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If you've always enjoyed a bit of glamour or a fancy afternoon tea time, you'll be pleased to know that tea parties are coming back into style.

Whether you're planning a casual get together, a wedding shower tea, or a more formal affair, these sites will have ideas and recipes to make them perfect. They also explain the history and traditions of the proper British 'high tea'...

Tea Party Ideas - A great place to start for both grown-up and children's tea party tips, recipes, an overview of high and low teas, napkin etiquette, bridal teas and recipes, and advice on how to start your own tea club.

High Tea - Menu and Recipes - Make your own scones, lemon curd, Devonshire cream, cucumber sandwiches, plus additional pages of traditional tea sandwich recipes, and photos of a proper afternoon tea table setting.

Culinary Cafe - Tea Recipes - A complete tea party menu with recipes for party punch, traditional watercress, cucumber and egg salad sandwiches, spreads, scones, crumpets, shortbread, madeleines and more.

Tea Time World Wide -"The place to be for tea" with a searchable database of tearooms in the U.S. and wordwide, plus tea history, tea tasting 101, how-to's on blending teas, etiquette and recipes, news, feature articles, event calendar.

Afternoon Tea Party - Graphics heavy, although with everything you ever wanted to know about taking tea and entertaining, with pages devoted to menus, recipes, scones, a how-to on proper brewing, a glossary of tea accoutrements, suggested books, links and resources.

Teatime at the Cat-Tea Corner - A satisfying blend of recipes, discussion, feature articles, listings of tea rooms in the U.S. and Canada, clip art, related crafts, and e-cards for the avid tea party animal.

The Tea Home Page - Tea anyone? Get your fill at this UK Tea Council site with health facts, history, as well as planning, preparation and recipes for kids' tea parties.

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