TEATIME

tea, afternoon tea, teatime

(noun) a light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes; “an Englishman would interrupt a war to have his afternoon tea”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

teatime (plural teatimes)

(chiefly, British) The traditional time, in the late afternoon, for serving tea (the meal).

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.

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