THE HATTER’S TEA PARTY Afternoon Tea: £52.00 | Add Champagne £68.00
QUEEN OF HEARTS Homemade raspberry jam tart with sweet pastry hearts
An ode to the Queen of Hearts who is one of Lewis Carroll’s most formidable characters. She is a foul-tempered monarch whom Carroll himself describes as “a blind fury”, she is quick to give death sentences at the slightest offense.
PLUM PUDDING Vanilla posset with stewed plums
Our take on the traditional plum pudding served at the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, where time is fixed at six o’clock and they live in perpetual teatime. George Ovey played the role of the Plum Pudding in the Norman Z McLeod’s 1933 adaptation of the story.
SLEEPING DORMOUSE OYSTER PEARL Buttery shortbread with a hint of lavender White chocolate
Lanson Champagne A shortbread with a subtle lavender truffle flavour was fittingly named the
dormouse. In Tim Burton’s 2010 Alice This truffle is based in Wonderland film, the Dormouse is a upon the Oysters in ‘The Walrus and the small, female mouse named Mallymkun. Carpenter’, a narrative poem that features in ‘Through the Unlike the sleepy character in the book, Looking Glass’. The poem is famously recited by Tweedledum this Dormouse is an action-oriented and Tweedledee to Alice in Chapter Four. Both J.B Priestly swordfighter. She is voiced by Barbara and Walter Russel Mead argued the ‘Walrus’ and the Windsor. ‘Carpenter’ were in fact analogies of the US and Britain.
‘EAT ME’ Chocolate, cherry and THE CARROT butter icing cupcake Traditional carrot cake, cream cheese icing Inspired again by the Mad Hatter’s Our interpretation of the carrot from the White Rabbit’s Tea Party, a traditional cake with a garden in the 1951 film ‘Alice in Wonderland’. Lewis chocolatey twist. Throughout the Carroll’s White Rabbit is the spark of curiosity that wakes Victorian Age, the ‘formal’ tea party Alice from her daze to lead her down the rabbit hole - was a function in which social norms and into Wonderland... and cultural rules were of highest importance. Carroll’s tea party throws these social graces to the wind and paints a marvellously unorthodox scene.
YOUR CHOICE OF...
TRADITIONAL A selection of freshly cut sandwiches including H Forman’s smoked salmon on cape seed loaf, free-range egg mayonnaise VEGETARIAN on white bread, Blythburgh roast ham & English mustard on A selection of freshly cut sandwiches including free-range egg brown bread, cucumber & cream cheese on sundried tomato mayonnaise on white bread, cucumber & cream cheese on bread, and coronation chicken on granary bread. Freshly home sundried tomato bread, guacamole & rocket on white bread, baked plain and fruit scones served with Devonshire clotted grilled vegetables on granary baguette, and cheddar cheese & cream. plum tomato on granary bread. Freshly home baked plain and fruit scones served with Devonshire clotted cream. VEGAN A selection of freshly cut sandwiches including grilled GLUTEN FREE vegetables on granary baguette, guacamole & rocket on white A selection of freshly cut sandwiches including H Forman’s bread, coronation chickpea on granary bread, cucumber on smoked salmon on cape seed loaf, free-range egg mayonnaise brown bread, and tomato & olive tapenade on sun-dried on white bread, Blythburgh roast ham & English mustard on tomato bread. Freshly home baked vegan plain and fruit brown bread, cucumber & cream cheese on sundried tomato scones and coconut clotted cream. bread, and coronation chicken on granary bread. Coffee and cinnamon cake, chocolate brownie, almond slice, orange CREAM TEA £20.00 cupcake, coconut and lemon cake and fruit tartlet. Freshly Your choice from our finest loose leaf teas with freshly home home baked plain and fruit scones served with Devonshire baked plain and fruit scones served with Devonshire clotted clotted cream. cream and a selection of preserves. WHITE RABBIT AFTERNOON TEA Specifically designed for children under the age of 12 years, a fine selection of sandwiches and freshly baked white rabbit scones all accompanied by a choice of tea or hot chocolate. £30.00
TEACUP STRAWBERRY MOUSSE SIX O’CLOCK BROWNIE A light and delicate strawberry mouse Rich chocolate orange brownie
ICE CREAM SANDWICH Toasted brioche sandwich with your favourite choice of either chocolate, vanilla or strawberry ice cream
DRINK ME MOCKTAIL Raspberry and vanilla cordial, orange juice, pineapple juice, cherry syrup, raspberry jam, toffee sauce and vanilla custard £10.50
COCKTAILS
DRINK ME AROUND THE CLOCK THE MAD HATTER Cherry brandy, vanilla Tanqueray Gin, Lanson Pierre et Fils Grey Goose Vodka, Blue flavoured vodka and Champagne, butterfly pea flower tea, Curacao, Midori liqueur, pineapple juice simple syrup and lemon juice simple syrup and lemon juice £15.50 £21.50 £15.50
TEAS JING defines the modern tea ceremony, sourcing exceptional tasting teas, served with elegance, simplicity and confidence. Travelling thousands of miles each year, JING sources definitive examples of Asia’s finest teas for the most sophisticated and discerning guests worldwide.
