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template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Meals" title="Template talk:Meals"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Meals" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Meals"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Tea</b> (in reference to food, rather than <a href="/wiki/Tea" title="Tea">the drink</a>) has long been used as an <a href="/wiki/Hyponymy_and_hypernymy" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyponymy and hypernymy">umbrella term</a> for several different <a href="/wiki/Meal" title="Meal">meals</a>. English writer <a href="/wiki/Isabella_Beeton" title="Isabella Beeton">Isabella Beeton</a>, whose books on <a href="/wiki/Home_economics" title="Home economics">home economics</a> were widely read in the 19th century, describes meals of various kinds and provides menus for the "old-fashioned tea", the "at-home tea", the "family tea", and the "high tea".<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Teatime</i> is the time at which this meal is usually eaten, which is mid-afternoon to early evening.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tea as a meal is associated with the United Kingdom and some <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth countries</a>. Some people in Britain and <a href="/wiki/Australasia" title="Australasia">Australasia</a> refer to their main evening meal as "tea" rather than "<a href="/wiki/Dinner" title="Dinner">dinner</a>" or "<a href="/wiki/Supper" title="Supper">supper</a>", but generally, with the exception of Scotland, Northern England, and New Zealand, "tea" refers to a light meal or a snack.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> A <i><a href="/wiki/Break_(work)" title="Break (work)">tea break</a></i> is the term used for a work break in either the morning or afternoon for a cup of tea or other beverage. </p><p>The most common elements of the tea meal are the drink itself, with cakes or pastries (especially <a href="/wiki/Scone" title="Scone">scones</a>), bread and jam, and perhaps sandwiches; these are the pillars of the "traditional afternoon tea" meals offered by expensive London hotels.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other types of both drink and food may be offered at home. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historic_usage">Historic usage</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gr%C3%BCn_-_A_Group_of_Artists.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Gr%C3%BCn_-_A_Group_of_Artists.jpg/220px-Gr%C3%BCn_-_A_Group_of_Artists.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Gr%C3%BCn_-_A_Group_of_Artists.jpg/330px-Gr%C3%BCn_-_A_Group_of_Artists.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Gr%C3%BCn_-_A_Group_of_Artists.jpg/440px-Gr%C3%BCn_-_A_Group_of_Artists.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="483" /></a><figcaption><i>Thé avec des artistes</i> ("Tea with the artists"), <a href="/wiki/Jules_Gr%C3%BCn" class="mw-redirect" title="Jules Grün">Jules Grün</a>, 1929</figcaption></figure> <p>The timing of the "tea" meal has moved over the centuries in response to the migration of the main meal, <a href="/wiki/Dinner" title="Dinner">dinner</a>. Until the late 18th century dinner was eaten at what is now called "<a href="/wiki/Lunchtime" class="mw-redirect" title="Lunchtime">lunchtime</a>", or in the early afternoon; <a href="/wiki/Supper" title="Supper">supper</a> was a later and lighter meal. Dinner remains a midday meal in some regions. Gradually, dinner began to migrate, amid much controversy, until by about 1900 it arrived at its present timing, in most places, in the evening. At first, the "tea" meal was often in the early evening, some three or four hours after mid-day dinner; another version of the tea meal was even later, after a supper and before bed.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1804 <a href="/wiki/Alexandre_Balthazar_Laurent_Grimod_de_La_Reyni%C3%A8re" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexandre Balthazar Laurent Grimod de La Reynière">Alexandre Balthazar Laurent Grimod de La Reynière</a> wrote (in French) about afternoon tea in Switzerland: </p> <blockquote><div class="poem"> <p>Towards five o'clock in the evening, the mistress of the house, in the midst of the sitting-room, makes tea herself, very strong and barely sweetened with a few drops of rich cream; generous slices of buttered bread accompany it. Such is the Swiss Tea in all its simplicity. In most opulent houses, however, coffee and light pastries of all kinds are added, many of which are unknown in Paris, preserved or candied fruits, macaroons, biscuits, nougat, and even ice cream.<sup id="cite_ref-Grimod_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Grimod-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 54">: 54 </span></sup> </p> </div></blockquote> <p>Observance of the custom originated amongst the wealthy <a href="/wiki/Social_class" title="Social class">social classes</a> in <a href="/wiki/1840_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1840 in the United Kingdom">England in the 1840s</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i><a href="/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary" title="Oxford English Dictionary">Oxford English Dictionary</a></i> provides citations dating back a century before this, in reference to tea as a social gathering. The earliest is from <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Swift" title="Jonathan Swift">Jonathan Swift</a>'s satirical etiquette guide, <i><a href="/wiki/A_Complete_Collection_of_Genteel_and_Ingenious_Conversation" title="A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation">A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation</a></i> (1738), "Whether they meet..at Meals, Tea, or Visits". <a href="/wiki/John_Wesley" title="John Wesley">John Wesley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Harriet_Martineau" title="Harriet Martineau">Harriet Martineau</a> also are quoted. <sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Philosopher <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Carlyle" title="Thomas Carlyle">Thomas Carlyle</a> and his wife <a href="/wiki/Jane_Welsh_Carlyle" title="Jane Welsh Carlyle">Jane Welsh Carlyle</a> invited guests for 7 pm to their teas in the 1850s, although "afternoon tea" before dinner was also becoming established by this time.