Dearest readers, sometimes, life calls for a little elegance and indulgence, and there’s no better way to embrace that than with a proper afternoon tea like the English do it. Think delicate china, ...

English afternoon tea set including hot tea, pastry, scones, sandwiches and mini pies on marble top table. High tea, a quintessentially British institution, finds its truest expression in London.

"It's more willing to play around with the form," he adds. The English Tea Room at Brown's Hotel serves its own morning and afternoon tea blends, along with nearly 20 other varieties. Selections ...

(There’s a lot of Victoria here—the Queen loved to take tea in the hotel.) Whatever it is, Brown’s manages to be an ultra-traditional afternoon tea while still seeming contemporary and ...