If you’re anything like me, having tea parties, is one of your fondest childhood memories. Selecting the perfect china set from your mother’s collection, making cookies, and opening the honey pot for your closest friends. So what ever happened to tea time?
Described as a plastic surgeon of the design world, Christine Misiak was inspired by the resurgence of tea shops and the age-old regal tradition of drinking tea. Misiak takes old, neglected tea sets and rejuvenates them into elegant, one-off treasures your Grandmother would be proud to display.
Misiak decided that there were too many old tea sets gathering dust, and all they really needed was a modern twist to be transformed into the stunning, elegant sets you can’t wait to use.
So what are you waiting for. What’s collecting dust in your home? Why not take your old tea set and create a beautiful gift for someone you love this Christmas.
“There is no trouble so great or grave that cannot be much diminished by a nice cup of tea.”
~ Bernard-Paul Heroux
For millennia, tea has been a global ritual. From the sanctity of a Japanese tea ceremony to the legendary refinement of English high tea, it’s a universal cup of comfort, bonding and health.
If it weren’t for endless cups of tea, I would accomplish very little: heartbreaks would never have been mended, big decisions left undecided, and worst of all, I’d still be nursing my $4 latte habit.
Coming over from the dark (roast) side wasn’t something I consciously tried to do - it just happened. About six week’s in to my sugar-free life, I suddenly couldn’t drink coffee. I never took sugar in my coffee so I couldn’t understand the connection. But it was at this time that a friend served me some Cream Earl Grey. I’d never had anything like it. In a most undignified manner, I rammed my nose into the bag and inhaled the essence of far away Ceylon: fresh orange bergamot embellished with vanilla beans. Heaven in a cup.
At the end of each day I ask “Have I moved closer towards my desires?” and I give thanks. And each evening Danielle goes through her day, takes note and gives thanks.
[Left: This is my dog, Billie, having a Moment of Gratitude.]
“There is no trouble so great or grave that cannot be much diminished by a nice cup of tea.”
