Rumor has it that the first person to start drinking afternoon tea was Anna Bedford VII, the Duchess of Victorian England, in the early 1800s. She was often bored at around 4 p.m. and asked her maid to prepare a few slices of toast and cream as well as tea for her stomach. She also often invited friends and relatives*** to have afternoon tea, but also to gossip and enjoy a relaxing afternoon together. This habit gradually formed an elegant and comfortable afternoon tea culture, which is also known as the origin of the Victorian afternoon tea. Afternoon tea was initially only at home with high-grade, elegant tea sets to enjoy tea, and then gradually evolved into a social tea party to entertain friends.

Afternoon tea is one of the ways of dining, dining time between lunch and dinner, can be traced back to the 17th century in England, stretched, and gradually become a modern leisure habits. As afternoon tea is not a daily meal, so not every day will have afternoon tea. Modern afternoon tea developed from the British Victorian English afternoon tea, while eating Western-style pastries while drinking tea.