Serve afternoon tea in style

Take afternoon tea in style

Join the Allaboutyou team\'s campaign to bring back afternoon tea by indulging in a chic new tea set from our selection of the best around. Click through to start sipping in style...


by Karen O\'Grady and Natalie Glock

Floral designs

 
Botanic Garden teapot £34.50, Botanic Garden tea cup & saucer £14.00
www.portmeirion.co.uk

Apple, lavender or rose

\'Archive Collectable Teas\' is a beautiful range of cups, saucers and cake plates featuring designs inspired by the Royal Albert archives. Four delicate floral designs in Apple, Lavender, Rose and Parchment feature both inside and outside the cup, completed with an elegant gilt trim.

Cup & saucer, £13.50 www.royalalbert.com Tel: 01782 404042  

Tea for one

Find a shady spot in the garden and take time to treat yourself with tea for one.

Teaset for one £14.99, www.homebase.co.uk

Japanese style

This girly Geisha five-peice tea set is a unique British interpretation of the traditional Japanese tea ceremony.

 
Geisha tea set, £120, www.clipper-teas.com

Pretty pouring

This imaginative and distinctive teapot by Susie Watson will brighten up any home and remain a classic for years to come.

Daisy teapot, £38, www.mulburryhall.co.uk 

Vintage delight

Pretty in blue

Make the tea-making ritual something special, with this aquatic blue porcelain tea set, complete with teapot and four cups ideal for sipping delicate herbal tea.

La Cafetiere oriental chineseware £25, www.johnlewis.com

Vintage charm

Superbly decorated with kettles and cups, the Teatime range by Whittards is ideal for afternoon tea. The teaspoons featuring miniature tea cups are sure to delight your guests.

Tea Time 6 cup tea pot £25.00, mug £8.00, cup and saucer £12.00, teaspoons £8.00, www.whittards.co.uk

Snack and sip

The perfect way to serve tea with something sweet, this pretty bone china set is adorned with delicate sweet pea flowers.

Sweet Pea Fine Bone China Snack Tray and Mug, £12.99 www.lakeland.co.uk

Bright florals

Brighten your day with these bold graphic florals! Each bone china mug is individually hand decorated.

Mug, £9.95, www.repeatrepeat.co.uk 

Jumbo tea

Bring a sense of the exotic to your table with this distinctive porcelain tea set featuring elephant motifs.

Andrew martin Jumbo tea cups and Saucers £40 for four, www.johnlewis.com

Wedgwood wonder

Celebrate traditional afternoon tea in style with an opulent yellow polka dot teapot from Wedgwood.

Yellow Polka dot teapot, £50, www.wedgwood.com

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