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			IN VICTORIAN TIMES, the habit of "Taking Tea" each afternoon was not only a custom, but moreover, a ceremony, filled with elaborate rituals.  A genteel tea party became a symbol of refinement.  In the very early years of the 18th Century, a man named Tom Twining began to serve tea in his London Coffeehouse.  However, women were not allowed in coffeehouses, so Twining opened an exclusive teahouse for women in 1717, although it remained, for many years, a pleasure that only the rich and the fasionable could enjoy....... (this page is now closed).
	As of 3/26/05, this page is now closed. For more information and a detailed explanation, please visit my "HOME" page at "Victorian Lace ~ Victorian Lifestyles: The Victorian Era" http://www.geocities.com/victorianlace10/home.html I apologize for any inconvenience the closing of these pages may cause. In All Things Victorian, Dawn