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Storm in a tea cup with scones and cream

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By RICHARD SAVILL – (c) The Sydney Morning Herald

Cream teas, for many the epitome of the peace and tranquillity of an English summer afternoon, have become the focus of a battle between two counties.

The dispute erupted after a Devon farm said it would seek European recognition for its wares, infuriating neighbouring Cornwall, which has always considered the speciality its own.

Langage Farm wants to place Devonshire cream teas on a European Union ”protected list” because it is fed up with substandard versions. Protected designation of origin status would mean cream teas would have to be produced, processed or prepared in Devon to use the name. Read more>

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It’s scone wrong

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By SUSAN SMILLIE © Guardian News and Media Limited 2010

At last. A fight that’s worth fighting. A dispute that won’t end in shabby compromise or fudgey coalition; a battle I can get behind – one on which there are clearly defined sides: the right side … and the wrong.

The long-running rivalry between Devon and Cornwall over cream teas has been reignited with news that a Devon dairy has launched a campaign to apply for Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) for the name “Devon cream tea”. Cornwall, of course, already has PDO for its clotted cream, but a few years ago, historians piecing together fragments of manuscripts in Tavistock (Devon) found evidence that the cream tea originated there 1,000 years ago, after Tavistock’s Benedictine Abbey monks fed workers with bread, clotted cream and strawberry preserves. The combination, unsurprisingly, was a hit with passing travellers. Read more>

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Cornwall's method on the left, and Devon's on the right. Which looks right to you? Photograph: John Gollop/Alamy, Tim Hill/Alamy

Cornwall's method on the left, and Devon's on the right. Which looks right to you? Photograph: John Gollop/Alamy, Tim Hill/Alamy

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Devon cream teas could get EU protected status

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Devonshire Cream Tea

Campaigners say Devon cream teas should come from the county

By BBC News - BBC (c) MMX

A campaign has been launched to get European protection for the name “Devon cream tea”.

Devon-based dairy Langage Farm says it is fed up with sub-standard versions of the cream and jam-laden scones and tea combination.
Some so-called Devon cream teas have even been spotted abroad with cream dispensed from a can. Protected Designation of Origin (PDO)
would mean teas must be produced, processed or prepared in Devon.  Read more>

Have you registered your support for the Devon Cream Tea? Register here

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