Afternoon tea is a rip off largely aimed at ripping women off

[Coddy]

Somebody suggested this to me and I’ve never thought of it that way.

You don’t get very men going for afternoon tea do you? The Mark up on afternoon tea is absolutely enormous aside from staffing and cost of the building and stuff- it must be money for old rope for the businesses concerned. Specially the ones that charge over 50 quid ahead.

Are we being conned by the whole afternoon tea debacle?

(yes cake is nice I get that)

I've had 2 Afternoon Teas
One at Beas of Bloomingdales ( much raved about reviews but really not good and IIRC £19/head about 8 years ago)

One on a cruise so didn't cost us extra , choice of small sandwhiches , scone , cake , but everything was piled on your plate as they are serving many tables so no tiered cake stand. They do several rounds so you can have what you want .

I was reading about JavaWhiskers -they do Afternoon Tea. But my DD says I make the Best Chocolate Brownies and if I wanted to have cats' hair in my tea just stay at home with our own cats

This place and those cakes look bloody amazing. Almost worth making a trip up north to go there! Just wow!

Wrong poster, sorry!

That's amazing.

afternoon tea is like most of the eating out - overpriced

If there's one thing I have learned, it's that whatever any one person enjoys, there's going to be at least one other person who thinks it's stupid and/or a rip-off

I could eat piles of butties and other savoury foods but would only eat one tiny cake and there is always piles of cakes.

Well that's just wrong. Apart from the teapot, soup would never be served at afternoon tea. High tea, maybe.

And while I'm on the subject, it annoys me that some people (Americans usually) call it High Tea when they mean Afternoon Tea.

They are not the same thing at all. Different food, different setting, different time of day.

So if I could do afternoon teas without a building or staff I could make a killing? Brilliant business idea, I'm in a seaside town with lots of visitors. I suppose I'd have to buy tables/chairs/cups/plates etc so that's a bit of a downer.

What a load of parc, hope you can manage anagrams as well as patronising nonsense!

Afternoon tea has improved choice wise I think. You can have traditional, savoury, children's, boozy. Children love party type food, so it's a win, win for us

I used to live in London and have paid - over £100 for afternoon tea 🤣

And think they are hogging the moral high ground while doing it. I could make a very long list of things that people on this site do that I think are money- wasting nonsense but I'm mature enough to live and let live.

Yeah, how right you are. It's like everything else in life - shite weather, endless traffic congestion, increased cost of living, covid, and high levels of crime. All of it (and more) is solely to piss women off.

Fucking hell. 🤦🏻‍♂️🙄

Overseas visitors love it. We've chatted to Americans, Canadians, Chinese, Belgians from memory.

Agree - I always think these 'afternoon tea experiences' are aimed at the tourist market. If you go around London the 'Upmarket' version say Brown's is £50. Balmoral will set you back £150 including tour. Sorry but as a native - I think this are OTT.

Come on . Of course he can have a treat now and again . I've been diabetic [type 2] for almost 25 years , have a treat sometimes and my blood checkups are always fine .

@Purplebunnie, @BusyMummy001 and @justasking111 I forgot to say that when you go to the loo you have to go through the wardrobe into Narnia.

The place is bonkers and the food is just brilliant - much better than Betty's.

Was it worth it for the setting as well as the food?

I did not read the OP as holier than thou, smashing the patriarchy or a ColdPlay hater. I read OP as facetious.

Because it's Cod.
Maybe I misread.

I love afternoon tea. Although it's only recently come to my attention that some places don't do bottomless tea and unlimited sandwiches which is just plain rude.

And I don't giggle... I'm too busy eating.

He's always having "treats". Sweets, ice cream, cake you name it he will eat it. Something sweet every day.

So the most expensive afternoon tea I have been to was £50 a head.... but had live Carol singing, a couple of ballet dancers piroting around the room- and the food was amazing (sandwiches, hot savouries, hot scones- (although hubby says my scones are better) and cake- and they refilled plates). The croque en buche was to die for!! Some however are definitely a waste of money!! My sis and I both bake and make afternoon tea regularly- but enjoy not having to do it!!

@butterpuffed it's not just one of two cakes in an afternoon tea is it?

Everything is a rip off these days or at least two or three times more expensive than it was a few years ago. You used to be able to do an afternoon tea for two for £20 before the pandemic (no bubbles which was fine for me).

I used to enjoy a little afternoon looking round the shop with a friend then going for tea but everything from shopping, parking, public transport and the afternoon tea is too expensive now. We did just do an afternoon tea at someone's house recently and just bought things from M&S and it was lovely.