Scotland is particularly well known for High Teas. High tea, fed by all the wonderful regional recipes of the country that go back through generations of loving and inspired farmhouse baking and relying on butter, fresh cream, milk and eggs from the farmhouse dairy - this is something uniquely British. Taking tea is an intimate experience. The furniture should be arranged in comfortable, conversational groupings. High tea is served at the dining table or from a sideboard.
Afternoon tea is served from either a low table or trolley.
Traditionally the tea table is covered with a cloth. Linen unifies everything on the table, adding colour, pattern and texture. With a modest linen wardrobe, tables can change costume from summer to winter with no change of china. Formal looks include lace, linen, damask and embroidered cotton. Checks, prints, rough weaves and cotton-polyester blends are more casual.