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the end of the 19th century, afternoon tea developed in its current form and was taken by both the upper and middle classes. It became ubiquitous, even in the isolated village in the fictionalised memoir <i><a href="/wiki/Lark_Rise_to_Candleford" title="Lark Rise to Candleford">Lark Rise to Candleford</a></i>, where a cottager prepares what she calls a "visitor's tea" for their landlady: "the table was laid... there were the best <a href="/wiki/Tea_set" title="Tea set">tea things</a> with a fat pink rose on the side of each cup; hearts of lettuce, thin bread and butter, and the crisp little cakes that had been baked in readiness that morning."<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Commercial establishments known as <a href="/wiki/Teahouse" title="Teahouse">teahouses</a> or tearooms (similar to a <a href="/wiki/Coffeehouse" title="Coffeehouse">coffeehouse</a>) were once common in the UK, but they have declined in popularity since WWII. <a href="/wiki/Aerated_Bread_Company#Tea_shops_and_early_women's_issues" title="Aerated Bread Company">A.B.C. tea shops</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lyons_Corner_Houses" class="mw-redirect" title="Lyons Corner Houses">Lyons Corner Houses</a> were successful chains of such establishments, and played a role in opening up possibilities for Victorian women. <a href="/wiki/List_of_tea_houses#Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="List of tea houses">A list of significant tea houses in Britain</a> gives more examples. They served light snacks or full meals all day, some of them late into the evening. They were well-lit and did not serve alcohol. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Afternoon_tea">Afternoon tea</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the Irish Christmas selection, see <a href="/wiki/Afternoon_Tea_(biscuits)" title="Afternoon Tea (biscuits)">Afternoon Tea (biscuits)</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Afternoon_Tea_Edinburgh.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Afternoon tea on a silver serving tower" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Afternoon_Tea_Edinburgh.jpg/170px-Afternoon_Tea_Edinburgh.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Afternoon_Tea_Edinburgh.jpg/255px-Afternoon_Tea_Edinburgh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Afternoon_Tea_Edinburgh.jpg/340px-Afternoon_Tea_Edinburgh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="597" data-file-height="555" /></a><figcaption>Afternoon tea on a silver serving tower at a Hotel in <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Canapes_and_finger_sandwiches._High_Tea_at_the_Savoy_Hotel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Canapes_and_finger_sandwiches._High_Tea_at_the_Savoy_Hotel.jpg/170px-Canapes_and_finger_sandwiches._High_Tea_at_the_Savoy_Hotel.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Canapes_and_finger_sandwiches._High_Tea_at_the_Savoy_Hotel.jpg/255px-Canapes_and_finger_sandwiches._High_Tea_at_the_Savoy_Hotel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Canapes_and_finger_sandwiches._High_Tea_at_the_Savoy_Hotel.jpg/340px-Canapes_and_finger_sandwiches._High_Tea_at_the_Savoy_Hotel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1291" data-file-height="1370" /></a><figcaption>Finger sandwiches: cucumber, egg, cheese, curried chicken, with shrimp canapés served during tea at the <a href="/wiki/Savoy_Hotel" title="Savoy Hotel">Savoy</a> in London.</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Afternoon tea</b> is a light meal typically eaten between 3:30 pm and 5 pm. Traditionally it consisted of thinly-sliced bread and butter, delicate sandwiches (customarily <a href="/wiki/Cucumber_sandwich" title="Cucumber sandwich">cucumber sandwiches</a> or egg and <a href="/wiki/Garden_cress" title="Garden cress">cress</a> sandwiches) and usually cakes and pastries (such as <a href="/wiki/Battenberg_cake" title="Battenberg cake">Battenberg cake</a> or <a href="/wiki/Victoria_sponge" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria sponge">Victoria sponge</a>). <a href="/wiki/Scones" class="mw-redirect" title="Scones">Scones</a> (with <a href="/wiki/Clotted_cream" title="Clotted cream">clotted cream</a> and jam) would also be served (as they are for <a href="/wiki/Cream_tea" title="Cream tea">cream tea</a>). The sandwiches are usually crustless, cut into small segments, either as triangles or fingers, and pressed thin. Biscuits are not usually served. </p><p>Nowadays, a formal afternoon tea is more of a special occasion, taken as a treat in a hotel. The food is often served on a tiered stand ('serving tower'); there may be no sandwiches, but bread or scones with butter and jam, or toast, <a href="/wiki/English_muffin" title="English muffin">muffins</a> or <a href="/wiki/Crumpets" class="mw-redirect" title="Crumpets">crumpets</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Formal afternoon tea remains a popular tradition in the Commonwealth, particularly at fine hotels.<sup id="cite_ref-www_2019-04-08_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-www_2019-04-08-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In London, the major hotels compete for the annual Afternoon Tea Awards.<sup id="cite_ref-twa_2023-10-14_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-twa_2023-10-14-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Canada, afternoon tea ceremonies at <a href="/wiki/Canada%27s_grand_railway_hotels" class="mw-redirect" title="Canada's grand railway hotels">the grand railway hotels</a> are a well-known tradition across the country.