Cream tea
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Image:Cream Tea.jpg A cream tea or Devonshire tea is tea taken with a combination of scones, clotted cream, and jam. In the United States, it is promoted as a typically English, and perhaps upper class, afternoon snack.
Cream tea is offered for sale in tea rooms throughout the Commonwealth, or wherever someone wants to give an impression of British influence. Within England it is a straightforward regional speciality, marketed to holidaymakers but also eaten locally.
Other items served may include cucumber or watercress sandwiches with the crusts cut off and various small cakes or biscuits; although in general these are not requirements for a cream tea.
The name Devonshire tea, used in Australia, comes from the county of Devon in England, where it is a local speciality, although it is disputed that this type of meal is original to Devon. It is indeed served all over South West England, and in England is known simply as a cream tea.