Afternoon Tea and the Suffragette Movement In the late 19th century, afternoon tea was a fashionable affair enjoyed by women of all classes, and assembling in tea rooms was one of the few outings allowable without the bother of male escorts. However, as the suffragette movement began to gain traction, this afternoon ritual became more…

French Tea Before the British introduced afternoon tea, tea was already an established beverage with its own cultural practices in France. Evidence dating back to the early 17th century shows that France was consuming tea as early as 1636 when the Dutch East India Company delivered tea to the court of Louis XIII. Tea was…