The story goes that the tradition of afternoon tea started with anna duchess of bedford in the early 19th century the duchess knew a thing or two about which teas to choose and we think she would have approved of our mini caddies of elegant english breakfast and earl grey finished with a floral fancy of jasmine and mango bergamot oh and not forgetting the all important silver plated infuser start slicing those cucumber sandwiches and make sure the kettles sparkling