Bea's Of Bloomsbury

Coffee is part of the routine of lots of people. There's a lot of coffee shops across the city, all of them full of people enjoying their morning fuel, a cup of coffee with Valrhona brownies that gives them the energy to go through the day. But don't forget that afternoon tea has a very important role in English culture and a loose leaf tea served with a freshly baked scone with Cornish clotted cream is a must in the London society.

If you are part of this community, the mundane act of taking a sip of your cup makes you part of a ritual that started 365 years ago. It may seem that the afternoon tea or the morning coffee has been installed in the city forever but the first coffeehouse in London opened its doors in 1652 and it was called Pasqua Rosee.