You’ve heard about this stuff called “tea.” You want to try it. But where do you start? Well, the obvious answer is to start at the beginning, but that’s not very helpful. So, let’s roll up our sleeves and take a good look at what will be helpful. I’m one of those people who, when… Continue reading

Flowing dresses, wide-brimmed straw hats with silk flowers and brightly colored ribbons, and even wrist-length white cotton gloves are signs that women dressing for tea is back in style. Men are even getting into the act, wearing suits and ties. What’s this all about? One thing that might be influencing teatime apparel is the promotion… Continue reading

Tea stimulates. Tea relaxes. Above all, tea civilizes. From the earliest days, when this beverage was reserved for royalty to modern times when “high tea” has morphed from being an evening meal for the working class to a fancy pinky-pointing expensive affair at the local tearoom, we all experience the civilizing effect of tea. Drinking… Continue reading

There has always been a romantic side to tea for me. It may just be because I read far too much 17th and 18th century literature in which it seems that a British courtship without tea would have been unthinkable. Back then a tea table and an elderly chaperone must have been the equivalent of… Continue reading