Date of Visit: 10 May 2015
Cost: £4.20 for one scone, jam, double cream and a pot of tea of your choice
Other options for Afternoon Tea (£12.50 for two) and High Tea (£10.50 per person) are available
www.witleytearooms.co.uk
The Garden Tearooms are situated next to Witley Court, an English Heritage property situated between Great Witley and Little Witley on the A443 Worcester Road. You don't have to visit the grounds and impressive ruins of the former stately home of the Earl of Dudley to go to the Tearooms but it's well worth a visit, particularly in May or June, when the beautiful rhododendrons are in bloom.
The tearooms are also located next to Great Witley Church, the finest example of the baroque style in Britain so you might want to pop in there too as it's free to enter.
And so, on to the main event, the cream tea. It was a warm day, we could sit in the garden, birds were chirping around us and it felt quintessentially English. The scones were delicious, just the perfect amount of crispiness on the outside, and soft and fluffy on the inside. The peppering of raisins / sultanas was just right, and the strawberry jam was packed full of flavour. It would have scored very highly except for the lack of clotted cream. Double cream tastes ok but it is not the same, it just doesn't give that same succulent experience and the ability to hold all three elements together.
If you don't mind the use of whipped cream, then I would definitely try out the Tearooms, and the sandwiches with delicious homemade bread and a decent amount of filling are highly recommended too. As much as I thought the scones and jam were just about perfection, I can't score this cream tea any higher than a seven because of the cream.
7/10
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