Fortnum and Mason Afternoon Tea

December 21, 2015

Fortnum and Mason Afternoon Tea

Hi everyone! I thought you'd like to see a couple of piccies from our Christmas trip to London! We don't live far away but don't often take time for extreme tourism like we do when we go on holiday. We thought Festive Afternoon Tea at Fortnum and Mason would be just to the ticket to get into the Christmas spirit, but couldn't miss a few other sights too...

This it our space-age room at The Hub by The Premier Inn at Covent Garden. It was just what we needed for a night away and you couldn't ask for a more central location!

Christmas at Covent Garden

Our next stop was at Hyde Park for Winter Wonderland, also known as Christmas on steroids!

Off to get the tube at Knightsbridge... Harvey Nichols

Later in the evening, we visited Somerset House to watch people having a blast Ice Skating! I'm pretty sure it's still on for a while longer but book ahead to get a place, or you'll end up watching like us!

Fortnum and Mason have a tea lodge at Somerset House, which explains the themed Christmas tree!

There were only midday slots left for Fortnum and Mason Afternoon Tea so off we went after a very small breakfast!

It was a lovely atmosphere at the Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon with Christmas music being played on the piano; a relaxing escape from all the hustle and bustle.

We tried a ceylon afternoon tea blend and a lapsang souchong!

This was Festive Afternoon Tea, with lovely finger sandwiches, scones with blueberry jam and lemon curd and a choice of sweets, some of which had festive gold leaf decorations. I had the gluten-free option and it was all delicious and we were especially impressed by their own brand of jam with whole blueberries.

There was even a cake trolley for those who could fit even more in (not me)!!

I do love a goodie bag and was beyond excited to be given this 2015 bauble with Christmas tea inside! We then had a nice wander around the department store...