<sup id="cite_ref-www_2019-04-08_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-www_2019-04-08-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Australia, venues nationwide ranging from the <a href="/wiki/Hotel_Windsor,_Melbourne" title="Hotel Windsor, Melbourne">Hotel Windsor in Melbourne</a>, which first served high tea in 1883, to hotels opened in the 21st century serve a variety of afternoon teas, including traditional, modern, and novel, sometimes with items flavoured using local ingredients.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:High_Tea!_(32875098691).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Toronto afternoon tea at the King Edward Hotel." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/High_Tea%21_%2832875098691%29.jpg/220px-High_Tea%21_%2832875098691%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/High_Tea%21_%2832875098691%29.jpg/330px-High_Tea%21_%2832875098691%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/High_Tea%21_%2832875098691%29.jpg/440px-High_Tea%21_%2832875098691%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4272" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption>A typical afternoon tea sandwich selection at the <a href="/wiki/King_Edward_Hotel" class="mw-redirect" title="King Edward Hotel">King Edward Hotel</a> in <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a>.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cream_tea">Cream tea</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cornish_cream_tea_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Cornish_cream_tea_2.jpg/220px-Cornish_cream_tea_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Cornish_cream_tea_2.jpg/330px-Cornish_cream_tea_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Cornish_cream_tea_2.jpg/440px-Cornish_cream_tea_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Devon cream tea, comprising tea taken with scones, clotted cream, and jam</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Cream_tea" title="Cream tea">Cream tea</a></div> <p>This snack is associated with the <a href="/wiki/West_Country" title="West Country">West Country</a>, i.e. <a href="/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Devon" title="Devon">Devon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dorset" title="Dorset">Dorset</a> and <a href="/wiki/Somerset" title="Somerset">Somerset</a>. It usually consists of scones, clotted cream, strawberry jam, and tea to drink. Some venues will provide butter instead of clotted cream. In Australia, this is commonly referred to as Devonshire Tea. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Evening_high_tea">Evening high tea</h2></div> <p>"High tea" is an evening meal, sometimes associated with the <a href="/wiki/Working_class" title="Working class">working class</a>, in particular after sports matches, especially cricket. It is typically eaten between 5 pm and 7 pm. This was also sometimes called a "meat-tea" in the past.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In some parts of the United Kingdom (namely, the North of England, North and South Wales, Scotland, and some rural and working class areas of Northern Ireland), people traditionally call their midday meal <i>dinner</i> and their evening meal <i>tea</i> (served around 6 pm), whereas elsewhere people would call the midday meal <i>lunch</i> or <i>luncheon</i> and the evening meal (served after 7 pm) <i>dinner</i> (if formal) or <i>supper</i> (if informal).<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>High tea typically consists of a savoury dish (either something hot, or cold cuts of meat such as <a href="/wiki/Ham_salad" title="Ham salad">ham salad</a>), followed by cakes and bread, butter and jam.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <i>The Cambridge Social History of Britain, 1750–1950</i>, high tea is defined thus: </p> <blockquote><p>the central feature was the extension of a meal based predominantly on bread, butter and tea by the inclusion of some kind of fish or meat usually cooked in a frying pan.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>A stereotypical expression "You'll have had your tea", meaning "I imagine you have already eaten", is used to parody people from Edinburgh as being rather stingy with hospitality.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_4" title="BBC Radio 4">BBC Radio 4</a> comedy series <a href="/wiki/You%27ll_Have_Had_Your_Tea" class="mw-redirect" title="You'll Have Had Your Tea">of this name</a> was made by <a href="/wiki/Graeme_Garden" title="Graeme Garden">Graeme Garden</a> and <a href="/wiki/Barry_Cryer" title="Barry Cryer">Barry Cryer</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Australian,_South_African_and_New_Zealand"><span id="Australian.2C_South_African_and_New_Zealand"></span>Australian, South African and New Zealand</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Australian_English" title="Australian English">Australian English</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_African_English" title="South African English">South African English</a>, and <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_English" title="New Zealand English">New Zealand English</a></div> <p>In South Africa and New Zealand, and historically in Australia, a small informal social gathering usually at someone's home for tea and a light meal (e.g. biscuits, scones, or slices of cake or sandwiches) in the mid-afternoon is referred to as "afternoon tea". More generally, any light meal or snack taken at mid-afternoon, with or without tea or another hot drink, may also be referred to as "afternoon tea". When taken at mid-morning instead of mid-afternoon, the term "morning tea" is used in place of "afternoon tea" in Australia and New Zealand. These usages have declined in popularity in recent years, in tandem with the rise in <a href="/wiki/Coffee_culture" title="Coffee culture">coffee culture</a>, particularly in Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The term <i>high tea</i> is now used in the southern hemisphere to describe formal afternoon teas. Formal afternoon teas are often held outside the private home in commercial tea rooms, function venues, hotels, or similar.