I recently had the opportunity to visit Boulder, Colorado, when performing there with a dance company. Our schedule left me with time during the day to explore Boulder and, in addition to hiking in the Rocky Mountains, I discovered two lovely independent tea houses. The first (addressed here in Part I) was the Ku Cha …
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A Tea Room of My Own
In 2005 we relocated to South Carolina and started shopping for a house. We saw a style we loved, and found a contractor to custom-build it on our land. DH and I each made a list of the must-haves in our new house. On his list were a balcony and lots of land. On my …
Favourite Tearooms in Australia — Part IV
Carrying on my tearoom theme, I want to draw attention to another tearoom that I had the pleasure of visiting in Adelaide. Tbar is a wonderful tea salon which, according to their website serves loose leaf tea with reverse osmosis water. As I walked into the salon, I was faced with a wonderful array of …
Special Diets at Tea Time
Those of us who follow special or restricted diets, by choice or for health reasons, can find it daunting to go out for tea. Whatever you’re avoiding – wheat, meat, carbs, cholesterol, or any of dozens of food allergens – you can oftentimes arrange a special meal, but you’ve got to plan ahead. Here are …
Tea Room Evolution
I’ve been keeping track of tea rooms for a very long time. Not just which ones open, close, or move to a new location, but also what they offer their customers. At one time there were essentially three types of tea rooms, at least here in the USA: Asian dumpling parlours, located in a city’s …
6 Things to Consider Before Opening a Tea Room
Every few months I get an email from someone who wants to open a tea room. They ask me where to buy teacups, find a good recipe for scones, or what to charge for a pot of tea. While these are all important considerations, they’re the end of the process, not the beginning. Since 1998, …
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Favourite Tearooms in the UK — Part III
Carrying on my series of favourite tearooms in the UK, I turn to a hotel which according to Wikipedia has hosted people of historical significance. Located in Mayfair in the centre of London, my husband treated me to Afternoon Tea on our last UK visit and it was a truly exquisite experience. Greeted by a …
UK Tea Revisited
As I returned to the UK for a blend of business and pleasure, I swelled with pride as I went to cafés and eateries and found the bar had been raised on the quality and range of teas available. A visit to the National Memorial Arboretum in the centre of England was accompanied by a …
Favourite Tearooms in Australia — Part II
In a previous post, I talked about a couple of Afternoon Tea places in the UK which I hold dear to me. In this post, I’d like to share with you a couple of places that I had the privilege of going to here in Australia. Emporium Hotel is a five star luxury boutique hotel …
Favourite Tearooms in Australia – Part I
In keeping with a current theme, my previous two posts talked about my favourite tearooms in the UK. Having moved over to Brisbane last year, I naturally had to check out the tearooms here and two places spring to mind! The Tea Centre is rapidly growing having just opened a new place in Chermside, with …
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