Ithimba Lasekuseni Liqalaphi?
Ayikho imikhosi yaseBrithani engadingeki kakhulu kunomkhosi nokukhonza ngeTiye lesikhombisa. Kukholelwa ukuthi isikweletu saleso siko siya ku-Anna, i-Duchess yesi-7 yaseBedford ngasekuqaleni kwekhulu le-19. Umkhuba ojwayelekile wokukhonza isidlo phakathi kuka-8 no-9 ntambama washiya uMdondolozi olambile futhi 'enomzwelo' ebusuku. Ukuqeda ukulamba, wayala itiye, isinkwa nebhotela namaqebelengwane okumele akhonze ekamelweni lakhe.
Kamuva wayezomema abangane ukuba bajoyine ekhaya futhi itiye yokukhanya yayiphumelela kakhulu umkhuba owawubanjwa.
Umcwaningi waqhubeka nomkhuba wokubuyela eLondon futhi ngokushesha nje itiye 'At Home' yavela okuyinto ngokushesha basakaza kulo lonke eNgilandi. Izimemezelo mayelana netiye zathunyelwa ezihlotsheni nabangane bethi ngehora elizokwenziwa itiye. Ngezinye izikhathi ukuzijabulisa kwakunikezwa kodwa ngokuvamile kwakumane nje ingxoxo kanye nokuhleka okungenalutho phezu kweti kanye namaqebelengwane. Uma isaziso 'sasekhaya' samukelwa umvakashi kulindeleke ukuthi abe khona, ngaphandle uma kunjalo, ukuzisola kuthunyelwe. Kwakukhona okungenani umuntu oyedwa ophethe ekhaya usuku ngalunye futhi izibopho zomphakathi zasungulwa masinyane nabesifazane bebonana njalo njalo.
Ukuthatha itiye kancane kancane kusakazeka kusuka ekhaya futhi ngaphandle emphakathini jikelele. Amaqembu e-Tea abe yinto evamile kanye namakamelo e-Tea, kanye namaJadi weTeyi ngokushesha aphuma yonke indawo.
Ngesikhathi se-Edwardian, i-'Akhaya 'yaphela njengoba isifiso sokuhamba sanda.
I-tea manje isetshenziswe ngamahora amane emahoreni amasha wetiyi amahhotela okunethezeka i-Ritz ibe enye yezindawo ezidume kakhulu, nezitolo zokugcina ezifana ne-Fortnum no-Mason futhi ivame ukuhambisana nomculo obala futhi ngezinye izikhathi ngisho nokudansa okuncane. Imidanso ye-tea yaba yinto ethile futhi yaqhubeka kwaze kwaba ngemva kweMpi Yezwe Yesibili, kepha kancane kancane yaphela.
NjengeThaphu le-Afternoon ngokwayo, kukhona manje ukuvuselela okukhulu kwedaka letiye kulo lonke elase-UK nase-Ireland futhi lijabulela yonke iminyaka.
Inhlanhla yamalanga namhlanje
LeziMpi Yezwe ezimbili zashintsha kakhulu ukuthatha itiye le-ntambama, ikakhulukazi ngokulinganisa itiye okuqhubekayo phakathi kwama-50 kodwa lesi siko saqhubeka saze safika phakathi nekhulu lama-20. Kodwa-ke, njengoba abaseBrithani baqala ukuthanda kwabo imishayo yekhofi, ngokudabukisayo, itiye laseMsombuluko yaba yinto engaphezu kwesigqila somkhuba waseBrithani owaqhaqhazelayo ukuze udonsa phambi kwezivakashi.
Njengoba ihamba phambili ngekhulu lama-21 noma kunjalo, kanjani itiye le-ntambama e-Ritz manje ingenye yezinto ezinzima kunazo zonke zokudlela eLondon? Futhi ngaphandle kwamakhemikhali odumile eBetty's Tea eYorkshire, imigqa ibuthana block. Woza ngehora lesithathu, phezulu nangaphansi kwezwe, amakamelo okudlela ehotela agcwele futhi amatafula abubula ngaphansi kwesisindo sezitshalo ezigcwele amaqebelengwane nama-scones. Ama-teas abuyele futhi ngendlela enkulu.
Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi ukuhlukunyezwa kwezomnotho okwaqala ngo-2008 okudalwe kulo mvuselelo. Ukubuyela eminye imikhuba yendabuko kanye nokuphishekela izinto ngokuzenzekelayo kuvame kakhulu uma imali iqinile, kubonakala sengathi.
Kukhona umehluko owodwa omkhulu, noma kunjalo. Esikhathini sesikhathi sokudoba, itiye ligcwalise kahle igebe ngosuku.
Namuhla, isinkwa sekusasa ntambama sithatha kokubili ukudlala kwasemini futhi kunciphise isidingo sokuba isidlo esikhulu. 'Hlala ekhaya' umama usebenzisa itiye ntambama njengendlela yokuhlangana nokudla. Futhi, iyiphi enye indlela engcono yokusebenzisa isikhathi ngesikhathi sokuhlala, okubandayo 'kokuhlala' kunamahora ambalwa adlala itiye nama-scones? Ngakho imfashini itiye ntambama ukuthi abashadikazi besabelomali bakhetha ukuyikhonza esikhundleni sokudla okuhlelekile okuhlezi phansi. Futhi, ngisho ne-Spas ezweni lonke likhonza iTheku laseNtambama njengengxenye yosuku lwe-spa.
Uma ufuna ukubona ukuthi yini eyenziwa ngesiko itiye ntambama, hlola lezi zokupheka