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<blockquote data-quote="Tonguez" data-source="post: 9189054" data-attributes="member: 1125">The Tea Shop didnt become a thing until 1864, afternoon tea is a Victorian tradition.However the Vauxhall Tea Garden in London was established around 1733, followed by many others in garden settings which allowed both men and women to enjoy tea, coffee, and chocolate and various entertainments. (Previous to the 18th century, there had been coffee houses but these were male only dens of iniquity from which women were barred)The tea gardens provided flowered walks, shaded arbors, a “great room” with music for dancing, skittle grounds, bowling greens, concerts; and some gambling and racing. Their season extended from April to September. There might be a small charge for admission, and visitors (never customers) would also purchase cheese, cakes, syllabubs, tea, coffee and ale. Vauxhall charged sixpenny and often took 50 pounds per night. It featured promenades, a temple, a lily pond, firework displays, concerts, Indian jugglers, equestrian entertainments, balloon ascents, elaborate illuminations, and pavilions with supper boxes for six to eight people.According to one source if a gentleman wished to make the acquaintance of a particular lady, it was the accepted practice to tread on her skirt, as if by accident, apologize profusely for such clumsy behavior and then offer an adjournment to an arbor for tea in order to make amends. (You may want to include that for flavour)good luck sir</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tonguez, post: 9189054, member: 1125"] The Tea Shop didnt become a thing until 1864, afternoon tea is a Victorian tradition. However the Vauxhall Tea Garden in London was established around 1733, followed by many others in garden settings which allowed both men and women to enjoy tea, coffee, and chocolate and various entertainments. (Previous to the 18th century, there had been coffee houses but these were male only dens of iniquity from which women were barred) The tea gardens provided flowered walks, shaded arbors, a “great room” with music for dancing, skittle grounds, bowling greens, concerts; and some gambling and racing. Their season extended from April to September. There might be a small charge for admission, and visitors (never customers) would also purchase cheese, cakes, syllabubs, tea, coffee and ale. Vauxhall charged sixpenny and often took 50 pounds per night. It featured promenades, a temple, a lily pond, firework displays, concerts, Indian jugglers, equestrian entertainments, balloon ascents, elaborate illuminations, and pavilions with supper boxes for six to eight people. According to one source if a gentleman wished to make the acquaintance of a particular lady, it was the accepted practice to tread on her skirt, as if by accident, apologize profusely for such clumsy behavior and then offer an adjournment to an arbor for tea in order to make amends. ([I]You may want to include that for flavour[/I]) good luck sir [/QUOTE]

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