It is holiday time and we have been to the home of cream teas, the west country.
The first cream tea we had was on the way down to Cornwall, at another National Trust property, Montacute House in Somerset.
The tea shop was in an outbuilding with a nice courtyard with seats outside. It was very wet while we arrived, so we sat in and ate, by the time we finished is was sunny. If the sun had been out earlier we would have sat out under the large umbrellas.
We ordered our tea and as usual the passenger had Earl Grey Tea and the driver had Ceylon. The teas were Taylor's and were in bags. The milk was served in the usual metal jug but this was a jug straight out of a joke shop.
When the jug poured it ran down the side and dribbled off the bottom, tip it a bit more and it just dribbled down the side faster, after the first round of drinks we tried again usualy as a jug empties it gets easier to pour, but it still dribbled. Even when emptied all the way to the bottom it still dribbled. Never have I seen a jug that poured so badly.
Apart from this the food was standard National Trust fare. The jam was Wilkin's and the cream was Roddas and both pre packed. Easy to portion manage, little waste and little in the way of any individual style. As we were sharing we had a scone each the passenger preferring plain and the driver fruit.
Service was friendly and the room clean.
On the wall was a notice with what was claimed as the historic origins of the cream tea.
I suspect that there are many conflicting ideas about how the cream tea came about.
We gave the cream tea the following marks.
Jam and Cream:- 3 lost marks for limited choice of jam and pre packed cream.
Scones:- 3 good but nothing great.
Tea:- 3 reasonable choice but that milk jug!
Service:- 4 Friendly counter Staff.
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