The Afternoon-Tea Sandwich - One Sandwich

Fresh watercress with butter and salt on white bread; simple, peppery, and quintessentially English.

Watercress with butter; peppery, simple.

Chopped walnuts and celery with cream cheese; Waldorf salad as sandwich.

Tuna with cucumber slices.

Thinly sliced pressed ox tongue on white bread with mustard; delicate meat, mild flavor.

Ripe tomato slices with salt and butter on white bread; simple summer sandwich, bread can get soggy.

Smoked salmon with butter and fresh lemon juice on brown bread; classic pairing.

Smoked salmon on brown bread with cream cheese; see also tea sandwiches.

Brown bread rolled around smoked salmon and cream cheese, sliced into spirals; elegant presentation for tea service.

Premium Scottish smoked salmon on bread.

Smoked salmon with dill cream cheese on brown bread; herbal-fish combination.

Thinly sliced smoked salmon with cream cheese on brown bread, often with a squeeze of lemon and black pepper; luxurious tea sandwich.

Smoked salmon with chive cream cheese; oniony freshness with rich fish.

Scrambled eggs with smoked salmon; brunch sandwich.

Poached or smoked salmon with thin cucumber on brown bread; classic fish-and-cool-vegetable pairing.

Salmon (smoked or poached) with cucumber.

Thinly sliced radishes with salted butter on white bread; crisp, peppery, refreshing.

Smooth chicken liver pâté with sliced cornichons on brown bread; French-influenced tea sandwich.

Mustard cress (sprouted mustard and cress) with butter on white bread; peppery micro-greens.

Thin scrape of Marmite with butter on white bread; savory, umami-rich, divisive.

Fresh or dried figs with goat cheese; Mediterranean-influenced tea sandwich.

Chopped hard-boiled eggs bound with mayonnaise, seasoned with salt and white pepper on soft white bread; classic simplicity.

Chopped boiled eggs with mayonnaise on bread; British lunchbox classic.

Shortened name; the default egg sandwich.