Take a break from working at home in style with these afternoon teas being delivered across London.
Betty Blythe
Delivery range: London and close surroundings.
This Brook Green tea shop has made a name for itself with its very Insta-friendly retro afternoon tea service. Now you can order the tea at home - and if you want to go for the full effect you can even hire the vintage tea sets to serve it off. Cakeaway includes a Victoria sponge slice, truffle brownie bite, finger sandwiches and a French macaron among other delights.
Price: £18 per person (minimum two order)
Follow them on Instagram: @bettyblythe.
Colette
Delivery range: Four-mile radius of SW10
The Chelsea-based traiteur is going all-out with their afternoon tea offering - with a luxury spread. It’s punchily-priced, but then you do get the wicker picnic basket to keep and reuse. In it you’ll find such delights as lobster roll, smoked salmon and cream cheese on rye, raisin scones and clotted cream, Mariage Frères Chamomilla tea, lamingtons and a pina colada tart along with many other treats.
Price: £110 for two
Follow them on Instagram: @colettecuisine.
Cutter & Squidge
Delivery range: Courier within the M25 - next day delivery Tues-Fri across the UK
If you can’t make it into town to enjoy afternoon tea in their tea rooms, the Cutter & Squidge team are making sure you won’t miss out with their delivery option. It includes their famous brownies, mini lemon cakes, scones, clotted cream, jam and some Cutter & Squidge Fine Loose Leaf Tea - choose from English Breakfast, Earl Grey or Green Tea
Price: £29.90
Follow them on Instagram: @cutterandsquidge.
Fortnum & Mason
Delivery range: Four-mile radius of SW10
Hedge funders and lottery winners could opt for the £500 full-blown afternoon tea hamper at Fortnums but mere mortals needn’t miss out on the fun. The Afternoon Delight hamper includes the Piccadilly store’s signature Royal Blend Tea, with two types of biscuits - Piccadilly Salted Caramel and Piccadilly Lemon Curd Biscuits along with Summer Glory Preserve and some Cocoa Dusted Milk Chocolate Almonds.
Price: £50
Follow them on Instagram: @fortnums.
Gentlemen Baristas
Delivery: London delivery, Thurs-Sunday
If you love the idea of the cake and sandwich element of afternoon tea, but not so much the drink - then this new tea from Gentlemen Baristas is for you. Each tea box includes cucumber sandwiches, caramel slices, coffee & walnut cake, freshly-baked scones and some of their single origin ground coffee chosen especially to go with afternoon tea fare.
Price: £30
Follow them on Instagram: @thegentlemenbaristas.
Ham Yard
Delivery: Fri-Sun, most London postcodes
This Firmdale Hotel offers a particularly good tea for vegetarians (they also do a gluten-free one too) which includes lemon drizzle cake, raspberry financier, paneer and spinach bites and cucumber and basil sandwiches along with the usual scones and Mythical Creatures loose leaf tea.
Price: £50 for two
Follow them on Instagram: @firmdalefoodanddrink.
Kova
Delivery: Fri-Sun, most London postcodes
For an afternoon tea with a difference, how about the Matcha Party from Kova Patisserie? You’ll get four cakes nad four drinks - their amazing mille crepes, a tart, rollcake and brownie along with two Dirty Matcha Boba and two Iced Matcha Lattes.
Price: £44
Follow them on Instagram: @kovapatisserie.
Laduree
Delivery range: Order delivery within London (radius varies) from their Covent Garden and Burlington Arcade boutiques.
The Parisian company’s Cream Tea package is particularly good for sending as a gift as it comes with all their lovely packaging and includes freshly baked signature scones, Ladurée Strawberry jam, two macarons of your choice, and a Ladurée tea bag. For an extra treat add in a mini Moet champagne bottle to compliment the Cream Tea.
Price: £12 for one - £35 with a mini bottle of champagne.
Follow them on Instagram: @ladureeuk.
Order from Laduree on Supper or Deliveroo or UberEats
Lola's Cupcakes
Delivery range: Next day delivery to London, Birmingham, Slough, Reading, Hemel Hempstead, Luton, Oxford, Guildford, Stevenage and Manchester.
Not so much an afternoon tea as a cream tea, this bargain offering from Lola’s will see them deliver four freshly baked scones along with clotted cream, a jar of organic strawberry conserve and a bottle of cold pressed orange juice direct to your door.
Price: £15.99
Follow them on Instagram: @lolas_cupcakes.
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