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  • Join the Tea Dance

    There’s a scene in a recent episode of a popular British series where several of the lead characters go to a “thé dansant” in a nearby town. Skipping the French they used because they were terribly hoity-toity, the Tea Dance was a staple of English life for the best part of a century from the… Continue reading

  • Dancing Tea

    There have been a number of articles on this blog that deal with artists using tea in their work. Most recently explored were several artists who use tea as a medium—the technique of tea painting is one where tea is used in a similar way to paint (the articles can be seen here and here).… Continue reading

  • Tea Rooms, Tea Courts, and Tea Dances

    In the late 1800s the best hotels in the U.S. and the U.K. began to host tea rooms and tea courts. The tea service served in the late afternoon gave the genteel Victorians a place to meet for a sip of tea and conversation. Many of these tea courts became the epitome of elegance like… Continue reading