British Cuisine - Devonshire Cream Tea

Cream Tea, Devonshire Cream Tea and Cornish Cream Tea are all names for a quintessential English afternoon snack that can be enjoyed in the aforementioned counties or all around England in special tea rooms. (If you are ever in Yorkshire, Bettys Tea Rooms are quite famous in the region and although they are a bit on the expensive side they are lovely for a special treat.) You can even get Cream Teas in the commonwealth countries and the United States. Ideally, this snack should be eaten around 4 o' clock.

A Cream Tea consists of a pot of fresh tea which is taken with a sweet scone served with strawberry jam and clotted cream. (A scone is a bread-type cake of Scottish origin made of flour, sugar, milk and butter. Other ingredients are then added to the mixture for different variations. ) In a Cream Tea the scones are most likely to be sultana scones (con pasas).

For a true Devonshire Cream Tea, you should of course go to Devon itself. Devon is a beautiful county in the South West of England next to Cornwall. It has some lovely beaches and magnificent landscapes. Check out the tourist site for more information!