This is the perfect guide for Tea enthusiasts, featuring both shops and hotels offering afternoon tea. The shops featured are all members of the Tea Guild; part of the Tea Council. The Guild inspects is members and has awards for 'Top Tea Place' etc. which will feature in the guide; hotels featured all belong to the AA Hotel Scheme. The guide is arranged in county order and covers England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and the Channel Islands. Reliable - all the establishments have been inspected; variety - a wide range of establishments, from the best tea shops in the country to grand hotels; easy-to-use - arranged in county order, each entry has either a half page (with one photograph) entry, or a whole page (with two photographs). Each entry features a description and information about facilities letting you know whether you can eat outside, whether there's a pianist, if they serve their own blend of tea, whether dogs and children are welcome, smoking or non-smoking and air conditioning. Details of available teas, set teas and other food, whether own brand jam is sold and even if the establishment has a recipe book.

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