Cloisters, GreyFriars

GreyFriars' Afternoon Tea

£23.00 per person. Our traditional afternoon tea is the perfect balance of sweet and savoury. A warm selection of freshly baked scones served with Devonshire clotted cream and home-made strawberry preserve with a pot of tea of your choice, served with milk or lemon

Savoury (Sandwiches)

• Maldon Smoked Salmon, Cream Cheese

• Free Range Egg Mayonnaise, Hampshire Watercress

• Suffolk Ham, Mustard Grain Mayonnaise

• Mature Artisan Cheddar Cheese, Tomato

• Coronation Chicken Rolled in Roasted Almonds

Sweet

• Strawberry and Lychee Macaroon

• Black Forest Gateaux

• Mini Macadamia Sponge, Praline Cream

• Dark Chocolate and Orange Torte

Champagne Afternoon Tea

£30.00 per person. Afternoon Tea becomes even more of an occasion. The complete GreyFriars' Afternoon Tea is accompanied by a glass of perfectly chilled Champagne, served in our timeless filigree crystal champagne saucers. A warm selection of freshly baked scones served with Devonshire clotted cream and home-made strawberry preserve with a pot of tea of your choice, served with milk or lemon

Savoury (Sandwiches)

• Maldon Smoked Salmon, Cream Cheese

• Free Range Egg Mayonnaise, Hampshire Watercress

• Suffolk Ham, Mustard Grain Mayonnaise

• Mature Artisan Cheddar Cheese, Tomato

• Coronation Chicken

  rolled in roasted almonds

Sweet

• Strawberry and Lychee Macaroon

• Black Forest Gateaux

• Mini Macadamia Sponge, Praline Cream

• Dark Chocolate and Orange Torte

Gentlemen's Afternoon Tea

24hrs notice required. £23.00 per person

Sandwiches

• Maldon Smoked Salmon, Cream Cheese

• Free Range Egg Mayonnaise, Hampshire Watercress

• Suffolk Ham, Mustard Grain Mayonnaise

• Mature Artisan Cheddar Cheese, Tomato

• Coronation Chicken

  rolled in roasted almonds

Savouries

• Wild Boar Scotch Egg

  with relish

• Mini Dedham Vale Beef Wellington

• Norfolk Black Leg Chicken Croquette

• Colchester Potted Crab

  with rye toast

Scones

• Maple Cured Bacon Scone and Black Truffle Butter

  plain or sultana scone

Elegant Gentlemen's Afternoon Tea

£30.00 per person. 24hrs notice required. Your Gentlemen's Afternoon Tea is served with a large glass of delicious 2010 Château Fleur De Lisse, Saint Emilion, Grand Cru

Sandwiches

• Maldon Smoked Salmon, Cream Cheese

• Free Range Egg Mayonnaise, Hampshire Watercress

• Suffolk Ham, Mustard Grain Mayonnaise

• Mature Artisan Cheddar Cheese, Tomato

• Coronation Chicken

  rolled in roasted almonds

Savouries

• Wild Boar Scotch Egg

  with relish

• Mini Dedham Vale Beef Wellington

• Norfolk Black Leg Chicken Croquette

• Colchester Potted Crab

  with rye toast

Scones

• Maple Cured Bacon Scone and Black Truffle Butter

  plain or sultana scone

Little Prince and Princess Tea

£18.00 per person. For children under 12, 24hrs notice required. Afternoon tea should not just be reserved for adults, so we have adapted our traditional menu to suit every little Prince and Princess to enjoy. Before they sit down to their delicious treats, our team will assist children in decorating their own cupcakes. This service is complimentary and subject to the availability of staff. Please allow us at least 24 hours' notice if you would like to include this option. A freshly baked scone, fruit or plain, served with Devonshire clotted cream and home-made strawberry preserve

Drink Selection

• Tea

• Strawberry Milkshake

• Hot Chocolate

• Mocktails

Sandwiches

• Suffolk Ham

• Cheddar Cheese

• Free Range Egg Mayonnaise

Sweet

• Fruit Jellies

• Chef's Own 'Jammy Dodger'

• Cookie and Cream

• Strawberry Macaroon

GreyFriars' Afternoon Tea Selection

The following tea is sourced and selected by Rare Tea Company

• Royal Air Force Tea for Heroes

  Makaibari Estate, Darjeeling, India and Satemwa Estate, Thyolo Mountains, Malawi. Traditional British tea at its finest - made originally for a Battle of Britain WW2 navigator. This tea has a unique depth of flavour with satisfying complexity. With soft, floral notes from the foothills of the Himalayas and a rich, deep base from the Shire Highlands of Malawi. It has an aromatic honey nose with a malty finish

• Earl Grey

  Satemwa Estate, Thyolo Mountains, Malawi and Reggio Calabria, Italy. A traditional Earl Grey made exclusively by Rare Tea Company from hand-crafted single estate black tea and natural bergamot oil from the ancient citrus groves of Calabria. This is tea as it used to be - not a modern approximation of a classic. A clean and exceptionally bright tea and can be enjoyed with a twist of lemon zest in place of milk

• Second Flush Muscatel Darjeeling

  Makaibari Estate, Darjeeling, India. This highly fragrant black tea is picked in the foothills of The Himalayas on one of the oldest and most beautiful estates in Darjeeling. They care immeasurably about the land, the people who live and work on it, and craft the finest tea imaginable. It has a heady, floral aroma with dark notes of caramel and muscatel grapes. Best enjoyed without milk

• Whole Green Leaf

  Fuding, Fujian Province, China. An exquisite Chinese green tea that has been meticulously hand-crafted. The leaves are fired in a wok over charcoal in the same way, and in the same place it has been produced for 3000 years. Refreshing with a light smoky undertone, it is the antithesis of bitter, mass produced green teas

• Jasmine Silver Tip

  Fuding, Fujian Province, China. A delicate white tea crafted entirely from spring buds. The tea is carefully scented over six consecutive nights with fresh jasmine flowers. Once the preserve of only the Chinese Imperial family. A deep and heady aroma with an elegant and gentle flavour

Herbal Infusions

• Sri Lankan Lemongrass

  Amba Estate, Ravanna Falls, Sri Lanka. A smooth, rich herbal infusion with flavours of cut hay and lemon drops. This uniquely complex and full-bodied lemongrass is grown in a remote mountain tea garden above the Ravanna falls, Sri Lanka

• English Peppermint

  Tregothnan Botanical Gardens, Cornwall, UK. A rare English peppermint grown in Cornwall on the Tregothnan Estate, established in 1335. Counter-intuitively, the menthol oils infuse more easily from the dried leaf, giving a brighter, cleaner flavour than fresh mint. It has a strong peppery nose with a smooth balanced flavour

• English Chamomile

  Tregothnan Botanical Gardens, Cornwall, UK. Grown in a botanical garden on the Tregothnan Estate in Cornwall. These chamomile flowers are extraordinarily sweet, pure and aromatic. The taste of summer meadows