British Tea Service In The Heart Of Beverly Hills

Now you possibly can sip your tea like British royalty whereas absorbing the Los Angeles sunshine.

For the primary time in its 150 yr historical past, Claridge’s – the five-star lodge set in London’s Mayfair neighborhood – is increasing entry to its famed tea service at its sister property, The Maybourne Beverly Hills. This month, the Maybourne welcomes its first-ever Afternoon Tea Residency, the place visitors can benefit from the conventional British teatime ritual, however with playful twists that replicate the vibrancy of the enduring California vacation spot.

Introduced on the lodge’s outside backyard terrace, visitors can take pleasure in an open-air alfresco tea service surrounded by wild flowers and verdant hedges accompanied by the sounds of a grand piano. The partnership is a nod to the debut of Afternoon Tea on the Beverly Hills property that will likely be served within the redesigned foyer subsequent yr.

“Though we function a number of the most historic and legendary inns in London, we by no means lose our inventive pioneering spirit at Maybourne Lodge Group,” says Eugene Leonard, common supervisor at The Maybourne Beverly Hills. “We guarantee visitors expertise a way of theatrical enjoyable within the inns, which is translated all through our properties. Claridge’s Tea Residency at The Maybourne Beverly Hills embodies the spirit of our DNA, marrying custom with modernity, delivering a inventive culinary expertise all with a contact of glamour and decadence.”

The Maybourne Beverly Hills will open its doorways in partnership with govt chef Kaleo Adams and Claridge’s culinary staff, who’ll convey alongside the hallowed Claridge’s scone recipe, exactly trimmed sandwiches and, after all, tea.

The menu, a fusion of California and English kinds, will characteristic conventional British smoked salmon and cucumber sandwiches sitting alongside Maine lobster and flour tortillas – a brainchild of Adams geared in the direction of native LA palettes. A lemon and whipped ricotta scone topped with rhubarb jam by celebrated neighboring café Sqirl will sit alongside Claridge’s scones served with the lodge’s famed Marco Polo gelée, infused with tea.

Afternoon tea sandwiches, truffles, scones and extra will likely be served on a peach and white striped bone china by French porcelain purveyor Bernardaud – a playful nod to the a lot liked signature Claridge’s jade and white tea service. A fastidiously chosen edit of the world’s best loose-leaf teas, curated by tea connoisseur Henrietta Lovell of Uncommon Tea Co., will likely be provided all through the week-long residency, and Laurent Perrier champagne will function the ultimate flourish.

Following the property’s 2020 debut, The Maybourne Beverly Hills has additionally unveiled artfully redesigned visitor rooms and suites in collaboration Bryan O’Sullivan, inventive new culinary experiences – from the terrace to The Maybourne bar – a sensory centered day spa and rooftop pool with views of the enduring Hollywood Hills to create the quintessential Southern California escape.