My wife and I have found great delight in introducing our grandson to the ritual of tea. Green, strawberry, or black with lots of milk, Davis is enthralled with all the tea families and takes great pleasure in pouring the tea from his tiny teapot into his porcelain cup with the giraffe handle. He gives…
Jane Austen Describes Tea Etiquette in Northanger Abbey
Jane Austen's novels are filled with detailed tea scenes that help up know the tea habits of the British upper class in the early 1800s. In Northanger Abbey, Austen sets a scene in the Assembly Rooms of Bath where Regency-era rules of etiquette lead to an embarrassing situation at the tea table. First, readers…