Walk into almost any British household, and you'll be offered a cup of tea before anything else. It feels timeless, like a tradition carved into stone. Yet, Britain's national drink has a surprisingly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Afternoon tea started out as a typically upper class pursuit. Even Queen Victoria (pictured, right) got into the spirit, and had ...

“Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea,” wrote Henry James in “The Portrait of a Lady.” “Teatime” is one ...

But there is more to teatime than cucumber sandwiches with “Downton’s” Dowager Countess of Grantham, and pots of tea on the ceiling with giggling uncles in “Mary Poppins.” This is a complex beast, ...

It began with a rumbling stomach, or so the story goes. One afternoon in 1840, at around 4 p.m. Anna Russell, the duchess of Bedford, complained of a “sinking feeling,” according to the British Museum ...