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Tea and Tea Drinking by Claire Masset(TATD)
This fascinating book explores the evolution of tea
drinking over the past 350 years, showing how it has infused every level of
British life.
Claire Masset is a writer and editor specialising in social history, art, architecture and gardens. She has an MA in Art History, an M.Phil in Decorative Arts and a Postgraduate Certificate in Architectural History. She writes for Heritage magazine and many other publications. TeaAntiques.com provided some of the images used in the book; one page of which is shown on the right.
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It
is difficult to imagine life without tea, yet there was a time when it was so
expensive that only the extremely wealthy could afford it. The drink and its
culture have changed dramatically since Samuel Pepys drink the first recorded
cup of tea in 1660. Initially, it was drunk by men in coffee houses and by
women in the home, until gradually afternoon teas and tea parties became
fashionable and then tea became n integral part of life for people of all
classes. But what about high tea and tea dances? Who visited the tea rooms
and tea gardens? And who wore tea gowns? This fascinating book answers these
questions and explores the evolution of tea drinking over the past 350 years,
showing how it has infused every level of British life.