AA Britain's Best Afternoon Tea

A guide for tea enthusiasts, featuring both shops and hotels offering afternoon tea. The shops featured are all members of the Tea Guild. The hotels featured all belong to the AA Hotel Scheme. The guide is arranged in county order and covers England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and the Channel Islands.

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This is the perfect guide for Tea enthusiasts, featuring both shops and hotels offering afternoon tea. The shops featured are all members of the Tea Guild; part of the Tea Council. The Guild inspects is members and has awards for 'Top Tea Place' etc. which will feature in the guide; hotels featured all belong to the AA Hotel Scheme. The guide is arranged in county order and covers England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and the Channel Islands. Reliable - all the establishments have been inspected; variety - a wide range of establishments, from the best tea shops in the country to grand hotels; easy-to-use - arranged in county order, each entry has either a half page (with one photograph) entry, or a whole page (with two photographs). Each entry features a description and information about facilities letting you know whether you can eat outside, whether there's a pianist, if they serve their own blend of tea, whether dogs and children are welcome, smoking or non-smoking and air conditioning. Details of available teas, set teas and other food, whether own brand jam is sold and even if the establishment has a recipe book.
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