The Wellesley Knightsbridge Launches Tea-themed Afternoon Tea

The Wellesley Knightsbridge Launches Tea-themed Afternoon Tea

The Wellesley Knightsbridge, a Luxury Collection Hotel, London has launched a tea-themed afternoon tea, to honor its extensive menu of bespoke tea blends. Launching today, this new twist on the classic English tradition is the ideal treat for true tea infuse-iasts!

The Wellesley handpicks blends from the world’s prime estates to give guests the best choice from around the world. From the vanilla and amaretto flavors of the bespoke Churchill Blend, to the rose-scented tastes of the Wellesley Blend, each pastry expertly fuses one of the hotel’s 25 blends with the delicate sweetness of each treat.

The hotel’s in-house tea sommelier, Leo Mattera, has teamed up with the pastry chef, Manuele Schiavowe, to create the Pa-tea-sserie at The Wellesley afternoon tea, which features an array of intricate pastries flavoured with some of The Wellesley’s most unique tea blends including:

  • A tartlet filled with diced apple and passionfruit jam, topped with a chocolate disk and covered in a ganache dome which is infused with the Churchill Blend adding a subtle aftertaste of amaretto.
  • A crème patisserie-filled vanilla savarin enriched with a homemade syrup infused with Organic Chamomile Flowers
  • The macaron uses notes from the Wellesley Blend tea to create the rose-scented filling, complementing the traditional almond flavour.
  • A pistachio and mango Swiss roll covered with Italian meringue and garnished with white chocolate uses the tropical hints of Midsummer Mango blend to enrich the flavour.

The pastries are served alongside a selection of handmade sandwiches, an assortment of scones and seasonal preserves with clotted cream. Afternoon Tea at The Wellesley would not be complete without the signature chocolate cigars made from filo pastry and chocolate mousse, a nod to the hotel’s impressive cigar offering.

Now in its fifth year, The Wellesley Knightsbridge serves the quintessentially British afternoon tea in its glamourous art-deco Jazz Lounge with live piano accompaniment.

Pa-tea-sserie at The Wellesley is served daily from 2pm to 6pm, and is available for £35pp, or £50pp including Champagne.

For further information or to book, visit www.thewellesley.co.uk