Tearoom Manners

Tearoom manners are a breed all their own. But even regular manners are tricky business. What’s rude and what isn’t seems to change daily. Gents tipping their hats to ladies. Ladies wearing gloves everywhere they went. And so on. Even so, some things are so steady that they are “givens” in polite society and need …

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My Falling Out with Darjeeling Tea

Things change. Which is a bit of an obvious statement, I know. So to be a little more specific, I'll say that tastes in tea change. Although to be fair, I can only speak for myself. I've only been drinking tea in a serious way (whatever that means) for a little more than seven years. …

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