{"id":1067,"date":"2017-08-18T14:44:28","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T13:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ladieswholunchuk.com\/?p=1067"},"modified":"2017-08-18T14:49:20","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T13:49:20","slug":"national-afternoon-tea-week-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ladieswholunchuk.com\/?p=1067","title":{"rendered":"National Afternoon Tea Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ladies Who Lunch kicked off Afternoon Tea Week early with a delicious\u00a0tea during our Ascot Race Day&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1071\" src=\"https:\/\/ladieswholunchuk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_3572-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3572\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>So, in\u00a0celebration, here are a few interesting facts about Afternoon Tea:<br \/>\n1. Anna, 7th Duchess of Bedford, is credited with introducing afternoon tea around 1840 as a way to counter \u201cthat sinking feeling\u201d she had at 4pm.<br \/>\n2. She began with tea and cake alone in her room, but soon began to invite friends to join her \u201cfor tea and a walk in the fields\u201d.<br \/>\n3. Tea bags were first made of silk and contained samples of Thomas Sullivan\u2019s tea in 1908.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1073\" src=\"https:\/\/ladieswholunchuk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Afternoon-Tea2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Afternoon Tea2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>4. Earl Grey tea was named after Charles Grey who became UK Prime Minister in 1830.<br \/>\n5. The world\u2019s biggest tea-drinkers are the Turks, a long way ahead of Ireland and the UK<br \/>\n6. The biggest tea producers are China, India, Kenya and Sri Lanka, in that order.<br \/>\n7. Every day in the UK, 165 million cups of tea are drunk.<br \/>\n8. Around 98 per cent of people like their tea with milk; 30 per cent add sugar to it.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget &#8211; every day can be an afternoon tea day!<\/p>\n<p>Leave us your comments on your best (or worst) afternoon tea experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ladies Who Lunch kicked off Afternoon Tea Week early with a delicious\u00a0tea during our Ascot Race Day&#8230; So, in\u00a0celebration, here are a few interesting facts about Afternoon Tea: 1. 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