This comprehensive guide, in official partnership with the hit TV series Downton Abbey, is a lavish celebration of elegant afternoon tea, filled with recipes, historical facts and etiquette guides. 
 
With over 150 stunning photographs featuring stills from across the Downton Abbey series and up to the Downton Abbey: A New Era film release, plus a foreword by Gareth Neame, Downton Abbey’s executive producer, this collection of 70 delicious recipes will serve up everything you need to take afternoon tea just like the Granthams. 
 
The book also explores the history of tea, covering its origins and varieties, the etiquette surrounding its consumption in English aristocratic life, and its presence in the series, both upstairs and downstairs. 
 
Recipes for delicious bakes, bites and assorted sweet and savoury delights include: 

• Pastries, buns and biscuits - Whip up classics like the cream scone or Chelsea buns, as well as enticing delicacies from raspberry eclairs to chocolate florentines  
  
  
• Afternoon tea cakes, tarts and puddings - From colourful Battenburg cakes and lemon tarts to warming spicy dark gingerbread or steamed toffee pudding 
  
  
• Tea sandwiches and savoury bites - Enjoy mini pork pies and Cornish pasties, or make carefully trimmed tea sandwiches  
  
  
• Preserves and spreads - Make aromatic strawberry-rhubarb jam, currant jelly or lemon curd from scratch to accompany your bakes 
  
  
• From intimate afternoon tea taken in the drawing-room to glamorous tea parties in the garden, there are afternoon tea experiences to suit any occasion.