Designer Tea’s

Tea Parties are back with a vengeance and the current tea venue for London’s deeply glamorous is ‘Artesian’ in the Langham Hotel, Portland Place. This latest hot spot tea-room has been gushingly heralded as a ‘Contemporary Geisha boudoir style cocktail bar’ and designed by prolific restaurant designer David Collins. Madonna has already held a bash at ‘Artesian’ where the actual teas are the designs of former canapé queen, now food consultant Lorna Wing and include (of course) tiny sandwiches made from specialist breads and filled with deliciousness such as: Wiltshire ham and wild rocket with mustard butter on light rye. The designer tea fare also includes tiny cheese and pancetta, triple citrus and coconut and lime muffins, teacup and saucer iced biscuits, glittery cupcakes , Ladurée macarons and mousse shots. ( Yummy descriptions courtesy of 'The Better Foodie' ) If you are not a tea-totaller Artesian is also a cocktail bar, so tea can be served with a martini chaser….Phew!