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To celebrate National Afternoon Tea Week (10 - 16 August) South Bank London has created a fun infographic featuring weird and wonderful facts about the very British past time in South Bank and beyond.
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AFTERNOON TEA FUN FACTS
South Bank London
WOAH guess how many cuppas us Brits drink in a year...
x 1 M i L L I O N ? x 1 0 M i L L I O N ? x 1 0 b i l l i o n ?
62 BILLION CUPS CHAPS
GO ON
The most
expensive tea
bag in the world (of sorts) was created by Boodles
jewellers to celebrate PG Tips 75th
birthday! The diamond encrusted
sack was worth £7000 and auc-
tioned off for charity.
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F
DID YOU KNOW...
It was probably a good thing tea arrived in the UK, BECAUSE. . .
QUNTIL THE 170 0 ’s GIN WAS THE NATION’S
FAVOURITE TIPPLE!
On board City Cruises, customers munch through a whopping 33,600 scones per year.
For those that don’t have a
sweet tooth, Park Plaza
Westminster Bridge serve up a sushi afternoon tea
BLIMEY!
the world ’s bigges t scone was
119.45 kg and measured 117 cm in diameter . The
great cake was baked by Shaun McCarthy in New
Zealand and took a mighty 7 hours to cook. . .
in the Library Lounge at
London Marriott Hotel Coun-
ty Hall, you’ll be surrounded
by 4994 antique books whilst
devouring your afternoon tea.
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O X O T o w e r R e s t a u r a n t, B a r a n d B r a s s e r i e s e r v e 1 0 , 4 0 0 c o c k t a i l f u e l l e d ‘ N o t A f t e r n o o n T e a s ’ e v e r y y e a r
