Kokova Magazine

This year's Afternoon Tea Week (10th - 16th August) is set to be the biggest celebration of teatime treats in the world, with record numbers of your favourite hotels, tea rooms, restaurants and even a Routemaster bus planning exclusive events and discounts up and down the country.

Planned events include:

• A Historical Afternoon Tea at Dennis Severs House with Kerstin Rodgers, aka Ms Marmite Lover. Kerstin will be creating an 18thcentury-inspired afternoon tea to fit with the luxurious, breath-taking surroundings of London's most fascinating time capsule
• The Bakewell Baking Festival will take place 14th - 16th August at Bakewell Showground. The festival features a whole host of your favourite baking stars including Edd Kimber and Fabulous Baker Brother Tom Herbert
• The After Dark Afternoon Tea at The May Fair will be a stylish and innovative affair; with the lights down low, the May Fair will delight and surprise with an afternoon tea like no other in The Cigar Room
• Exclusively for Afternoon Tea Week, L'Atelier des Chefs will be offering a 20% discount on their Champagne Afternoon Tea classes, with places costing £57, usually £72
• Have your senses seduced by the Floris Sense of Summer Afternoon Tea at The Intercontinental Park Lane. Together with the timeless fragrance brand, they have created a tea inspired by scent on what was once the site of a royal residence
• The UK's most renowned artisan chocolatier paul.a.young fine chocolates will be offering the Afternoon Tea Week Collection, a specially curated selection of afternoon tea favourites reimagined into sublime truffles – including Scone, Jam and Clotted Cream, Treacle Tart and Pimms
• Afternoon tea at The Ritz London, who will be launching a new Chocolate and Salted Caramel Fudge cake during the week. Composed of a milk chocolate mousse, cocoa nib crème brûlée, dacquois, sponge, salted caramel and hazelnuts, it’s the perfect accompaniment to the exquisite surroundings of the famed illustrious The Palm Court
• Indulge yourself with a Champagne Tasting at the Radisson Blu Edwardian The Berkshire, a four-star deluxe boutique hotel located in the very heart of London

With even more to be announced, find out what’s happening in your area and plan your week on www.afternoonteaweek.com

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Can't wait till August?... Then pop along to St Ermin's Hotel throughout July to relax and enjoy a Summer Afternoon Tea.

After a hard day's shopping or sightseeing, what better way to spoil yourself or a friend than with a St. Ermin's' delicious and stylish afternoon tea. The St. Ermin's Tea Lounge, situated off the ornate lobby mezzanine, offers guests the perfect environment to relax and indulge in the delights of afternoon tea. Whether you are celebrating a birthday, an anniversary or simply treating yourself, Afternoon Tea at St. Ermin's promises to delight.

JULY OFFER - Summer Tea With Unlimited Champagne - £35 per person. Available July, between 12 noon and 6pm daily

Classic Summer Afternoon Tea - £29 per person. Available daily between 12 noon and 6pm

Gluten Free Afternoon Tea - £29 per person, is served daily between 12 noon and 6pm

St. Ermin's also offer a special Busy Bees Afternoon Tea for children, so your little ones can enjoy themselves whilst you indulge. Available daily throughout August, thereafter weekends only.

More details can be found at https://www.sterminshotel.co.uk/eating-drinking/afternoon-tea/