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Afternoon Tea Talk

When Tea Wasn’t for Everyone

Posted on February 12, 2021 / 0 Comment

Walk into your average grocery store today, with its shelves of tea, and it's hard to believe these tiny leaves were once a luxury good, affordable only to the ...

“But the real wealth of the tea table lies in its ability to enrich the everyday, gild the moment with importance, and celebrate the loosening of the day’s demands.”

  • Tricia Foley, Having Tea (New York, C.N. Potter, 1987)

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