afternoon tea week

This week is Afternoon Tea Week in the UK, celebrating this great British tradition. I love making the treats for afternoon tea, especially cucumber sandwiches (no crusts) and lemon drizzle cake.

These photos are from last year, but they show off my ceramic cakestands nicely - both the red and white Hong Kong toile version, and the award-winning green and gold Hong Kong Willow version below.

There are a variety of cakestands with my illustrations available from faux in HK if you’re looking to get one for yourself or a gift.

Cotswolds afternoon tea

We just spent the day in the Cotswolds, and had the loveliest afternoon tea ever at Juri's Tearoom in the country town of Winchcombe. The crockery was a pretty blue... ...and the view from the conservatory was delightful. But it's the cakes you need to try; honestly, the cheese cake was the best I've ever had, anywhere. So light and fluffy. The sandwiches were beautiful too. Everything is perfect, as it's traditional English, but with a slight hint of the Japanese, as Juri is from there.I absolutely recommend this place if you're anywhere near...