Kaffee und Kuchen
Kristi and I enjoy Afternoon Tea, Anglophiles that we are. I returned from my British Holiday in the late 1990’s eager to learn more about the custom, and enjoy it Stateside. We started dating shortly after that trip, and taking tea was something we have always enjoyed, as well as preparing and hosting Tea. Years ago, we even had a tradition for a number of years to “take Tea” at a gorgeous hotel on New Year’s Day. (Our humble opinion is that in Chicago, one cannot find a better Afternoon Tea than in the Palm Court of The Drake Hotel.) The Garden View Tea Room at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort has our other favorite Afternoon Tea on this side of the Atlantic. With our current thoughts toward the upcoming German Journey, I nosed around the Internet and was reminded of a German custom I already knew. Kaffee und Kuchen . Literally, “Coffee and Cake.” This is the corresponding custom in Germany, instead of Afternoon Tea. ...
