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

Today at Steam vintage tea rooms we have begun our promotion for princess tea parties. Details will be available soon but if you can't wait, drop us a line on 01202551384. Easter weekends offer was extremely popular, Easter tea was buy one get one free and consisted of scones, hot cross buns, our homemade cake and plenty of tea or coffee. Afternoon teas are being sold by living social as of the 2nd April, please support a local family run business, save some money and indulge

It's been a while since my last post as Steam has been getting busier and taking up more of our time, thankfully!! A big thanks to everybody who has visited us in our first month. Friends and family have been and gone, along with our new customers who have been fascinated by our quirky vintage tea rooms. The phone line has been installed and 01202551384 is live. Free Wi-Fi is almost ready as we have the router and await Plusnet to hit enter... Our card machine has also been s