GREEN TEA BLACK TEA HERBAL INFUSIONS A great green tea is instantly accessible; JING’s black teas are made from large leaf, Our herbal range is created using freshly offering vibrant grassy flavours, a sublime offering a wealth of flavour which cannot be picked and dried whole herbs, flowers or natural sweetness and a satisfying silky found in common black tea, made from the fruits. Although not really “tea” without texture. Green tea has been a connoisseur leaf fragments of inferior processing. Camellia sinensis at their base, they are drink in the East for centuries. packed with flavour and aroma and are ASSAM BREAKFAST, India naturally caffeine-free. JADE SWORD, Guizhou, China Statuesque and full-bodied Assam tea, with Clean, rounded, full and grassy with gentle plenty of structure and malty richness. A ROOIBOS, South Africa seaweed complexities. Brisk and refreshing with rousing breakfast tea, perfect with or without Gently tangy notes of Seville orange combine a textured finish. milk. with soft-textured hints of vanilla.
DARJEELING 2ND FLUSH, India WHOLE ROSEBUDS, Morocco OOLONG TEA The quintessential afternoon tea; fragrant and Beautiful and graceful, notes of sweet-edged Many consider oolong teas to offer the most refreshing with body and depth. Rounded and rose with a refreshingly light and palate- complete tea drinking experience as they warm, with notes of Muscatel grape, hop and cleansing finish. combine the freshness of green teas and the fresh citrus. complexity of black teas in perfect balance. BLACKCURRANT & HIBISCUS ORGANIC BOHEA LAPSANG, Fujian, China Our blend of whole blackcurrants, summer PHOENIX HONEY ORCHID, Guangdong, Gently smoky and smooth, balanced in a berries and hibiscus shells offers a vivid and China harmony of supple creamy, liquorice root lively infusion bursting with berry flavours Intensely aromatic with a beautifully structured flavour and almost peaty warmth. The .Unlike many varieties you will find, which offer honey-comb texture. Fragrant notes of peach authentic Lapsang tea. strong aroma but a weak taste, this infusion and citrus over a gently honeyed base and a has a long and intensely fruity finish. refreshingly bitter-edged finish. EARL GREY, Sri Lanka Refreshing and bright, with citrus freshness lifting the rich Ceylon tea base. A perfectly FLOWERING TEA focused classic. WHITE TEA (Available at a supplement of £2.50 per pot) JING’s flowering teas are made with green White teas have a sweet flavour and soft RED DRAGON, Yunnan, China texture without the vegetal quality of green tea buds and beautiful aromatic flowers that Red Dragon is a unique and exceptional tea, instil the infusion with delicate floral scents. tea. They are refreshing, thirst-quenching processed by masters as a black tea using a and easy-going on the palate. JING source Our flowering teas are all individually hand- tea cultivar traditionally used for oolong tea. tied and served in a glass tea pot. white teas from Fujian Province, China - the This gives the tea a syrupy, rich texture, fruity home of the finest white teas. aroma and an enticing flavour of dark berries, FLOWERING JASMINE & LILY, Fujian, China ginger, caramel and chocolate. WHITE PEONY, Fujian, China A broad base of green tea buds topped with Delightfully refreshing, rounded and full- crown of orange lily-petals and a tower of CHAI, Ceylon jasmine flowers. A spectacular jasmine tea. flavoured, with sweet and fragrant notes of A perfect example of what Chai should be - melon. a blend of fine whole leaf Ceylon tea, with FLOWERING OSMANTHUS, Fujian, China strength enough to shine alongside cardamom A base of green tea buds topped with orange pods, star anise and a delicate blend of exotic lily petals and bursts of orange osmanthus spices. The resulting tea has a spicy flavour and blossoms. Beautifully sweet with notes of sweet aroma. apricot and mango.