Tea room

Scope: 4 get-togethers;
Time: 2 hrs each (or as long as we get stuck) from 6 to 8 pm;
Days: to be announced;
Fee: 4,45 BYN;
Venue: Da Vinci Cafe;

Where there is tea, there is hope.

Arthur Wing Pinero, the dramatist

Background

Within these series (see below) of the out-of-the-classroom activities we will take you to the core of the rules & rituals of tea choice, consumption and partying over a cuppa.

The ubiquitous cup of tea is as much a part of English life as indifferent weather, the BBC or the queue at the post office. Look at the facts: Englishmen drink 62 billion cups per year; 70% of population (over age ten) drank tea yesterday; over 25% of milk consumed in the UK goes into their cups of tea. Tea, since its arrival to the country in the seventeenth century, has shaped the lives, history, work, culture and even the bodies of the English. Not surprisingly for a drink that they take throughout the day, every day, there is a fascinating story to tell about its origins and how it took England by storm to become their second-most-popular beverage after tap water.

Tea is synonymous with England. The story of the nation’s intimate relationship with tea is in effect the social history of England, reflecting aspects of the trade, manners, fashion, art, drinking habits, industrial legislation, foreign policy, and health.

Well, the kettle is on, come and join us for the amazing tale of tea and the hidden rules behind it.