Tokyo, May 1, 2025 (AFP) - Britain responds after Expo 2025 afternoon tea brews outrage

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2025-05-01

A $35 afternoon tea set served at the British pavilion at the Osaka Expo has left Japanese social media aghast at its perfunctory paper cups, sending Britain's embassy into damage-control mode. "We have improved our service after some feedback saying we have failed to live up to expectations", a British Embassy official in Tokyo said in a video posted on X Thursday. "Afternoon tea is an important part of our tradition that symbolises British......

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