Clotted Cream

[sistermagpie]

> Alla:
> 
> Heeee, you guys are making me SOOOOO hungry and thirsty with all 
the 
> puddings, jams, scones, clotted creams. I love tea and coffee with 
> half and half or milk and sugar or tea with sugar or lemon.
> 
> OR just tea with nothing or honey.
> 
> Just quick question - what does that have to do with being 
american?
> 
> Liking or not liking tea with milk? :)
> 
> I am guessing that this is a joke, but am slow today, so please 
clue 
> me in if there is one :)
> 
> Thanks.

Magpie:
In my own experience, it seemed like people felt tea with milk was 
more the norm in the UK while in Europe it was more often served 
with lemon. Many Americans also take it with lemon.

A friend of mine worked in a restaurant in the UK and found that the 
customers expected something special if they ordered the tea with 
lemon, like it came in a different kind of glass etc. She'd always 
just made tea the regular way and dropped lemon into it. But maybe 
that was just the one place in Bristol. 

Anyway, it seemed like tea with milk was considered more British--
though that came as news to me. (Though my sister always drank it 
with lemon iirc.)

-m