Until 11 September at Winchester Discovery Centre (formerly know as the library!) is the Tea Tales exhibition. Hampshire County Council's Museum Service is displaying their finest china, oldest tea pots and fanciest tea gowns, to tell the fascinating history of tea. There are also a number of tea related events are being held, including a tea dance, afternoon tea and a Mad Hatters Tea party for children.
So many accoutrements for tea drinking. So British. I hear first time the term tea gown. :)
ReplyDeleteThis is smashing! I'd love it!
ReplyDeleteI love afternoon tea, I often think it's my favourite meal of the day when I have it. What a pretty exhibition.
ReplyDeleteI love tea too! I'd love to have the lifestyle of afternoon tea every day, with a cakestand full of biscuits, scones and cakes! Would play havoc with the waistline though doing that every day!
ReplyDeleteI might pay a visit to this exhibition. It does look interesting. We once visited a tea museum near the Thames in East London, where the tea clippers used to unload their precious cargoes into tea warehouses.
ReplyDeleteIt's worth popping in if you're in Winchester & like tea!
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