Afternoon Tea at The Milestone

Overview

Our traditional Afternoon Tea is served between 1pm and 5pm in our elegant Park Lounge, Conservatory, or Cheneston’s Restaurant.

Afternoon Tea as a specific meal did not evolve until the beginning of the 19th century, although the drink had been popular since its introduction in 1559.
Anna, Duchess of Bedford, invented the meal to fill the time between early luncheon and late dinner which she felt proved to be the low point of many a country house party.

As time progressed, it became a meal surrounded by etiquette and very strange customs; silver teapots, delicate china, cake stands, starched napkins, whether to pour the milk before or after the tea?

The heyday of Afternoon Tea was in the days of the British Empire when the ‘Sahib’ and his family, having taken early luncheon, would have to wait until the cool of the late evening to take dinner. It was at this point that the fashionable hotels took whole-heartedly to the serving of traditional afternoon and Cornish cream teas.

A RITUAL FIT FOR ROYALTY

Highly commended at the 2019 Afternoon Tea awards, Afternoon Tea at The Milestone is upheld in its finest form. Served in either Cheneston's Restaurant, the Park Lounge or the Conservatory, choose from a vast array of teas at your leisure, and in fine surroundings and experience the superior service for which The Milestone is recognised.

Traditional Afternoon Tea (sample menu)

SANDWICHES
Roasted Hereford beef, watercress & horseradish pesto
Onion bread
Free range egg mayonnaise & watercress
Spinach bread
Cucumber & cream cheese
White bread
Chicken mayonnaise & toasted almond
White bread
Roasted & smoked salmon, crème fraiche, lemon, dill
Wholemeal bread
Goat’s cheese, beetroot & basil chutney
Beetroot bread

SCONES
Homemade plain & raisin scones
Homemade strawberry preserve & Cornish clotted cream

PASTRIES
Mrs T’s baked vanilla cheesecake, black cherry
Coffee & cardamom macaron
Milk chocolate & caramel bavarois
Peach & basil choux bun
Rosemary & plum olive oil cake


Children's Afternoon Tea Menu (under 12s - sample menu)

SANDWICHES
Peanut butter & raspberry jam
White bread
Chicken mayonnaise & toasted almond
White bread
Free range egg mayonnaise & watercress
Spinach bread

SCONES
Homemade plain & raisin scones
Homemade strawberry preserve & Cornish clotted cream

PASTRIES
Vanilla Cheesecake with Cherry
White Chocolate & Raspberry Ripple Blondie
Salted Caramel Chocolate Tart



Available daily at 1pm, 3pm or 5pm (subject to availability. Excludes 25-26 December)