Posted on 28 January 2009 by admin
The most important thing to remember when preparing the menu for a tea party is the formal nature of the event. Tea party sandwiches should be items that can be eaten with the fingers without falling apart. Some hosts and hostesses actually serve tea and coffee; therefore the menu items should compliment either of those beverages, if they are both present.
Posted on 28 January 2009 by admin
Women of Victorian times were expected to be consummate hostesses. From an early age, they filled hope chests with the appropriate linens for future entertaining. Although the first tea set was tiny and the first “guests” were dolls and teddy bears, the practice of proper table etiquette was often initiated with young ladies by learning how to properly pour and serve tea. Chaperoned meetings with a prospective suitor for tea was an acceptable activity for a young woman, and local establishments hosted tea dances to provide opportunities for proper courtship.
Posted on 28 January 2009 by admin
While the mores of the time were very restrictive, few could argue that the Victorian era was not one of the most romantic times in our past. To recapture that spirit of gentility, men and women alike are holding tea parties using Victorian customs.
Posted on 28 January 2009 by admin
Chapter Seven of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll depicts a tea party. Crowded together at one corner of the table were the March Hare and the Mad Hatter. They appeared to be using the sleeping Dormouse seated between them as a cushion. They rested their elbows upon the Dormouse while speaking to each other and Alice. During the tea party, they gradually moved around the table, changing seats.
Posted on 21 January 2009 by admin
The December 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party is thought it be a turning point in the progress toward American independence from Great Britain. Today, those of us who long to experience this act of colonial protest can reenact the event from replica ships equipped with chests of tea and actual firing cannons. Although it is held in July of each year, “Boston Harborfest,” features special events enabling visitors to travel back in time to this seminal event.
Posted on 21 January 2009 by admin
“Taxation without representation!” was the cry heard throughout the American colonies when Great Britain levied taxes on tea consumed in America by British subjects under the Townshend Revenue Act of 1767. Although designed to rescue the failing East India Company, the Tea Act of 1773 further inflamed the tensions between the colonists and the British government, as it was thought to affect the profits of American colonial tea merchants.
