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This is the time of year gardens are full of glorious abundance of flowers of every kind. The array of colorful blooms just beckoning us to pick them to make beautiful arrangements to enjoy their hues and wonderful fragrances inside. One of the best things about afternoon tea is that it lends itself to a...Read More

Do you remember dressing up and putting on your best manners as you sipped pretend tea out of tiny cups and shared pretend delicacies with your friends, parents, teddy bears or a dressed up pet? Is there a little girl inside of you who longs for a lovely time of childish imagination and “so Big”...Read More

If tea cups could talk our tea room would be full of conversation they speak of the past and of the future, but their strongest message would be to “use me and use your imagination”. Tea Time offers so many wonderful possibilities for nurturing friendships. It is not about the tea at all, it is...Read More

When the world is all at odds and your mind is all at sea, then cease the moment a brew a cup of tea. There is magic in the fragrance and solace in the taste.  Laden moments vanish when you add a sip of butterscotch schnapps to it as well. The world becomes a lovely...Read More

Traditionally, high tea was a working-class meal served on a high table at the end of the workday, shortly after 5 p.m. High tea was much more of a working-class family meal than it was an elite social gathering.  Read More

There are many different stories that claim to explain the origin of afternoon tea but one of the most widely accepted is that the Duchess of Bedford came up with the initial concept. The noon meal had become smaller, and so the Duchess suffered from a sinking feeling at about four clock in the afternoon....Read More