Recently launched at the Royal Lancaster London, the Blooming British Afternoon tea champions all things flowers and pollinators. The Blooming British Afternoon tea champions all things flowers and pollinators. (Image: Emily Davison) This new afternoon tea has been created in partnership with the Natural History Museum and has been two years in the making.
Recently launched at the Royal Lancaster London, the Blooming British Afternoon tea champions all things flowers and pollinators. (Image: Emily Davison) The hotel already has a strong bee theme running through it, from the honeycomb décor on the ceilings to beehives housed on the second floor that they use to produce their own in-house honey. The setting has a lot of attention to detail, with fresh flower arrangements, bee-themed tea sets, and menus that even have a map showing London’s pollinator hotspots.
The setting has a lot of attention to detail, with fresh flower arrangements and bee-themed tea sets. (Image: Emily Davison) The menu also featured a number of interesting facts about the world’s pollinators and I learned that 1,500 species of insects are responsible for pollinating flowers. The menu featured a number of interesting facts about the world’s pollinators.
(Image: Emily Davison) We first began by selecting our tea choices, they have a really broad selection of teas from breakfast teas, herbal teas and oolongs, along with two of their special blends for the afternoon tea . We tried the Pollinator B.
