These teas from Felissimo Design House are presented this month for your drinking pleasure. [...]
Experience Bath Time Tea Comfort
January 30, 2009 By 5 Comments
One of my favorite bathing rituals is relaxing in scented warm water with fresh rose petals floating on top while listening to tranquil music and sipping iced southern sweet tea in a champagne glass. Many people take a bath as part of a daily cleansing ritual; but a tea enthusiast who enjoys bath time tea [...]
Felissimo Design House Gourmet Tea Room
January 30, 2009 By 1 Comment
On the top floor of a five-storey town house at 10 West 56th Street in New York City, there is a gourmet Asian tea room that serves delicious and unusual teas, light meals and tea leaf readings. It is Felissimo Design House, the New York home of a Japanese department store where shoppers can leisurely [...]
The Look of Chinese Tea
January 25, 2009 By 2 Comments
Tea is the quiet beverage. It invites you to sit, reflect and relax. It encourages friends to linger for conversation and fellowship. Legend has it that tea was discovered 5000 years ago by Chinese Emperor Shen Nung. While boiling water, leaves from a nearby bush blew into his pot. Rather than have his servant remove [...]
Teatime Today
January 23, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Queen Victoria and the Victorian influence is still very much in evidence in the way we enjoy tea today. There are still those of us who long for a gracious world where good manners are everything, where concern for each other is a major focus, and where entertainment can be enjoyed by everyone. Having tea [...]
Afternoon Tea
January 22, 2009 By 10 Comments
Tea reached the shores of England around 1653 and became one of the most popular beverages in the world. Anna, 7th Duchess of Bedford is credited with inventing Afternoon Tea. Because dinner was not served until 7 o’clock, she would eat a 4 o’clock snack to keep the hunger pains away. Each time she entertained, [...]
A Quiet Tea Spot
January 22, 2009 By 11 Comments
Tea is my beverage of choice! I remember my grandmother giving me “milk tea” to drink as a child. This hot sweetened milk and water beverage was specially prepared for quiet times when there were only the two of us. We would sit close to each other in silence sipping our tea (she drank the [...]
