National Afternoon Tea Week: Why is afternoon tea a british tradition? We try Berwick Lodge’s iconic bristol tea

When thinking of a tradional English afternoon one thing that springs to mind is afternoon tea. This week it is national afternoon tea week, so let’s take a look at the tradition. Afternoon tea, that most quintessential of English customs is, perhaps surprisingly, a relatively new tradition. Tea was popularised in England in thr 1600s by King Charles the second and his wife his wife the Portuguese Infanta Catherine de Braganza.