tea Archives - British Slang Dictionary

Elevenses

Elevenses is a short mid-morning break, taken at around eleven o'clock, consisting of a hot drink and something small to…

The digestive is the workhorse of British biscuits: plain, wheaty, faintly sweet, and structurally sound enough to survive being dunked…

A crumpet is a round, flat, spongy cake about four inches across, cooked on a griddle in a metal ring,…

Over 95% of British households own an electric kettle, and it is used many times a day. It sits on…

In Britain, a biscuit is what Americans call a cookie: sweet, usually crisp, and eaten with tea at every opportunity.…

Tea is not really a drink in Britain. It is a social reflex, a unit of time, a way of…