cream tea

American  

noun

1. a typically British afternoon meal of tea served with scones, jams, and clotted cream.

2. high tea.

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cream tea British  

noun

1. afternoon tea including bread or scones served with clotted cream and jam

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cream tea

Another concerns whether it is acceptable to serve fruit scones at a cream tea, or only plain ones.

From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2023

These are my version of a cream tea.

From The Guardian ● May 31, 2019

Having lived in the country since the age of 14, Eline is arguably as British as a cream tea.

From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2018

Of course this can be interchanged with any number of favourite English dishes: a Devon cream tea, fish and chips, hog roast or a steak and kidney pie, to name a few more.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2014

But, at the same time, the ham and eggs and cream tea was to be a part of their day, and they were not going to be deprived of it.

From Kitty Trenire by Mabel Quiller-Couch