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Australia and New Zealand, a break from work or school taken at mid-morning is frequently known as "morning tea", and a break at mid-afternoon as "afternoon tea," both with or without the tea being drunk. A <i><a href="/wiki/Smoko" title="Smoko">smoko</a></i>, originally meaning a cigarette break, is also used as slang for a break, especially for people working in manual work. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;vertical-align:middle}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output 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title="Merienda">Merienda</a>, the Hispanic analogue</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_culture" title="Tea culture">Tea culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_dance" title="Tea dance">Tea dance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Tea in the United Kingdom">Tea in the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_lady" title="Tea lady">Tea lady</a>, an employee in a hospital or place of work</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_set" title="Tea set">Tea set</a>, the tea pot, sugar bowl, milk jug, etc.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiffin" title="Tiffin">Tiffin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elevenses" title="Elevenses">Elevenses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palm_court" title="Palm court">Palm court</a>, a room in a hotel where tea dances took place</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media 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It was also drunk after dinner, and as the usual time for dinner progressed during the 18th century towards the evening, a gap opened up for a late-afternoon refreshment, filled by what has since become the traditional English afternoon tea, a meal in its own right, with sandwiches and cake as well as cups of tea (amongst the earliest references to it are these by Fanny Burney in <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><i>Evelina</i>, 1778</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Evelina&rft.date=1778&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATea+%28meal%29" class="Z3988"></span>: "I was relieved by a summons to tea," and by John Wesley in 1789: "At breakfast and at tea... 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tea">Baozhong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bu_Zhi_Chun_tea" title="Bu Zhi Chun tea">Bu Zhi Chun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Da_Hong_Pao" title="Da Hong Pao">Da Hong Pao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dong_Ding_tea" title="Dong Ding tea">Dong ding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dongfang_meiren" title="Dongfang meiren">Dongfang meiren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fo_Shou_tea" title="Fo Shou tea">Fo Shou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High-mountain_tea" title="High-mountain tea">Gaoshan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huangjin_Gui" title="Huangjin Gui">Huangjin Gui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huang_Meigui_tea" title="Huang Meigui tea">Huang Meigui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jin_Xuan_tea" title="Jin Xuan tea">Jin Xuan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qilan_tea" title="Qilan tea">Qilan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rougui_tea" title="Rougui tea">Rougui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruan_zhi" title="Ruan zhi">Ruan zhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shui_Jin_Gui_tea" title="Shui Jin Gui tea">Shui Jin Gui</a></li> 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<li><a href="/wiki/Lu%27an_Melon_Seed_tea" title="Lu'an Melon Seed tea">Lu'an Melon Seed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunpowder_tea" title="Gunpowder tea">Gunpowder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gyokuro" title="Gyokuro">Gyokuro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H%C5%8Djicha" title="Hōjicha">Hōjicha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taiping_houkui" title="Taiping houkui">Taiping houkui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huangshan_Maofeng" title="Huangshan Maofeng">Huangshan Maofeng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyson" title="Hyson">Hyson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sencha#Kabusecha" title="Sencha">Kabusecha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamairicha" title="Kamairicha">Kamairicha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Konacha" title="Konacha">Konacha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kukicha" title="Kukicha">Kukicha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longjing_tea" title="Longjing tea">Longjing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matcha" title="Matcha">Matcha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xinyang_Maojian_tea" title="Xinyang Maojian tea">Maojian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mecha_(tea)" title="Mecha (tea)">Mecha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mengding_Ganlu_tea" title="Mengding Ganlu tea">Mengding Ganlu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sencha" title="Sencha">Sencha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sencha#Shincha" title="Sencha">Shincha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamaryokucha" title="Tamaryokucha">Tamaryokucha</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/White_tea" title="White tea">White