoy them with the marmalade and butter offered. Don’t forget, if you want to go through all of them, the order of eating is bottom-up. Start from savory and work your way up to scones with marmalade. 4. The Tea Party Invitations must show how formal the tea party will be, the more formal the tea party invitation, the more traditional the Tea Party will be. 5. The reason behind “afternoon tea” is the following: during tea parties, the tea consumed would usually be black, containing caffeine. If in latin countries you would have a siesta, the afternoon tea is a pick-me-up to help you through the next half of the day. Because tea also has antioxidants, the caffeine gets absorbed slower so you don’t have an energy crash like you do with coffee. 6. The attire for the tea party would be summer dresses or non-business suits (channel your inner Coco Chanel). Stay away from dark colors such as black, navy and dark grey. Think happy, summer colors. How did you like this lovely installment of fun facts? Summer is already here, so will you be organizing your own tea party? Let us know in the comments! ♥ Roxie Sources: E ​ nglish Tea Tray Snacks​; T ​ ea Party Invitation​; T ​ ea Party Summer Dresses