That's because you've probably been picturing afternoon tea all along, and high tea is something different entirely. Although high tea and afternoon tea are both time-honored British traditions ...

Afternoon tea was meant to sustain the nobility as they languished in wait for their elegantly late evening meals, while hearty high tea fed the working classes when they got home from their ...

English afternoon tea set including hot tea, pastry, scones, sandwiches and mini pies on marble top table. High tea, a quintessentially British institution, finds its truest expression in London.