Tea Treats (RETIRED)

actually, I have seen these foods replicated in Colonial Williamsburg, so it wasn't surprising for me. Eating these at Felicity's tea lessons would have been the way to teach her gentile manners as a lady in the 18th century. The way they ate at parties and balls, was much different than today- take in mind the fork was a relatively new fangled invention. Sugar was expensive so the cakes and flummery was a way to show off your wealth- hence the tea caddy with Felicity's tea set. Many tea caddies had pride of place- this was the revolutionary era when tea was taxed.