Clotted Cream Tea the Cornish Way.

Cream Tea's away! Hold your teacup with all fingers on the handle, but don't loop your fingers through or cradle your teacup. Always serve your neighbour before yourself – pour the person next to you a cup of tea, pass the scones or offer the Cornish clotted cream before you take for your own dollop of jam. The Cream Tea originated from the south west of England, The earliest record of a Clotted cream tea or at least, some form of cream tea, dates back to the 11th century. The forever debated should it be cream first or jam first on a cream tea? What is the difference between a Cornish and a Devon cream tea? The only actual difference between the two counties take on a cream tea is the order in which the jam and cream are placed on to the scone! In Cornwall, the jam is smoothed on first, before being topped with a heaped spoonful of cream and in Devon the scones are topped with cream on the bottom followed by the jam. :yum: The cream tea is a British institution that is loved everywhere in the UK, but perhaps no two counties love it more than Devon (or Devonshire) and Cornwall. Arguments abound as to which location is the real home of the cream tea, with minor differences in each tea service. Regardless of which side you’re on, they’re both a delicious way to spend an afternoon which I’m sure you will agree!