Comments on: Destination Tea: A Southern Cup

By: DestinationTea

DestinationTea — Sat, 19 Nov 2022 10:01:39 +0000

In reply to Mark Keilp. Mark, thank you for taking the time to write in about your experience. We are glad to hear that A Southern Cup continues to provide a happy afternoon tea experience. You captured the scene there beautifully. It is part of Destination Tea's mission to bring more people to tearooms across the country because you are right, if we want to see these gems stay open for many years, we must patronize them (which is a joy to do). Thank you for contributing this review!

By: Mark Keilp

Mark Keilp — Sat, 19 Nov 2022 05:38:51 +0000

I just went back to A Southern Cup after a hiatus due to Covid and I am glad I went. This tea room is what I expect a place to be, quiet enough to have gentle conversations, a sharp and upbeat owner who really knows her blends and has excellent taste in sandwiches, the rooms decorated with teacups and pots and beautiful china on the tables with cut flowers. Hands down, the best chicken salad I have ever tasted and the egg salad and cucumber sandwiches were delicious as well. Love the scones and the three toppings for them. I’ll be back because its a great place and we need to support our tearooms and heritage so they hang around in the shifting economy.

By: Destination Tea: Review of afternoon tea at Smith-McDowell House in NC

Destination Tea: Review of afternoon tea at Smith-McDowell House in NC — Sat, 06 Jul 2019 18:12:47 +0000

[…] are in town for their afternoon tea, which opens with a napkin-folding lesson and presentation from A Southern Cup‘s Kym Brown about the origins of afternoon tea, including the historical significance of […]