Searching for a spot to take a celebratory Afternoon Tea in Edinburgh, we eschewed the high ceilings and tartan of the Balmoral for being predictable and a little bit pompous. Other places looked lovely, velvety and plush, but a smidge out of our way and not quite interesting enough in their menu choices. Then we found it. The words leap from the website like excited bubbles. “… with Summer Tea Punch – Hendrick’s gin, pressed lemon, pink grapefruit & summer berry organic tea syrup” Don’t get me wrong- I’m aware the idea of drinking alongside one’s Afternoon Tea is by no means a new one. Most other establishments will offer you a Champagne Afternoon Tea for a *gulp* extra charge, and supply you with a spindly glass of something expensive and fizzy, but this sounded all the more interesting and, well, involves gin, which is never a bad thing. At the base of a swish hotel, Tigerlily has turned a great expanse of restaurant space into a series of interconnected rooms; here busi