I TESTED AMERICAN vs. ENGLISH AFTERNOON TEA 

Would love to see a series where you travel around the UK and try different regional dishes! It'd be really interesting seeing you try food in the place it comes from and maybe learn a bit of the history/culture around it 😊

Grace has definitely got a chance of a future career as a judge of The Great British menu or Bake off!

Can you film a video reviewing afternoon teas with a twist in the UK? For example Cinnamon Bazar in Covent Garden have an Indian afternoon tea. Xx

I've always thought it would be fun to create a "NYC Tea" with famous NY and American classics. Like mini bagels with cream cheese and lox, mini rye bread Reuben sandwiches and pigs in the blanket for sandwiches. For the middle I would use American biscuits instead of scones with local jams and cheeses. For sweets, mini black and white cookies, little pumpkin pies, Tollhouse cookies, etc. I'm probably not going to be buying a hotel or restaurant, but I would definitely ask you to be the pastry chef in my fantasy tearoom.

Chairs for bags! Now THAT is something that should move from fancy to common!

I went to the Langham in February and had COMPLETELY different sweets. These look incredible! I also had the gluten free afternoon tea and would recommend! They tried to make everything the same as what my mum and sister had. And they brought a massive cake for her birthday!! We kinda loved how the staff left us alone, there was no pressure to leave at all and we just drank tea and chatted for ages. Everyone around us did the same thing! Also would have loved another cheese scone lol.

Grace my girlfriend showed me your channel about 2 years ago, and I literally wait for your videos with excitement every time. The world is a better place with you in it.

Omg can’t wait to watch the whole vid 💕 i hope you’re doing great and I love that you love Afternoon Tea as much as I do 😭

Grace- I just love your sparkly personality and bubbly character, you’re such a ray of sunshine! ☀️ 🤗Thank you for another wonderful video, and taking me to NYC and London! You’re the best chica! God bless and thanks again 😋

I would love to see our American style thru the ages. 40's, 50's etc. To show the difference between the 2. Great series idea. I know I've said this before, but it would be amazing!

I am currently doing laundry. My washer does the same jingle as yours. I thought I needed to get up to switch the load. 😝

YES! Love you Grace!! Sending love always ❤️

ahhhh i love ur vids grace they always put a smile on my face :) also i was wondering could you do more chill baking vlogs maybe some easter ones because easter is coming up?

Grace + afternoon tea : relaxing vibes all the way 💙

😂😂 I’m a new mum and I laughed too hard thinking Grace is leaking milk!!! In her green hoodie at the beginning of the video. But it’s just her hair drying.

Loved this video! I had a lush afternoon tea at The Lanesborough, probably about 6 years ago though 🤣 I recommend going at Christmas time as they had a pianist playing Christmas carols and the tree was up and it was just so festive and makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside 😊Plus, you can ask for more which is always great! Anyone reading the comments who is gluten free and thinking of going, my sister is as well and she got an amazing one too, coeliacs are often a bit short changed when it comes to these things but hers looked amazing as well 😊 Loving all your videos Grace 😊

I loved this sm, feeling super down atm bc I have COVID and this really cheered me up :)

I keep seeing ads on Facebook for pastry delivery boxes! Would be good to see you review a few of them! ☺️

Loved this style of video. I didn’t even realise afternoon tea was a thing in the states!

Best early birthday gift this video is, I’m having an afternoon tea on my birthday also so that’s cool :3

This was a great video idea. It makes me want to have any afternoon tea.

I know what I’m watching on my lunch break. Thanks Grace! 💗

I love that you do these types of videos! Where would you say has been your favourite afternoon tea of all time?

I did the Mary Poppins tea a few years back at The Shard and it was simply incredible!

I really love the Piglets Pantry afternoon tea - very delicious!

The afternoon teas in London always look so nice. I’ve only been to a few places in Yorkshire and Wentworth Woodhouse is the best one I’ve found up there

you cant beat the Ritz they just keep bringing the sandwiches and cakes as much as you want!!! recently we had tea at the Grand in brighton very underwelming

You give such thorough reviews. Very impressive

Love the Langham! Been twice and both times were delicious 😋

I really want to go for afternoon tea now! We went to Betty's in Harrogate for the Princess Afternoon Tea and it was INCREDIBLE. I'd highly recommend!

Grace ur my fave human!

Can certainly recommend an ‘alternative afternoon tea’ at the wild boar in the Lake District 😊

love you 💗 Grackle

Is there a top ten list of places you would recommend to have tea in London for someone who has never been?

