Cream tea

Cream tea
A cream tea from Devon, comprising tea taken with scones, clotted cream and jam.
Alternative namesDevonshire tea, Cornish cream tea
Place of originEngland
Region or stateSouth West England
Serving temperatureTea: hot
Scones: warm
Jam & cream: ambient
Main ingredientsTea, scones, clotted cream, strawberry jam
VariationsMultiple
Food energy
(per serving)
High kcal
An example of scones prepared according to the "Cornwall method".
A cream tea in Boscastle, Cornwall, prepared according to the "Devon method".

A cream tea (also known as a Devon cream tea, Devonshire tea,[1] or Cornish cream tea)[2] is an afternoon tea consisting of tea, scones, clotted cream (or, less authentically, whipped cream), jam, and sometimes butter. Cream teas are sold in tea rooms throughout England, especially Devon and Cornwall, and in some other parts of the Commonwealth.

  1. ^ "Devonshire tea", OxfordDictionaries.com. Retrieved 19 November 2017
  2. ^ Salmans, Sandra (5 September 1982). "BRITAIN'S BEST AT TEATIME". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 January 2007.