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Aug 01, 2020 at 00:01 3834

Babingtons Tea Rooms in Rome

A history of Babingtons Tea Rooms In 1893, two young English ladies decided to establish a tea room in the Eternal City: Isabel Cargill, daughter of Captain Cargill, founder of the city of Dunedin in New Zealand and Anna Maria Babington, descendant of Antony Babington who had been hanged, drawn and quartered in 1589 for the part he had played in a conspiracy against Queen Elizabeth I....

Jul 01, 2016 at 11:57 Scottish tea

[Added on January 31, 2024: Just stumbled upon older articles from 2019 and 2022 saying that Thomas Robinson, often known as Tam O’Braan (as in my article below) or Thomas O’Brien, invented a famous tea award, duped...

Feb 01, 2016 at 17:47 Afternoon Tea 100% Vegan at the Shangri-La Hotel, Paris

The afternoon tea is an English institution that lives on not only in the Commonwealth, but for instance in Paris too. In January...

Aug 01, 2004 at 00:00 Mariage Frères

The French tea company Mariage Frères in Paris was established in 1854, which makes it France’s oldest importer of tea. Members of the Mariage family where active in the colonial trade as early as the 17th century. For...

Aug 01, 2020 at 00:01 3834

Babingtons Tea Rooms in Rome

A history of Babingtons Tea Rooms In 1893, two young English ladies decided to establish a tea room in the Eternal City: Isabel Cargill, daughter of Captain Cargill, founder of the city of...

Jul 01, 2016 at 11:57 2276

Scottish tea

[Added on January 31, 2024: Just stumbled upon older articles from 2019 and 2022 saying that Thomas Robinson, often known as Tam O’Braan (as in my article below) or Thomas...

Feb 01, 2016 at 17:47 1081

Afternoon Tea 100% Vegan at the Shangri-La Hotel, Paris

The afternoon tea is an English institution that lives on not only in the Commonwealth, but for instance in Paris too. In January...

Aug 01, 2004 at 00:00 8912

Mariage Frères

The French tea company Mariage Frères in Paris was established in 1854, which makes it France’s oldest importer of tea. Members of the Mariage family where active in the colonial...

Jun 02, 2004 at 00:00 6171

Afternoon Tea

The English tradition of afternoon tea is celebrated at its best in some of London’s famous five-star hotels. The exquisite and exclusive experience is very popular and therefore not...

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