Our On Site Tea Room in East Sussex .

Our On Site Tea Room in East Sussex .

We have now taken over the running of the Tea Rooms to ensure we now cater for all the family. We now have a Childrens Menu, Daily Specials, Sandwiches, Scones, Selection of items with Chips, hot and cold drinks, Cream Teas and much much more.We also have a kids play area to entertain your kids and an open area to walk your dogs. Overlooking our lake at Holmes Hill East Sussex. Opening hours:
Mon, Wed, Thur, Fri, Sat: 10.00am - 4.00pm
Sun: 10.00am - 4.00pm
Closed all day Tuesday
Tel (01825) 872 883 Tearoom Delights Somehow there's nothing quite like it; the chink of delicate china, the aroma of freshly brewed Earl Grey and the exquisite taste of a warm scone buried under a mountain of fresh cream and jam. Naturally it's a fine summer's day; a background hum of a buzzing bee, a passing scent of flowers and a gentle cooling breeze to take the edge off the scorching sun. We all know what a tearoom means to us, but whatever senses are evoked for you, there's something unmistakable about the great British Tearoom.A Brief History of TeaThe origins of tea date back nearly 5,000 years to its discovery as a drink by the Chinese. It has been drunk extensively in China and Japan for millennia but didn't reach Europe until the seventeenth century, even then it was so expensive that only the upper classes could afford it. Typical of these tea-drinking classes was the 7th Duchess of Bedford who, in the early nineteenth century, instigated the great British tradition of 'Afternoon Tea' (apparently to 'fill the gap' before the evening meal).By this time however, tea was slowly increasingly in popularity amongst the masses and was even promoted as an alternative to alcohol by the temperance movement. Cafes and coffee houses were advocated as an alternative to that other great British establishment – the pub. Tea drinking was increasing, but mass popularity didn't really take off until the late nineteenth century with the advent of the first true modern tearoom.The Modern TearoomWe have Miss Catherine Cranston to thank for inventing the tearoom as we know and love it today. In 1878 she opened the first of her tearooms on Argyll Street in Glasgow, Scotland. More tearooms were added over the following years and all had that defining high quality which has set the standards for British tearooms ever since.Tearooms TodayPopularity of tearooms increased during the following decades reaching a peak around the 1950's before cafes once again began to reassert their dominance. However tearooms not only survive but will always have a firm place in the culture and tradition of Britain – because there's simply nothing quite like them!So next time you're passing a tearoom...A tea house or tearoom is a venue centered on drinking tea. Its function varies widely depending on the culture, and some cultures have a variety of distinct tea-centered houses or parlors that all qualify under the English language term "tea house" or "tea room." In Central Asia this term could refer to Shayhana in Kazakh and Chayhona in Uzbek which literally means a tea room.café (pronounced /kæf/ or /kæfe/), also spelled cafe, is an informal restaurant offering a range of hot meals and made-to-order sandwiches.[1][2] This differs from a coffee house, which is a limited-menu establishment which focuses on coffee sales. Depending on the jurisdiction, a café may be licensed to serve alcohol. The term can also refer to bistro or a restaurant facility within a hotel. In many countries, however, the term "café" denotes roughly what "coffee house" denotes in English speaking countries (see below). In American cafés the serving of coffee is incidental to the serving of food, and they may or may not serve alcoholic beverages. In small towns, the local café is often the central gathering spot for conversation and meetings. Such cafés are especially popular for breakfasts.

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