Tea: Part 3 The Tea Reception

The Tea Reception, can be at home or in a public venue, but this is when tea is taken to the next level. “With this more pretentious affair, the refreshments are served in the dining-room instead of in the drawing-room or outdoors as is sometimes done at simpler teas.  The hissing urn always holds the place…

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Tea: Part 2 High Tea?

“High Tea.  This is really the evening supper… …although sometimes the “high tea” is spread for an earlier hour than supper, say seven or eight o’clock.  The ladies come in visiting costume and the gentlemen in the morning dress in country towns.  In cities, sometimes, dress coats and light gowns are considered essential.  Guests are expected to spend the…

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