Grackle feels like a warm hug ugh🥺

You're forgetting, afternoon high tea isn't a thing in the US, whatever you do find is technically based on British high tea, even if it doesn't look it to a British person. And it might be weird to say this, but it honestly has to do with that whole Boston Tea Party thing and the over taxing of tea sent to the colonies before the US was even a country. It was legitimately that bad that it permeated to the whole culture of the country to avoid anything having to do with learning the etiquette around tea and stuff like that. It eventually came back in style in the 1880s or something, maybe a little earlier, but only in the upper upper class, and it was still based on British customs. In general, US culture is so far gone/removed from this part of British culture, that if you happen to see high tea being offered in the US, it is in no way "American" high tea, because, again, it doesn't exist. We never really developed these customs of taking something in the afternoon like tea, or l'heure goûter, or fika. And if you do see it currently in the US, it's considered a slightly "exotic" European thing that's done for fun, but it's not a custom in the US.

I love afternoon tea! Never had the privilege of having one in the UK!

Thank you much love xx

One day I'll visit London again to try all these fun places you show in your videos 😍 I think I'll need a few weeks.. and a very empty stomach 😅

I am crying inside at the way you topped those scones 😭

You should do a week of afternoon teas and then rank them

I love afternoon tea! I went to the one in Harrods a few years ago. Food and service was great. They even offered top-up's of tea and more sandwiches. I can't remember how much I paid for it but it was worth it.

I think the Langham beating the Bergdorf is quite fitting. You guys are famous for afternoon tea and it only makes sense that you have perfected it.

What a lovely kitty! So floofy!

My favourite afternoon tea ever, which totally changed my opinion of them was in The Cotwalds called The Painswick Hotel they made all the food in their kitchen there. There was pork pie without any of that gross jelly stuff and the best coffee and walnut cake but the scotch eggs were the best, giant scotch eggs that were warm and you could tell they were freshly made because the yolk was still runny in the inside, like how is that even possible in a scotch egg? Also they had super comfy lounge chairs in front of a log fire which the staff maintained they had a games room for kids too with board games and a pool table. I don’t think the afternoon tea was even that expensive either.

Ok so I'm coming to London on holiday at the end of August and I would love to go to an afternoon tea. Since you are an expert now and I totally trust your opinion, if you could only recommend ONE in London, which would it be?

My favourite afternoon teas in London have been Fortnum & Mason and The Savoy. Just outside central London, I'd recommend Petersham Hotel. Get a table by the window. We went in December and they even poured out fake snow by the window and it was lovely. You get a view of the Thames and Richmond park. Also Pennyhill Park hotel does wonderful afternoon teas. Again, try to get a table by a window. The hotel grounds are lovely and the food was super delicious.

For anyone visiting San Francisco, California, I highly recommend Lovejoy's Tea Room for a more down-to-earth, cozy afternoon tea with a more savory-focused menu and mismatched china (think Grandma's parlor vs. grand hotel). I'm obsessed with their egg and onion sandwich with hints of capers, and the scones are lovely and come with proper double devon cream. (Some tea places in the U.S. try to pass off grotesque "substitutes" like cream cheese mixtures or fast-deflating sweet whipped cream as "scones with cream," which is a travesty!!) The full-size teas come with a tiny but delicious shortbread biscuit, and optional petit fours and/or truffles can be purchased separately. I'm convinced the mini portions of balsamic-dressed greens and coleslaw they include help keep me from falling into a food coma after such an abundant, delicious meal, and it remains one of my favorite tea rooms ever.

Yes please to all tea places using removable strainers! Very nice to hear a Brit saying tea can otherwise be over brewed! ; - D Another point in favor of the Langham is that it seemed the tables had more space between them. But for me, the dry bread at Bergdorf Goodman's alone would have clinched it. Would love to see as many afternoon tea reviews as you care to make! 😻🫖❤

We recently watched a few random documentary about The Langham and it looked exquisite!

Lol I love how grace remembers bride wars and I only Rem Eloise hahah

haha, Grace this video is so you bestie

Your mum is so pretty !

Pop high tea at the Mount Nelson in Cape Town on your bucket list - buffet style in a grand old spacious hotel with a piano player. A real experience

I loved the comparison! I'm American and it's interesting because afternoon tea has always been a British thing in America. I have never heard of an American afternoon tea. I also thought clotted cream was a British thing, but I guess we have it here too!

can you make a public spread sheet with your reviews so we know which ones to visit!

Rec for a savory afternoon tea: The Old Parsonage in Oxford. It’s so so good.

