1935 sheet music published in New York City.Within the American tea room movement of the 1920s, gypsy tea rooms emerged as a unique phenomenon with roots that extended back to the 1880s. Many immigrant women had established fortune telling enterprises in major American cities, but the practice had been frowned on and ordinances were enacted…
John Harney Inspired America’s Tea Renaissance
John Harney and Bruce Richardson at World Tea Expo 2009The tea family lost one of its patriarchs this week with the passing of John Harney. John was the founder of Harney & Sons and one of the pioneers who helped light the fire beneath America’s tea renaissance beginning at the end of the 20th century.Monday morning, John -…