Proper Tea

Today I was so excited as I was going to see my friend and we planned on going for tea and cake, my fav yayay! Originally we planned to go to Sugar Junction in Northern Quarter, Manchester, but sadly when we got there it was quite a long wait, but doesn't worry me, always an excuse to go back!

Living in Manchester everyone knows that Northern Quarter has some great places for tea and brunch, my personal favourite is Home Sweet Home for brunch and Richmond Tea Rooms for tea! But we thought with such a huge selection of places to go for tea why not try somewhere else, so I suggested Proper Tea which is next to the Cathedral and is not overly known but its lovely! Its very spacious inside with lots of light, which I always enjoy, even if it is raining, which sadly it was today but the huge amount of windows made it feel nice and airy and fresh!

I always have the classic when I go for tea, which is tea and a scone but this time my friend persuaded me to have a full afternoon tea, it doesn't take that much persuading really. I was so excited as I just love trying new afternoon tea's everywhere!

It was no let down! It had little mini cakes which were so cute and even a macaroon! There was also the choice of vegetarian or meat sandwiches, I chose vegetarian which were lovely! One was brie and caramelised onion chutney and the other hummus with red peppers! Yummmmy, my friend had the meat option and she had the caramelised onion sandwich too and also a chicken and pesto one!

The cakes were great, all the classic cakes you'd expect to get but mini, which is a fabulous idea! We had a red velvet, pistachio carrot cake and of course a chocolate one! They were gorgeous! i sadly only managed one but luckily I got to bring them home! Finally there were the scones! They were cut in the shapes of hearts, so cute, my favourite way to see scones served lately! We were given two and a pot of clotted cream and strawberry jam! I had a tippling earl grey tea and the teapot it came in was glass and lose leaf and you even got a timer with it to tell you when your tea had reached its ideal brewing time! What more could you want?

This afternoon tea cost £16 which wasn't extortionate I would say, if anything it was value for money considering the amount of food you got along with the tastiness of it! I highly recommend going here, even if it is just for a pot of tea! The space is just so lovely and the staff delightful!

Here are some photos I took of my tea I took with my iphone!