Traditional afternoon tea consists of a selection of dainty sandwiches, scones served with clotted cream. Cakes and pastries are also served. Tea grown in India or Ceylon is poured from silver tea pots into delicate bone china cups. Nowadays however, in the average suburban home, afternoon tea is likely to be just a biscuit or small cake and a mug of tea, usually produced using a teabag.
传统的下午茶包括精选三明治、英式奶油松饼，还有蛋糕和其他甜点。选用印度或锡兰出产的茶叶放入银质茶壶内泡茶，再将茶水倒在精致的骨瓷茶杯中饮用。但是如今，普通的郊区人家喝下午茶的时候，可能只有一块饼干或一小块蛋糕，外加一大杯茶，而且通常喝的都是袋泡茶。
To experience the best of the afternoon tea tradition, indulge yourself with a trip to one of London's finest hotels or visit a quaint tearoom in the west country. The Devonshire Cream Tea is famous world wide and consists of scones, strawberry jam and the vital ingredient, Devon clotted cream, as well as cups of hot sweet tea served in china teacups. Many of the other counties in England's west country also claim the best cream teas: Dorset, Cornwall and Somerset. There are a wide selection of hotels in London offering the quintessential afternoon tea experience. Hotels offering traditional afternoon tea include Claridges, the Dorchester, the Ritz and the Savoy, as well as Harrods and Fortnum and Mason.
如果想体验最棒的下午茶传统，就放纵自己1次，去伦敦最豪华的酒店享受一番吧，或者去西南部各郡的古雅茶室也能体验到。德文郡的奶油茶点是世界闻名的，茶点包括司康饼、草莓果酱，还有至关重要的配料，德文郡的奶油块，还有几杯陶瓷茶杯盛装的热甜茶。英格兰西南部的其他许多郡县也称他们有着最好的奶油茶点：比如多塞特郡、康沃尔郡，还有萨默塞特郡。伦敦有很多可供选择的酒店能为你提供精致的下午茶体验。提供传统式下午茶的酒店有克拉瑞芝、多切斯特、丽兹酒店、沙威酒店，还有哈罗兹酒店、福特纳姆和梅森酒店。
