The Good Life France Magazine SPRING 2016 | Page 85

It’s THE place to go for afternoon tea and for expats in the area, there a real taste of home as the cream tea is served with legendary Roddas clotted cream (The Teapot is the only supplier of Roddas in Southern France).

Though the French are known for their love of coffee, it seems the Teapot is winning a whole new legion of fans to tea drinking. Tina confesses the majority of French customers still choose herbal tea over the very British Yorkshire Tea on offer but "it's early days". The traditional recipe British cakes attract a lot of curiosity. The mince pies were extremely popular at Christmas laughs British expat Becca Barnett who works at the Teapot, though she admits it wasn't easy to explain what “mince meat“ is!