English Afternoon tea

So following my three time visit to Tea Cozy, i have fallen in love with the scones there..

Well, i have never had scones before in my life, but that did not stop me from thinking that the scones there really delicious and would be one of the few better ones..

With an obession to make scones and the power of google, i start to browse through pages after pages for scones and english afternoon tea...

From Joy of Baking, i found out that english afternoon tea is something that people have in the late afternoon from 3pm to 5pm. Not to be mistaken as high tea, afternoon tea are usually served in the late afternoon in between light lunch and late lunch with tea and light refreshment while high tea are more like early lunch with more heavy food that includes fishes and meats.

There is no standard menu nor food for afternoon tea even though it would usually consist of scones, sandwiches and most importantly, sandwiches. From the reference that i have read, i guess the type of refreshments prepared really depends on personal preferences and seasonal (if it is applicable).

Even though so, my goal for now is to be able to prepare afternoon tea for two person... I guess it is really not easy for me because other than scones and sandwiches, there should also be cake, pastries and etc for it to be considered as afternoon tea. Out of the many things that i have mentioned, i guess i am only capable of making presentable sandwiches, so i will really have to work harder to learn how to make the others..