On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 19:06:55 GMT
"Falky foo" > wrote:

> Just thought I'd repost this warning.. I know most of you already know
> it, but some of the swankier places at which I've been dining have
> advertised a "high" tea which, of course, is afternoon tea. Here's yet
> another essay on how calling low tea high tea marks you as a pitiable
> lout.


It is high. It refers to the height of the table.

The leisure class can afford to have tea socially, in a relaxed setting,
around 4, off what americans would identify as a coffee table.

Everybody else has it at 5, off the dinner table. Which would be higher
up.