I journeyed once again to Granchester to have some afternoon tea.
It was a really cute tea place. I was expecting a tea room with lots of tables and waiters, but it was just an open space with some tables and lounge chairs and you just buy your tea and plop yourself down at a table.
The place we went to was called The Orchard. According to their pamphlet, “The Orchard - a corner of England where time stands still as the outside world rushes by,” and it’s true, I did feel away from the busy outside world and more relaxed in the isolated area. Plus, we were having tea with all the old ladies and gentlemen.
The Orchard was first planted in 1868 and became a tea garden when a bunch of Cambridge students asked the owner of Orchard House if she would serve them tea underneath the blossoming fruit trees rather than, as was usual, on the front lawn of the house. They unknowingly started a great Cambridge tradition.
On summer evenings, it hosts a series of performances including Shakespeare and Mozart (I’m definitely going to one of these). “The Orchard is now here to stay, the scene is set and the hands of Time have been turned back. Come and take afternoon tea beneath the boughs of the apples trees. the Orchard is now over 100 years old, and…it will always remain.”
There are also a lot of famous people who often frequently or used to frequently go to The Orchard, including Maynard Keynes, Stephen Hawking, Crick and Watson, Virginia Woolf, Slyvia Plath, Ted Hughes, Stephen Fry, and Hugh Laurie.
I got myself a pot of Early Grey and a fruit scone with clotted cream and apricot jam:
Clotted cream is absolutely delicious, but it’s definitely just another amazing way to eat fat:
An elderly lady taking a nap and her friend reading a book:
It takes a good 50-60 minutes to walk to the tea garden but it’s definitely worth. I think I’ll come journey back sometime next week for another pot of tea
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