Beginning in the late 1880's in both America and England, fine hotels began to offer Tea Service in Tea Rooms and Tea Courts . Served in the late afternoon, Victorian ladies (and their gentlemen friends) could meet for tea and conversation. Many of t

By 1904 the United States was ready for the world to see her development at the St. Louis World's Fair . Trade exhibitors from around the world brought their products to America's first World's Fair. One such merchant was Richard Blechynden, a tea pl