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Beverages have contributed to table design more than anything else in the world. From the tea table to coffee tables, designers have had the opportunity to create functional and attractive pieces of furniture to accompany the drink of the moment. Many of these table designs, still functional for many purposes, are available today from Amish […]

 
The 1700’s social evolution of tea as the beverage of choice in parlors across America brought with it a change in furniture styles and needs. Tea was brought from abroad from the far away and mysterious Orient, namely China. Even though most people in America had never traveled there nor met even a single Chinese […]

 With the rapid spread of coffee and tea houses we may think the idea new. In fact 1651 Oxford, England saw Britain’s earliest version of a Starbucks when the first coffee house opened its doors. The British had discovered their favorite exotic hot drinks were coffee, cocoa and of course, tea in the late 1500’s. […]