tea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baimudan_tea" title="Baimudan tea">Bai Mudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baihao_Yinzhen" title="Baihao Yinzhen">Baihao Yinzhen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoumei_tea" title="Shoumei tea">Shoumei</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Yellow_tea" title="Yellow tea">Yellow 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or <br />flavoured teas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Grey_tea" title="Earl Grey tea">Earl Grey</a> (<a href="/wiki/Lady_Grey_(tea)" title="Lady Grey (tea)">Lady Grey</a>)</li> <li>Breakfast tea (<a href="/wiki/English_breakfast_tea" title="English breakfast tea">English</a>, <a href="/wiki/Irish_breakfast_tea" title="Irish breakfast tea">Irish</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasmine_tea" title="Jasmine tea">Jasmine tea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lapsang_souchong" title="Lapsang souchong">Lapsang souchong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masala_chai" title="Masala chai">Masala chai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maghrebi_mint_tea" title="Maghrebi mint tea">Maghrebi mint tea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_of_Wales_tea_blend" title="Prince of Wales tea blend">Prince of Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Caravan" title="Russian Caravan">Russian Caravan</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Strobilanthes_tonkinensis" title="Strobilanthes tonkinensis">Strobilanthes tonkinensis</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tea_in_Australia" title="Tea in Australia">Australian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arabic_tea" title="Arabic tea">Arabic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Tea in the United Kingdom">British</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceylon_tea" title="Ceylon tea">Ceylon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_tea" title="Chinese tea">Chinese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_tea" title="Korean tea">Korean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepali_tea" title="Nepali tea">Nepali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_tea" title="Taiwanese tea">Taiwanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_in_Turkey" title="Tea in Turkey">Turkish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_tea" title="Vietnamese tea">Vietnamese</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tea_culture" title="Tea culture">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Customs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Afternoon/High tea/Evening meal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_party" title="Tea party">Tea party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tasseography" title="Tasseography">Tasseography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Asian_tea_ceremony" title="East Asian tea ceremony">East Asian tea ceremony</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gongfu_tea" title="Gongfu tea">Chinese</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yum_cha" title="Yum cha">Yum cha</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_tea_ceremony" title="Japanese tea ceremony">Japanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_tea_ceremony" title="Korean tea ceremony">Korean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_tea_culture" title="Taiwanese tea culture">Taiwanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryukyuan_tea_ceremony" title="Ryukyuan tea ceremony">Ryukyuan</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Areas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tea_garden" title="Tea garden">Tea garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teahouse" title="Teahouse">Teahouse or tearoom</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cha_chaan_teng" title="Cha chaan teng">Cha chaan teng</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chashitsu" title="Chashitsu">Chashitsu</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Mizuya" title="Mizuya">Mizuya</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sukiya-zukuri" title="Sukiya-zukuri">Sukiya-zukuri</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Roji" title="Roji">Roji</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By country</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_tea_culture" title="American tea culture">American</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argentine_tea_culture" title="Argentine tea culture">Argentine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_tea_culture" title="Azerbaijani tea culture">Azerbaijani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazilian_tea_culture" title="Brazilian tea culture">Brazilian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_tea_culture" title="Chinese tea culture">Chinese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_tea_culture" title="Dominican tea culture">Dominican</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_tea_culture" title="Hong Kong tea culture">Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_tea_culture" title="Indian tea culture">Indian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_culture_in_Japan" title="Tea culture in Japan">Japanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexican_tea_culture" title="Mexican tea culture">Mexican</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistani_tea_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistani tea culture">Pakistani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_tea_culture" title="Russian tea culture">Russian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senegalese_tea_culture" title="Senegalese tea culture">Senegalese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_tea_culture" title="Taiwanese tea culture">Taiwanese</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_tea" title="History of