Afternoon Tea was Tealicious!

Attention lovers of tea, cakes and all things sweet

Hi my fellow foodies, I hope you’re all doing well!

Like any daughter out there, I wanted to take my mam somewhere lovely for Mother’s Day and treat her. I booked us an Afternoon tea for 2 in Durham’s quaint and independent tearoom, Tealicious.

Tealicious is somewhere that I’ve wanted to try for a while, so Mother’s day seemed like the perfect opportunity. It is suitable for all ages and all lovers of tea and cake!

We made our way into the tearoom and the staff greeted us with beaming friendly smiles. They sat us down at our table, which was comfortable and not too overcrowded by the other customers

The tearoom was pretty busy with other bookings, but the staff were still very attentive to our needs.

The decor was cute, cheerful and fitting for the tearoom. I personally loved the fresh flowers which were on every table, it was a nice touch

Also, the wallpaper was a collage of colourful china teacups and saucers which was an adorable and fun choice of wallpaper.

We ordered our choice of bottomless tea, they offered over 40 blends! I opted for the lemon & lime tea, as I love a little kick of sweetness

My mam ordered an English Breakfast tea, which is a classic. The tea came with little tea strainers in the shape of a teapot, which I thought was a really cute touch.

There was about a 10 minute wait for our Afternoon Tea from ordering our drinks. This was no problem as we could gaze out the window and people watch.

When the food did arrive, we were in awe at the beautiful presentation and didn’t know what tier to dig into first!

I’ll take you through each tier. Starting at the bottom, the sandwich choices were salmon, lemon and rocket, plain ham, cucumber and cream cheese and egg mayo.

The middle tier had 4 scones on, two plain and two cheese which I smothered in salty butter and seeded rich jam.

Saving the best till last, the top tier had two caramel cakes in the shape of love hearts, which oozed out caramel sauce when bitten into!

There were two massive jammy dodger style biscuits, two fresh blackcurrant cakes with a nibble of a ginger biscuit on the top (my favourite) and two chocolate nutty rocky road style slices.

Enjoy the close up of the gorgeous cakes!

It’s fair to say that we were absolutely stuffed after eating all of it. For £19 per head, I would say that it was beautiful, the atmosphere, the afternoon tea and most importantly the company.

I would definitely return again for a cuppa and a slab of cake.