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Shmanners

Afternoon Tea and High Tea

Shmanners

Travis McElroy

Etiquette, Society & Culture, Schmanners, Travis Mcelroy, History Of Etiquette, Teresa Mcelroy, Comedy, Mcelroy

4.72.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2016

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Hello there! Have a seat and pull up a saucer! This week is all about TEA! Tea comes in many forms, but it is also served in so many ways! We'll discuss the differences between Afternoon and High tea, and even the different versions of those different versions! You'll learn a little bit about the origins of "tea time". We discuss what to wear, eat and what type of tea to drink! All this, plus even more answers to your questions! Enjoy and would you be so kind as to share?

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0:00.0

Hey Theresa, how do you take your podcasts?

0:02.1

In my ear with Cream and Sugar, please.

0:04.1

That's weird.

0:04.8

It's Schmanners! Oh, Hello internet. I'm your husband host, Travis McElroy. And I'm your wife host, Theresa McElroy. And you're

0:34.1

listening to Schmanners. It's extraordinary etiquette for ordinary occasions.

0:38.8

We're getting so good at that. How are you like? I am well rested, thank you. Yes, we just had a

0:45.0

wonderful baby moon getaway where we got to really put our Schmanners to the test and

0:51.6

stay at a very nice resort.

0:53.2

Had a great time and you know getting massages

0:58.0

chilling out. I had some cocktails. It was great. It was terrific. I had a lot of very delicious sparkling water. This is true. You watched me have

1:08.0

cocktails. I did. Yeah and so we're sorry the episode's a little bit late, but you know, you're traveling and you can only do so much, you know, we were too busy being deeply in love, so.

1:20.0

We appreciate your patience, though.

1:22.0

That is correct. Patience is a virtue.

1:24.3

And you know, we were there, we were hanging around the high flute and rich folks, I'd say,

1:30.2

and we got to thinking about the fancy teas. And we've done a

1:35.0

done a tea timer two in our lives and you know we went and did our honeymoon in

1:39.7

Scotland and we did have tea in Scotland.

1:42.8

A lot of tea, to the point where we went on a horseback riding expedition

1:46.7

that ended with them, like us sitting in a stone stable surrounded by horses drinking out of like a silver tea set.

1:55.4

It was lovely.

1:56.2

It was great, y'all.

1:59.5

And so we wanted to talk about tea. Here's the thing you guys. I recently learned this from

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