Tea is one of the world's oldest beverages-beginning in China around 2700 B.C.E., according to legend-but England's afternoon tea tradition only dates back to about 1840. Anna Maria Russell ...

Tell us about your first impressions when you arrived. Afternoon tea here takes place in the Thames Foyer, which features an enormous domed glass ceiling that floods the room with soft light ...

Each was handpicked by the hotel’s tea connoisseur ... raised in the far southwest of England. There’s always the option to add a glass of Laurent-Perrier champagne, of course.