Bridgerton Tea Time Treasures: Scones, shortbread, and BTS' Bridgerton-inspired afternoon tea in 2024!

Bridgerton books inspired a Netflix series, fancy tea sets, high end tea fare and BTS' tea talks!

There's so much Bridgerton news that, if penned in the style of Lady Whistledown, we'd surely run down our quill pen and ink bottle rather quickly. But, alas, we have the benefit of a laptop and can share the news with no fear of interruption.

As, we wrapped up our BTS tea events for the year, with the last two held within a fortnight, we look to our 2024 season. First up, a "Bridgerton Afternoon Tea" in February (watch our website for details!) and we can't wait to serve and "spill" the tea with fellow fans of the Regency-period ton.

We'll be sharing our personal visits to some of the Bridgerton series filming sites from previous trips to England and most recently, our excursion to Bath.  (The latter includes the home of Lady Danbury and a very special dress shop.)

In Bath, England on personal Bridgerton Tour

In past blogs, dating back to 2021, we've shared our enthusiasm for Bridgerton as early adopters of the show. We wrote how the Netflix series sparked sales of fancy tea sets (Fancy tea sets surge in popularity.) and featured the first Bridgerton novel by Julia Quinn (and also the first in the Netflix series) in our Tuesday Tea and Tomes in June of 2022. ("Tuesday Tea and Tons").  We not only reviewed "The Duke and I", but The Republic of Tea's accompanying "Duke and Duchess Honey Breakfast Tea".  Hot, spicy and sweet - those words apply to the story as well as the tea.

In May of this year, we devoted two blog posts to Queen Charlotte, the "prequel" to the Bridgerton series co-written by Julia Quinn and Shonda Rhimes (the latter created the Netflix series based on Quinn's novels). We shared our thoughts on the historical fiction/love story of King George III and Queen Charlotte as well as another tea inspired by Bridgerton, "Queen's Cake".

All that to say, we've been fans for quite awhile and look forward to not only our upcoming Bridgerton tea event in February, but also Season 3 of Bridgerton starting in May, 2024.

Williams Sonoma Tea Time Tales: special tea treats behind 8 "doors"

To celebrate, we purchased Williams Sonoma's "Bridgerton Tea Time Tales", an abbreviated countdown calendar featuring Bridgerton-inspired treats behind eight covered "doors".  We won't reveal all the secrets, but the treasure behind the first door was a delicious bite-sized chocolate shortbread. There are also more samples of The Republic of Teas' Bridgerton blends.

But, Dear Readers, this is not the only item of note. There's a whole line of Bridgerton-inspired items for Regency-style entertaining from Williams Sonoma including tea, tonics, sweets and linens. (Surely something to please any ton-fans on your holiday gift list - even if it's "on its way".)

To see our "Bridgerton Tea Time Tales" reveal, se our latest BTS video on YouTube:  Bridgerton treats from Williams Sonoma and BTS' Bridgerton-inspired tea talk (New for 2024!) (youtube.com)