1840 was a good year for Steam vintage tea rooms! A hungry young lady named Anna desired something extra to eat in the mid afternoon before dinner and requested some bread and butter, cakes and hot tea to be brought to her around 4pm. The English afternoon tea was born! Around 100 years earlier John Montague had invented the sandwich either at the gambling table or in his office. He used to ask servants to bring slices of meat in between two slices of bread. I’m not sure if h

Thanks to everyone who turned up on Mothers Day, it was a huge success, our busiest day so far. Afternoon tea stands were aplenty with luxurious tea flowing and free chocolates for mum! Mothers afternoon tea consisted of finger sandwiches(tuna, ham & mustard, egg mayo, salmon and soft cheese and of course cucumber!) Slices of homemade cakes, (apple, chocolate, victoria, coffee, choc muffins and chocolate brownies) My goodness, no wonder some had to take cake home with them! I

The Easter holidays are over and most have returned to work or even worse school! Our scrummy homemade cakes and scones have been devoured with plentiful amounts of tea and coffee to wash them down with. Dozens of our delicious afternoon teas along with yummy chocolate's to finish have also been extremely popular over the holidays. More content has been added to our website in regard to our drinks menu with all our stocked tea, things to do over the summer for the kids and an