Feeling flush? Do the posh English thing and while away the
afternoon with a tea set specially created by the venerable Cliveden House at Berkshire.
Billed as the most expensive afternoon tea yet, the spread for two, at £550 per
couple, was conceived by executive head chef Carlos Martinez, and includes a
veritable feast of rare and beautiful ambrosia.

There’re exquisite white truffles at £2,500 per kilo,
Beluga Caviar at £4,000 per kilo and Da Hong Pao Tea, harvested from thousand
year old leaves and valued at over £2,000 per kilogram. You’ll also
be treated to flutes of Dom Perignon Rose, as well as a luscious, gold-leafed
cake made with the dearest chocolate in the world, Amedi Porcelana. Wash it all
down with an earthy, bitter shot of Kopi Luwak, the famous civet cat coffee, at
£50 per cup.

For the record, here’s the full menu:

Platinum Afternoon Tea-Tasting Menu

• Homemade
  Scones, baked to order
• Wild
  Strawberry and Cognac Preserve
  with Jersey Clotted Cream
• Da
  Hong Pao Tea
• Balack
  Smoked Salmon, Beluga Caviar and Pickled Cucumber
• Assam
  Smoked Oolong
• Platinum
  Canapés (including mini £100 sandwich)
• Two
  Glasses of Vintage Dom Perignon Rose
• Selection
  of Cliveden Cakes and Pastries
• Jinjunmei
  China
  Black Tea
• Cliveden
  House Chocolate Opera Cake with Gold Leaf
• Kopi
  Luwak Coffee

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