Premium English Scone Mixes
Original Recipe Premium English Scone Mix
Original recipe premium English scone mix is absolutely easy to make and a treat for the palate. Serve with one of our English curds and clotted cream. Divine!
$6.99
Lemon Poppyseed Premium English Scone Mix
This lemon poppyseed premium English scone mix is filled with lots of sunkissed lemon, heaps of poppyseed, loads of flavor, texture and crunch. Easy to make by just adding water and baking. Fast, simple and truly luscious!
$6.99
Apple Cinnamon Scone Mix
This apple cinnamon premium English scone mix is packed with juicy apples, imported cinnamon and spices. It is perfect for breakfast or with an evening snack with ice cream.
$6.99
Taylors of Harrogate Tea
Taylors of Harrogate is regarded by those familiar with tea as one of the finest tea producers worldwide.  Founded in 1886, by Yorkshire (UK) tea merchant
Charles Taylor, the business quickly gained a reputation for the quality of its teas.  Taylors has been awarded The Queen's Award for Enterprise for Sustainable
Development which is only given to companies with strong ethical, social and environmental values.

Taylors of Harrogate produces dozens of varieties of fine teas.  We have offered here two of the more popular.  If you are interested in any other variety, please
contact our office and we would be happy to assist you!
History of High Tea

Here is an interesting article by Gayle Gallagher that describes the path that tea drinking has followed on its way to the proper ritual known today as “high tea.”  

An English Export

Sitting for tea, of course, long predates the English.  But it was in Great Britain that the ritual as we know it today was begun.  Before there was high tea, however, there was afternoon tea.
A Portuguese queen consort to King Charles II of England introduced tea to the British court in 1662, and made afternoon tea fashionable.  Her influence made tea popular in the wealthier classes of society,
because whatever the royals did, everyone else wanted to do.  Tea mania swept across England and became the beverage of choice in English high society, replacing ale as the national drink.

High Tea vs. Low Tea

By 1700, tea was not only a ritual of the royals and high society, it was popular with working class families.  Weary people would return home in the evening to tables set with meats, bread, butter, pickles and
tea.  In other words, dinner.  And because tea was taken with dinner at a high, dining table, it was termed “high” tea.  (It was also called “meat tea,” because it was served at a hardy dinner meal that always
included meat.)

“Low tea” on the other hand is taken mid-afternoon and served in parlors or drawing rooms on smaller, lower tables.  Legend has it that one of Queen Victoria’s ladies-in-waiting suffered a “sinking feeling”
around four o’clock in the afternoon and began to invite friends to join her for an additional afternoon meal at five o’clock.  The menu centered on small cakes, bread and butter sandwiches, assorted sweets,
and tea.

But when tea drinking made its way to America, hotels and tearooms decided to refer to afternoon tea as high tea-perhaps because the name sounds more elegant.  And they continue to get it wrong,
offering pastries, scones and other light fare on delicate china during their advertised “high tea,” which is served mid-afternoon.  Unfortunately, most Americans now think of high tea this way too.  

America joined the English fairly early in pouring tea, but the ritual of teatime-that is, the creation of a mood or occasion-was largely abandoned in this country until the 1980’s.  It was then that tea sales
began to gradually increase in the U.S. as well as an interest in the social aspects of tea drinking.  It is important to invoke the same elegant, refined, atmosphere enjoyed by the English for more than 350
years.

