Tea Cultures of Europe: Heritage and Hospitality

E Scouting tea culture and hospitality

Celebrating tea and hospitality is the essential combination of spaces, occasions, and artful atmosphere. It means to enjoy the feeling of hospitality, to see the socially binding elements of tea, and to sustainably use the time needed to relax.

E.1 Tea venues in Europe

Hartwig Bohne

Introduction

Hospitality is embracing tea – not only in teahouses and at home, but also in specific tea venues. Tea rooms and tea gardens reflect social developments, but also different approaches for woman and men using tea as an element of communication or (strategic) gathering by serving refreshments, pastries, coffee and mostly tea. In Great Britain, the tea gardens were a symbol of welfare, also underlined ...