Food oddities 3

The English afternoon tea Afternoon tea is the equivalent of our “goûter.” It was introduced around 1840 by the Duchess of Bedford. She was getting hungry around four o’clock and asked for a tray of tea, bread and butter. Then it was made popular in England by Queen Victoria in the 19th century. Today, people have tea, scones with jam and clotted cream or even sandwiches. A lot of hotels and coffee/tea shops offer traditional afternoon tea. Its equivalent is called “Kaffee und Kuchen” in Germany. What do the French have for tea?