English afternoon tea etiquette
Dinner towel
After sitting down, fold the napkin in half into a square shape and place it on your legs with the opening facing outward; Women can turn the napkin opening inward to rub lipstick on the inside without being seen.
Pour tea
Pour the tea first, then add milk and sugar as needed.
Tea cups and cup holders
Use tea in front of the normal height of the table, can not use the cup holder directly pick up the cup to drink; If the tea set is placed on a lower place such as the coffee table, or if you want to lean back on the sofa to drink tea, you need to pick up the cup holder with the cup with your left hand, and then use your right hand to end the cup when drinking.
finger
Hold the handle with three fingers of the right thumb, index finger, and middle finger, with the ring finger and little finger not reaching out, or hold the handle with five fingers, without any fingers to hook the handle.
stir
With the right hand to take the spoon perpendicular to their own direction in the cup before and after the straight line (six to twelve) cycle, do not draw circles and do not touch the cup, do not make a sound, after mixing do not touch the cup, gently put back the cup holder.
elbow
Elbows should not be propped on the table at all times, and can be placed on the lap when not carrying the cup.
Cream and jam
Before eating the scone, use a knife to take some cream and place it on the side of your plate. Use the small spoon that comes with the jam bowl to take some jam and place it next to the cream on your plate.
Scone
Break the Scone in half crosswise with your hands, not with a knife. Then use a knife to spread the cream and jam from your plate on the scone, in whatever order you want, but instead of eating the two halves of the scone together like a burger, eat the two halves separately.
sequential
If there are three layers of dessert plates, usually the lower layer is a sandwich, the middle layer is a scone, and the upper layer is a dessert, and it is eaten from the bottom up, that is, from salty to sweet.
Leave the table midway
Put your napkin on the chair, not on the table. Put the napkin on the table when the meal is over.