SoYouWanna know what equipment you need to serve high tea?
1. The teapot is the centerpiece of the event. It is the mothership, if you will, where all of the tea resides in order to steep (gain its potency). Most connoisseurs go for the ceramic type, often decorated with flowers or other dainty designs. The most popular kind is the stout, plain brown pot called (if you want to be up on the lingo) the "Brown Betty."
2. Naturally, you will need enough teacups and saucers, teaspoons, dessert plates, dessert forks and spoons, spreading knives, and cocktail napkins for your guests.
3. You will need a creamer for cream or milk (whichever type you feel is appropriate, be it whole, half-and-half or whatnot).
4.You must not forget a sugar bowl with its own spoon!
5. In addition to all of these, the appropriate bowls or plates on which you spread your desserts, sandwiches, or even ice cream goes without saying.
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