The only channel i would aprove a teen age girl to watch. Just a normall very lovely, well raised (well done papa and mama booth) to watch. Just a beautiful soul that shows a “normall” girl be very succesfull.. you are an example for young girls who think they need tons of crap to be good. U show u can be u and be just FAB! Absolutely love your channel. One of a kind. So relatable. So “normall”. Channel I look the most forward to. Only … your mum.. she would be succesfull just reading books. I would listem. Her voice is so calming

My Southern US soul wants you to have a proper deviled egg now :) This video has such classic vibes.

I’ve missed seeing Banksy! 🥺🥰what a babe

Now I've gotta see if there's an afternoon tea place around me!

Nice video, you really don't hear much about afternoon teas in America, was interesting.

As an American, I have never heard of an “American Afternoon Tea” before.

Love your videos

Did she say the cost of the Langham? Super enjoyable! Love these types of vids! xxx

Mandarin oriental will always be my favourite afternoon tea 🥰

English all the way. It's really no contest...

We got schooled on pinks down by Mary Poppins when we were at Disneyland. So funny

Really cool video!

Grackle I have been in NY for 36 years and the bread here is just horrible. It is what I miss most about home.

I wish we had more access to clotted cream here in the U.S. I can’t find cream that’s not ultra pasteurized to make it. The British store has clotted cream but it’s definitely not as good as England. I have tea parties. They’re not perfect but they’re really fun.

Part of going to a fancy afternoon tea is the venue and décor, it would have been great to have a snap of the building from outside, a snap of a staircase or architectural feature, and a snap of the room. I know you would need to get permissions to publish but it would give context.

😂 My pinky naturally goes out when I drink anything and my daughter is the same!! I genetically can’t help it 🤣😂! I also used to work in a tea shop and it was such a lovely job!! I loved decorating the tables with the different fancy places!!!

I missed seeing Banksy. She’s so lovely 🥺🥰

JAM FIRST GRACE! WHAT THE SMEG!

I'm not Englisch but that's my number one because the Brits are THE people who are the best in that! 😁😍😋❤

I SAW you in New York🤩 I wasn’t sure if it was you cause I didn’t know you were in the USA!

How much does an average afternoon tea for two cost in London? :)

There's a place near me where the Afternoon Tea is something into which you can sink like a warm bath. Are you up for travelling? It's a lot nearer than the USA!

its 2:30pm or 3pm...ITS TEA TIME. Unfortunately you re ally cant find restos in the US that offer good tea time meals

We, in America, don't "do" an afternoon (or "high") tea. What we have is the Coffee Break, with weak coffee and donuts usually, or with a piece of pie and a cup of coffee at a diner (like in the American TV series, "Twin Peaks"). Many Americans pick up what they call a "snack" at a fast-food drive through on the way home from work (generally a burger, fries and drink or some kind of dessert) to eat before Dinner is ready at home. Any "afternoon tea" in America is, for all intents and purposes, an English Afternoon Tea.

I’m from Australia so I’d like to know, what’s a borbon dessert?

You would 99% most likely only find an afternoon tea in a place like NYC- we don’t have those here at all.

Dessert looks delicious ~~~ You are good at cooking and you have a pretty face

It’ll be a national tragedy if GB loses! Regardless, Grace deserves the OBE :)

Please come back to the USA and try Afternoon Tea at the Plaza Hotel, it's the best in NY. And in Southern California the best Afternoon Tea are Rose Tree Cottage And Tea Rose Garden both are in the city of Pasadena. I'm a Southern California girl and treat myself to Afternoon Tea at Tea Rose Garden often, the sandwiches and tea are perfection. The scones are not as good as Rose Tree Cottage, but you won't be disappointed. Take care!

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You need to go to bettys tearoom in Harrogate!!!!

I am 65, I grew up in America, I have never heard of an afternoon “tea” unless it was referring to England.

I like this girl.. Her chriping gives me good vibes.

The harsh reality is America doesn’t do afternoon tea😂😂, the place you went was 100% british influenced

Lovely beautiful ❤️

So was langham British or American

Since afternoon tea is really not an American thing, I think it would surprise me if you chose the American one.

Tea Ans Sympathy actually are English people .. it's connected to a shop that sells English foods.

'Afternoon Tea' is not really a thing in America though... I feel like the US places would just be trying to mimic UK or European afternoon teas.

I'm a big guy, older than dirt. I know the idea is the experience, but it looked like I could put all the food in my two hands. I've seen Tea shops in videos and the variety and quantity beat the posh places, and their quality was not off the mark either. I grew up poor and have some matters of taste which exceed my income. I am always eyeingg the bottom line!

Oddly I recognise your friends voice in the bathroom clip, is her name Gemma. If not then woops 😂

Egg mayonnaise. Haha

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