The plates are smaller than the dessert ones and the cutlery is that, the snack ones. Few things are as downer as dividing a lemon cupcake with the knife steak.
And now comes the mess, which increases depending on what we are going to drink, but this time we will focus exclusively on tea.
The ceremony of this drink is in all the countries that practice it, from China to the Tuaregs, an act of welcome and friendship that has its times. The English, so practical they, adopted the tea as if it were theirs and have precision instruments to prepare it, from the kettle —Where they heat the water at its right point— to strainers, meters or jars for everything.
Ideally, experts say, is to serve it in a clay, porcelain or silver teapot. To do this, you must first heat the kettle with hot water, throw it away and put a teaspoon per person dry, cover it for a minute, then add the hot water, but checking that it is not boiling, and let it rest. Geeks serve milk first (always cold) and then tea, which purists drink without sugar.
The drink is accompanied with toast, sandwiches, pasta, sponge cake or pastries. But beware! croissants they should never be dipped in tea like chocolate, and never serve with churros. Another aspect that should not be forgotten is that absolutely all the accompaniments that are on the table must be able to be taken with the hand, never with a knife and fork.
As well as the snack ritual, the tea ritual must not only be taken into account in the private sphere. Ordering a tea is, without a doubt, the proof of the nine in any public establishment worth its salt. There is nothing worse than a restaurant, hotel or cafeteria with pretensions where they do not know how to serve. Once I asked for a milk tea in a well-known cafeteria in Madrid and they brought me the kettle with hot milk and a bag inside. No comment!
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