Day: June 24, 2013

When Did Tea Time Become the Cocktail Hour?

On By Little Yellow TeapotIn Tea Enjoyment1 Comment

More and more tea times at posh restaurants are featuring champagne and other alcoholic beverages. So much for tearooms being refuges (as they first started out to be) from places serving such drinks. It raises the question of when this transformation started taking place. Once upon a time in Great Britain and other European countries, …

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Americans Love Tea – Sez the British Press

On By William I. Lengeman IIIIn Tea EnjoymentLeave a comment

We Americans sure love our tea. Or so the British say. Wait. Excuse me? Isn't that supposed to be the other way around? Aren't we Yanks supposed to be blabbing on about how much the British love their tea? I think so. To be quite honest, I've been guilty of doing just that more than …

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