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Afternoon tea?is a light meal typically eaten between 4?pm and 6?pm. The custom originated amongst the wealthy classes in?England?in the 1840s. The origins Anna Russell, Duchess of Bedford, is widely credited as transforming afternoon tea in England into a late-afternoon meal whilst visiting?Belvoir Castle, though?Charles II of Englands wife? Catherine of Braganza? is often credited with introducing tea to the court upon her arrival in 1662. By the end of the nineteenth century, afternoon tea developed to its current form and was observed by both the upper and middle classes: the table was laid?... there were the best things with a fat pink rose on the side of each cup; hearts of lettuce, thin bread and butter, and the crisp little cakes that had been baked in readiness that morning. The basic etiquette (礼节) The utensil (餐具) The kinds of afternoon tea Isabella Beeton, whose books on?home economics?were widely read in the 19th century, describes afternoon teas of various kinds: the old-fashioned tea, the at-home tea, the family tea and the high tea and provides menus. Nowadays, a formal afternoon tea is often taken as a treat in a?hotel?or?tea shop. For laborers, the tea was sometimes accompanied by a small sandwich or baked snack (such as scones) that had been packed for them in the morning. For the more privileged, afternoon tea was accompanied by luxury ingredient?sandwiches?(customarily?including cucumber,?egg?and?cress, fish paste,?ham（火腿） and?smoked salmon),?scones?(withclotted cream?and jam（果酱）, see?cream tea) and usually cakes and pastries (such as?Battenberg cake,?fruit cake?orVictoria sponge). The tea cakes * A garden where green grass grows everywhere and the birds are singing, people sit around a table and enjoy the satisfactory afternoon sunshine. In the Victoria Times , the male guests must wear tailcoat. And,the female guests should dress in a robe. Teapot, sugar refining, teaspoon,teacup,fork and so on. It was held in the tim