tea">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_tea_in_China" class="mw-redirect" title="History of tea in China">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_tea_in_India" title="History of tea in India">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_tea_in_Japan" title="History of tea in Japan">Japan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Production and <br />distribution</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tea_leaf_grading" title="Tea leaf grading">Leaf grading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_processing" title="Tea processing">Processing</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Decaffeination" title="Decaffeination">Decaffeination</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_tasting" title="Tea tasting">Tasting</a></li> <li>Cultivation <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tea_diseases" title="List of tea diseases">Diseases</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tea_companies" title="List of tea companies">Companies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_tea_consumption_per_capita" title="List of countries by tea consumption per capita">Consumption by country</a></li> <li>Auctions <ul><li><a href="/wiki/London_Tea_Auction" title="London Tea Auction">London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chittagong_Tea_Auction" title="Chittagong Tea Auction">Chittagong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guwahati_Tea_Auction_Centre" title="Guwahati Tea Auction Centre">Guwahati</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="By_country" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By country</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tea_production_in_Bangladesh" title="Tea production in Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_production_in_Indonesia" title="Tea production in Indonesia">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_production_in_Kenya" title="Tea production in Kenya">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_production_in_Rwanda" title="Tea production in Rwanda">Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_production_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Tea production in Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_production_in_the_United_States" title="Tea production in the United States">United States</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Preparation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Flowering_tea" title="Flowering tea">Flowering teas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infusion" title="Infusion">Infusion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Compressed_tea" title="Compressed tea">Compressed tea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decoction" title="Decoction">Decoction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ISO_3103" title="ISO 3103">ISO procedure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steeping" title="Steeping">Steeping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_bag" title="Tea bag">Tea bag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_lady" title="Tea lady">Tea lady</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Health</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Health_effects_of_tea" title="Health effects of tea">Health effects</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phenolic_content_in_tea" title="Phenolic content in tea">Phenolic content</a></li> <li>Compounds <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caffeine" title="Caffeine">Caffeine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theanine" title="Theanine">Theanine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flavan-3-ol" title="Flavan-3-ol">Flavan-3-ol</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catechin" title="Catechin">Catechin</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epigallocatechin_gallate" title="Epigallocatechin gallate">Epigallocatechin gallate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theaflavin" title="Theaflavin">Theaflavin</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tea-based <br />drinks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bubble_tea" title="Bubble tea">Bubble tea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Builder%27s_tea" title="Builder's tea">Builder's tea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burmese_milk_tea" title="Burmese milk tea">Burmese milk tea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butter_tea" title="Butter tea">Butter tea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chifir" title="Chifir">Chifir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doodh_pati_chai" title="Doodh pati chai">Doodh pati chai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong%E2%80%93style_milk_tea" title="Hong Kong–style milk 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title="Yuenyeung">Yuenyeung</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Teaware" title="Teaware">Teaware</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tea_chest" title="Tea chest">Chest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_caddy" title="Tea caddy">Caddy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chawan" title="Chawan">Chawan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infuser" title="Infuser">Infuser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_strainer" title="Tea strainer">Strainer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teacup" title="Teacup">Teacup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teapot" title="Teapot">Teapot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaiwan" title="Gaiwan">Gaiwan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_set" title="Tea set">Tea set</a></li></ul></li> <li>Literature <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tea_classics" title="Tea classics">Tea classics</a></li></ul></li> <li><a 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