New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-16
rNE TEA AT AFTERNOON TEAS.
NE STUFF OFFERED TO CALLERS.

Froa no Washington Post a..
long lost cousin who has -Lscd IN luna ma home
last twenty years engaged in tho tea trade .dno ome
last fall and dragged on 10 Washington ~ a
female relatives to wom sn c is't to entertain
INN and ill up his idle hours, and Win tg GILL;
the they took nn te %na cs oi of course
nj, training and his wonderful acutcness ana Ju ne
~rscs gone through with the different tea tables,
and to examine the infusohs oieleu vnc icen ~
caller The sum Of vn Ss at hotel
''o Nell il Is wonderful how these people here live
sad he Alter YOU know what awful slop and stun
they drink IL is marvel that they have SCUM l,
stomach or nerve among ds s to hoasc Every
noon and drink three and four cups Oh Ie M"rs, r
in the market II Is not , 1TIs green re- tea or
sometimes green and Ooong mixed ana no, '4 4o
first crop and aay at 9at wont " tIe art few day
lust to get idea Of what the best custom III ME IL
demanded Except at two an S rcmersIy stale and
bitter from standing an hour or 50 beiore 'a'"0
Sow; here's the way they do it. The , tea o.S +;
kept in any sort of loose canister or caddy lnstn
Of air tight, that half OF IT. strength anu tea'"t
Collcy Cibbcr said that no woman knew now 70 ',n
tea until he taught how and Colley CiDDct ntu nv' t.
icon TO America. 4 pretty girl In pretty gown -
inf down before the tea tray ann straigtway dumps
enough tea into the teapot to servo foL aoIy Lol
Inr and ,omtimes II is not, when she fills the tct
pot up. From the pot Of tea she ponrI az n, a.'
until the is nearly filled up with leayc': ana IN"
stuff poured ont is deadly as Jer,sy I lSfs Offer
man stale beer nor stale esss n2r coz po "a t
but this stewed over and 9nS tandnS Greg ." or or
economy cannot say, but that thing goes on AZ
every able I've seem the ,weet creature po u,n
an hot water until the last caller goes; II ! Were
a woman going around, and were wanting a decen,
fe~ extra r%D tc@pots to these hoses.e that
unf fond of
when It has been infused any oyer ten minute, T.,
AT place where we calico tic c asncI Who'd III
| over 10 a side table where brss tea Kettle wa,
simmcrinr over spirit lamp and actually ponrcn
| b"itinq no one novs how long II the worst
81 Ooong at the beginning and II was something NOR
| moi aloraa bnt miasmatic and noxiou, vapor. !
would not have swallowed ten drops Of TIC STUN foF
At another house = girl in a very fetching red
gown asked me II would have Russian TIA. ,. a.,
~'What f. tlat' asked. ! did hoo hno" ''
s'' oh n IT, Is ju-t tea with lemon in IT,, -. ma
so that makes II Russian Wei pray tcH me
what kind Of tea is 1t when i has cream ana sugar
III That must be English tea
| At the next place pretty thlns WIFI oiue eyes
| ".Won' Won have some samovar tea
| ..oh. H., made in samovar Ike Tire Russians
shade. Of Dharma, they really were not making
| II in the bra, ,amovar but should have been IT.
| % surprised To nave fOlhd " So
~ It'll another place a Young woman 'riHl.nSN
informed me that II va, real Russian tca lnt' , >no
ponrr- friend had brought IL % m@r 'r sns
the long. rrccni,h colorcd leaves gave inc 1ut1lE,
BACK +, MAKE room for Others. 1t was the ranke.t.
nerve rlchlngc,t OF Annoy OolongS. and no more Ike
xecu,n. and Iankow for the camel train, take
over to Russia than The 'rN you get at r hnrrhi
BRICK s''' tea il would have been all the I've
tasted Tartar stew Of mutton fat and brick tea ana
IT, better than tho stun Washington society drink rs,
AZ one place 7 given tho chair bcSidc the
yirl Who wa pouring tea. Now am In for it,
thought. A. sot the fr,i Win Of some oolons 'hAt
~.Yom'rc not drinking that tea said the young
woman, after fey minutes
Its what You mean you want more sugar =
nerves. a G? @ cn too Of ; aeooS
flush, You'd better drink it and quiet them.
Nayhc You Ike English breakfast tea
~.WIy English breakfast tea. Of course. Didn't
40. can't say that have by that name, Is
II p green or hac; tea And do the English drink
ANYTHING different at breakfast from what they have
| in the aftcrnoOnP
| 4 don't Ike tea my self think It look, awhIlly
silly and graudmotherly 20 sec man waddllnc tea
pcppcrnini~ won't Won And then YOU can pour your
SEX sll,, Of sherry. That's probably what you
Admirable girl
did have sne cup Of most delicious indian Tea
i
II freshly made and poured with coud pr :, am
into tea cup properly warmed beforehand That
cup of tea IA, given increased respect and admira
ton FOR the girl, father. whom rc-JId a. one Of
II not the first Of living Americans. At the home 81,
a DISTINGUISHED Iurist was handed frcsh cup 81
good lIankOw tea. such choose for my own drink
iuc and such all civilized tea drinkers like Ia
drink va- talking "a the host al The time, and
fairly started and stared al the .hp. This Is tea.
sail To him. Yes yls' b. sad. since yOu know
what tee j. will drink cup WIKI Won A good
many people don't Ike our tea They don't know
what b. tno matter with II. | ovcrhc1i many anus
ne things from those who drink gunpowdcr and young
llN son.
tea here inquired.
Nh. have an Old friend who Is mcmher n
Che irm OF q Co.. lcniionn- one Of the
oidc.i h0u-c, "a China and ihi, Is tea that they
have sent on for by The families OF the nu mem
hers. They lei me have box every summer
~ tho tea comes over
Another tt'r thing hat yoa viii notice at Wash
ingou ,hicS T. that they seldom pour the tct into
tea cups the rc-llar. broad. low conventional tea
Gun. II = general, some lte narrow tapcring
cup meant for after dinner coffee that they uSc cycn
I'm horses where ever, thing |, "n >h scale TIL,
ridiculous little cup and ,he tiny spoon TIA; is only
GOOD for stirring, spoil all ones association ~ ideas
and II doesn't seem Ike tea when Il Is handed ono
In Sush cups