Afternoon Tea at the Fig Tree Coffee Lounge and Tea Room at Christique Antique Centre
After a few hours of shopping in Dorking we ended up at the café at Christique Antique Centre, called the Fig Tree Coffee Lounge and Tea Room. To get to the café you will go through the most alluring vintage and antique jewellery section, where glass cabinets so proudly show off their treasures, and basically it is just impossible to get to the café without buying a few pieces that one really needs!
The sun shone so beautifully on us while we were enjoying our cream tea
Afternoon Tea at the Fig Tree Coffee Lounge and Tea Room
The café is such a welcoming place, with these big windows instead of a dark ceiling, that let in all the lovely winter sun and show some nice greenery – of course including a fig tree! We arrived at lunch time and at least I was didn’t know how I would ever be able to choose what to have, after seeing all the lovely dishes that the other guests were enjoying!
We finally decided to go for the cream tea, and it was generously portioned with two big homemade scones per person (there were three of us, and we managed 1. 1/3 each!), some glorious butter that I don’t know how they made as it was so light and tasty! – and of course lots of strawberry jam and clotted cream. We all chose the Darjeeling tea, which was a nice change from my usual English Breakfast, and a new favourite. It was such an enjoyable afternoon tea, as you could tell that everything had been made with thought and care, and the surroundings were so peaceful even though all the little tables in the café were taken – it clearly is a very popular spot in Dorking!
A delicious cream – I can second that!
Oh how I adore these kitschy little vintage teacup collections!
My vintage teacup heaven at Christique Antique Centre
I just adore this little teacup – can you see what a funny little foot it has? I wonder what fabulous tea parties it has seen in its days?!
The fabulous thing here is that after your lunch or tea you can continue to wander through the shop Christique and admire the jewellery, furniture, paintings, glassware… you name it! In one section we ran into all these charming little tea cups, and it just reinforced my wish to collect lots of different teacups and saucers, so that I can have my own little Mad Hatter’s Tea Party in the future!
Christique Antique Centre
11 West Street, Dorking
RH4 1BL
I am very pleased to give the Fig Tree Coffee Lounge and Tea Room 5/5 Decades of Elegance Rings:
Decades of Elegance 