Comments on: Will the Tea Room Ever Go Out of Style? http://www.teapartygirl.com/will-the-tea-room-ever-go-out-of-style Teaching the Beautiful and Simple Afternoon Tea Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:31:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: PlanningQueen http://www.teapartygirl.com/will-the-tea-room-ever-go-out-of-style#comment-2068 PlanningQueen Sun, 02 Mar 2008 07:24:24 +0000 http://www.teapartygirl.com/will-the-tea-room-ever-go-out-of-style#comment-2068 I loathe Starbucks and its like shops. Formula driven business like this miss the point of the original purpose. I loathe Starbucks and its like shops. Formula driven business like this miss the point of the original purpose.

]]> By: c_symphony http://www.teapartygirl.com/will-the-tea-room-ever-go-out-of-style#comment-2067 c_symphony Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:19:12 +0000 http://www.teapartygirl.com/will-the-tea-room-ever-go-out-of-style#comment-2067 I felt guilty when I had to cast the vote that said "I've never been to a tea room". :( Its what comes of living in the backwoods of nowhere. Its only been within the last five years that we've gotten a coffee shop in town - so maybe there is hope. :) I felt guilty when I had to cast the vote that said “I’ve never been to a tea room”. :( Its what comes of living in the backwoods of nowhere. Its only been within the last five years that we’ve gotten a coffee shop in town - so maybe there is hope. :)

]]> By: Steph W http://www.teapartygirl.com/will-the-tea-room-ever-go-out-of-style#comment-2059 Steph W Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:27:27 +0000 http://www.teapartygirl.com/will-the-tea-room-ever-go-out-of-style#comment-2059 I love, Love, LOVE the book Tea at the Blue Lantern Inn. Thank you for reminding me to pull it out again! And I love your blog! Thank you for your thoughtful posts. I love, Love, LOVE the book Tea at the Blue Lantern Inn. Thank you for reminding me to pull it out again! And I love your blog! Thank you for your thoughtful posts.

]]> By: Laura http://www.teapartygirl.com/will-the-tea-room-ever-go-out-of-style#comment-2058 Laura Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:35:32 +0000 http://www.teapartygirl.com/will-the-tea-room-ever-go-out-of-style#comment-2058 I'm one of the few who have never been to a tea room. There is one close to my house, and I plan on visiting it (hopefully with my mom or another lady in my life!). If we have a little girl, I definitely plan on taking her there, and having my hubby take her as well, provided they are still around. It would be terrible for a full-service tea room to die, especially now with mass-marketed self-serve places (like Starbucks) taking over. Unfortunately, the ambience of full-service ANYTHING is being degraded to nothing in our culture. We live lives that are too fast for such a thing anymore, which is why I'm a firm believer in "old school" or "old fashioned" things, like doing it yourself or hats and gloves to a ladies' tea. It makes you think and slow down, and we all need more of that. I’m one of the few who have never been to a tea room. There is one close to my house, and I plan on visiting it (hopefully with my mom or another lady in my life!). If we have a little girl, I definitely plan on taking her there, and having my hubby take her as well, provided they are still around. It would be terrible for a full-service tea room to die, especially now with mass-marketed self-serve places (like Starbucks) taking over. Unfortunately, the ambience of full-service ANYTHING is being degraded to nothing in our culture. We live lives that are too fast for such a thing anymore, which is why I’m a firm believer in “old school” or “old fashioned” things, like doing it yourself or hats and gloves to a ladies’ tea. It makes you think and slow down, and we all need more of that.

]]> By: doodah http://www.teapartygirl.com/will-the-tea-room-ever-go-out-of-style#comment-2056 doodah Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:29:44 +0000 http://www.teapartygirl.com/will-the-tea-room-ever-go-out-of-style#comment-2056 I also think that to reach the Starbucks generation tea houses should provide both the traditional tea experience (scones with cream and lemon curd, etc.) and a modern one (multi grain bread, funky flavors, modern crockery, jazz music or alternative-folk instead of mozart etc. I think of the food that you provided to my household when we moved. Those were like California Cuisine - yum!) People still associate a tea room with doilies and rosebud tea sets. I think that if a shop provides a variety of food, music, ambiance - something beyond the stereotype - it will draw more people. I also think that to reach the Starbucks generation tea houses should provide both the traditional tea experience (scones with cream and lemon curd, etc.) and a modern one (multi grain bread, funky flavors, modern crockery, jazz music or alternative-folk instead of mozart etc. I think of the food that you provided to my household when we moved. Those were like California Cuisine - yum!)

People still associate a tea room with doilies and rosebud tea sets. I think that if a shop provides a variety of food, music, ambiance - something beyond the stereotype - it will draw more people.

]]> By: Carina http://www.teapartygirl.com/will-the-tea-room-ever-go-out-of-style#comment-2055 Carina Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:50:35 +0000 http://www.teapartygirl.com/will-the-tea-room-ever-go-out-of-style#comment-2055 Jenny, Thanks for triggering the memory of having lunch at the Bullock's tea room with my mom whenever we spent the day shopping. :) Jenny,
Thanks for triggering the memory of having lunch at the Bullock’s tea room with my mom whenever we spent the day shopping. :)

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