Tea Tours Archives - Destination Tea

Finds for Tea Lovers: Swing the Teapot, Floral Park, New York

DestinationTea — Sun, 07 Sep 2025 13:35:29 +0000

In Floral Park on Long Island, New York, we discovered locally baked Irish scones and a vast tea selection at Swing the Teapot, an Irish eatery with tea paraphernalia galore.

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NEW! 3-Day Teatime Retreats at Erika’s Tea Room in Central Florida

DestinationTea — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 11:02:43 +0000

Erika's Tea Room in Central Florida has just begun offering 3-day teatime retreats, where guests will come behind the scenes to experience "everything the tearoom has to offer." These are available on scheduled dates, and for private groups of 10 or more by reservation. Get the full details on upcoming dates, cost and what's included, in today's post.

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Finds for Tea Lovers: Hudson Valley

DestinationTea — Wed, 14 May 2025 21:19:36 +0000

We inadvertently tea tour wherever we go, even if an afternoon tea is not on the itinerary. Here are some great spots for tea lovers that we found on a recent trip to the Hudson Valley in New York.

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Retreat, but Make It Afternoon Tea

DestinationTea — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 20:06:35 +0000

Angela of Destination Tea attended TeaTime magazine's "TeaTime in Alabama Retreat' where she met two of her tea idols, and spent the long weekend baking, tasting teas, learning, meeting new tea friends, and of course, enjoying afternoon tea every day. Take a peek at the variety of experiences you could enjoy when you give yourself the gift of a tea tour!

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Discovering a New Favorite Tisane at Maui Tea Farm

DestinationTea — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 17:02:01 +0000

Destination Tea tours the Maui Tea Farm, tasting their organic, hand-picked teas and tisanes, finding a new favorite in the local nettle bush.

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The United States of Afternoon Tea, 2021 Snapshot

DestinationTea — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 19:37:07 +0000

Since 2018, Destination Tea has been tracking the afternoon tea industry from coast to coast in the United States, using the data we collect in our afternoon tea directories to see how the American afternoon tea scene is growing and changing. Today, we release the top U.S. cities and states for afternoon tea as of 2021's year end.

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Secret Garden Tea Tour 2020: England, Birthplace of Afternoon Tea

DestinationTea — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 13:39:05 +0000

Whether you are new to afternoon tea or a long-time enthusiast, you are in good hands when Elizabeth Kleingartner of The Secret Garden Tea Room and Gift Shop in Sumner, Washington is your trip planner. And for those of us who love taking tea, her next tour is very special, because she's bringing participants to the place where afternoon tea was born 180 years ago.

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