Just off the A30 on Bodmin Moor is Jamaica Inn. Famous from the Daphne du Maurier novel of the same name.
It is almost certain that no cream teas are served at the inn in the story they certainly are today.
The style is one large scone, a pot of tea and cream and jam. Plain or fruit scones are offered and a choice of teas. The cream is generous but the jam nondescript strawberry. also for some reason a split strawberry is used as garnish on the cream.
Just back from Cornwall and as expected a couple of cream teas were experienced.
The first was in a little cafe in Tintagel, called Charlie's, on a wet and windy day after a failed attempt to go to Tintagel castle.
We had also ordered a very tasty sandwich which came on a turmeric flavoured sourdough bread, so the cream tea part was sharing scones jam and cream as a seconds.
Scones were small and dark, almost like a Scottish treacle scone. But although small they were very tasty. and there was a very generous portion of clotted cream and jam. Tea was by the cup and there was a choice so English Breakfast and an Earl Grey for the driver.
Nice warm cafe on a wet day, good food and a good cream tea .
A nice April fools joke this year.
https://www.cornwalllive.com/whats-on/whats-on-news/cream-first-cream-tea-top-8312944
