Would you care for a spot of tea? Miss Spenser’s Tea Room at Longview Farms near New Virginia has just what you’re after.

“We have the best afternoon tea this side of the pond,” says owner and operator Donna Hardin.

A short 30-minute drive south of Des Moines, guests can sit down to a traditional English tea with all the delicacies one might expect in the British Isles.

The menu is seasonal and gen­erally...