This article reprinted with the permission of Rave Reviews Magazine
Premium English Clotted Cream, Lemon Curd and Preserves
Devon English Luxury Clotted Cream
This one ounce jar of luxurious English clotted cream is a must for any tea party with scones!
$1.99
Duerr's English Traditional Lemon Curd
Duerr's English traditional lemon curd in 1.5 ounce jar. Perfect condiment for original recipe scones or lemon poppyseed scones.
$0.99
Duerr's English Strawberry Preserves
This 1.5 ounce jar of Duerr's English Strawberry Preserves is a perfect complement to any of our scone mixes.
$0.99
Duerr's is an English company that began when Mary Duerr began producing jams and maramalades in North Manchester in 1872.  The company has grown
significantly since then but attention to quality still remains.
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Indulgent Cookies for Tea Time
Pink Organza with White Polka Dots Cookie Gift Package
Pink Organza with White Polka Dots cookie gift package includes one dozen cookies of your choice. Perfect for feminine gifts, weddings and baby showers.
$18.00
Red Organza with White Polka Dots Cookie Gift Package
Red Organza with white polka dots cookie gift package includes one dozen cookies of your choice. Perfect for Christmas, Valentine's Day or just to show you care!
$18.00
Beautiful Teapots, Teacups and Saucers
Red Toile Teapot
Red toile porcelain teapot is 6.5"H X 3.75" opening and holds 20 ounces. This teapot is dishwasher safe and is FDA approved.
$21.99
Red Toile Tea Set
This charming red toile tea set with 2 matching cups and saucers provides for a classic relaxing afternoon tea.
$49.95
Red Toile Teacup and Saucer Set
Red toile porcelain teacup and saucer set holds 8 ounces and is dishwasher safe and FDA approved. Coordinates with our entire collection of red toile gift baskets and gifts.
$13.99
Blue Toile Porcelain Teapot
This blue toile porcelain teapot is 6.5"H X 3.75" opening and holds 20 ounces. It is FDA approved and is hand wash only. This teapot coordinates with all of our blue toile gift baskets and gifts.
$21.99
Blue Toile Teacup and Saucer Set
This classy blue toile porcelain teacup and saucer set holds 8 ounces. It has a sturdy construction with a delicate appearance. It is FDA approved and hand wash only.
$14.99
Blue Fleur de Lis Teapot
Charming 6.5" blue fleur de lis teapot.
$24.99
Black Toile Teapot
Black toile teapot is 6.5"H X 2.75" opening and holds 40 ounces. It is dishwasher safe and FDA approved. This black toile teapot coordinates with all of our black toile gift baskets and gifts.
$25.99
Black Toile Teacup and Saucer Set
This black toile teacup and saucer set is 3"H and holds 8 ounces. It is dishwasher safe and FDA approved.
$14.99
Blue Fan Teapot
Classic Blue Fan Teapot
$24.99
Blue Fan Mug
Blue Fan Mug coordinates with Blue Fan Teapot.
$8.50
Red Toile Mug
Coordinatees beautifully with our red toile gift basket.
$8.50
Romantic Rose Mug
This mug holds 12 ounces and is dishwasher safe and FDA approved. Romantic Rose mug coordinates with our other rose themed gift baskets and gifts.
$9.99
Green Toile Mug
Elegant yet durable green toile mug.
$8.50
Unique Coaster Sets
Coaster rugs are an elegant and unique way to help protect furniture surfaces with their plush surface and
natural rubber backing.  They are absorbent, color fast, washable with real fringed ends.
Jaipur Coaster Rug Set of 4
Inspired by the hand-knotted designs of Northern India, this contemporary Jaipur shows how design themes introduced to the sub-continent by 16th century Mughal lords from Persia have survived for centuries and remain intact today.
$19.95
Bergamo Coaster Rug Set of 4
This design is inspired by the rugs woven in Western Turkey, north of Izmir. This is the site of the ancient Greek kingdom of Pergamum, which flourished in the 2nd and 3rd centuries BC.
$19.95
Turkish Star Coaster Rug
This design is based on a carpet from the Safavid dynasty, circa 1600. It is licensed from the St. Louis Art Museum Carpet Collection.
$19.95
Tabriz Heriz Coaster Rug Set of 4
Heriz is a town in the province of Eastern Azerbaijan, which became famous hundreds of years ago as a center for oriental culture and for the geometric patterned carpet produced there. This design features a baroque style medallion along with repeats of rosettes and palmettes intended to appeal to European tastes.
$19.95
Bokhara Coaster Rug
This Turkoman Bokhara rug is among the most popular oriental rug designs in the world. It is characterized by stylized ivory blossoms woven in an overall pattern on a striking red field. The field is surrounded by several borders containing more stylized flowers. Experts believe the original weavers drew their inspiration from the flowerbeds of a formal garden.
$19.95
Royal Estate Teapot
Royal Estate Teapot is dishwasher safe and FDA approved. This porcelain teapot is 6"H X 9.25" X 5.5"D. The opening for the teapot is 2.5" and it holds 28 ounces.
$26.99
Royal Estate Teacup and Saucer Set
Royal Estate teacup and saucer set is 3.5"H X 6"D and is dishwasher safe and FDA approved.
$16.99
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Taylors of Harrogate English Breakfast Tea
Taylors of Harrogate English Breakfast Tea-50 bags
$8.99
Taylors of Harrogate Afternoon Darjeeling Tea
Taylors of Harrogate Afternoon Darjeeling Tea-50 Bags
$10.29
Distinctive Tea Gifts
There is nothing as relaxing as a soothing cup of tea. We offer the finest English teas, scones and petits fours available along with beautiful tea sets with which to enjoy
them.  See the article below for an interesting look at the history of High Tea.

Take time out for yourself and indulge in our delicious cookies, scones petits fours and fine teas!  Bask in the luxury of relaxation!   Visit our greeting card section for elegant
full size greeting cards.  
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A Dish of Tea: Recipes, History and Etiquette from Conner Prairie Museum
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