In Teatime, host Rekaya Gibson features Chocolate Pear Cobbler Green Tea by Umami Gourmet Coffee and Exotic Tea based in Chicago, Illinois. In Tea Talk, she discusses African American Tea Rooms in honor of Black History Month and Women’s History. They include Mayme Lee Clinkscale’s Ideal Tea-Room and Ruth’s Tearoom. In Tea News, she mentions the distribution of Shaka Tea throughout the United States.

 

Mentioned in this episode:

Umami Gourmet Coffee and Exotic Tea - www.umamitea.com

Ideal Tea-Room, 3344 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, Proprietress Mayme Lee Clinkscale

Jack and Jill of America - www.jackandjillinc.org

Ruth’s Tea Room, 128 East Cecil Street, Winchester, Virginia, Proprietress Ruth Jackson

Shaka Tea - www.shakatea.com

Sources:

Brehm, B. (2020, October 18). Winchester Park Dedicated to Honor Owner of Integrated Tea Room. NBC Washington. https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/winchester-park-dedicated-to-honor-owner-of-integrated-tea-room/2447632/

Lowe, S.C. (2020, October 26). Open Forum: Ruth's Tea Room also was a welcoming place for gay community. The Winchester Star. https://www.winchesterstar.com/winchester_star/open-forum-ruths-tea-room-also-was-a-welcoming-place-for-gay-community/article_e4be5f2c-81d7-5c72-8f13-16a89025471b.html

O’Connor, C. (2021, February 16). Hawaii-based Shaka Tea to begin national retail rollout with 7-Eleven. Pacific Business News. https://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/news/2021/02/16/hawaii-tea-brand-to-launch-7-eleven-partnership.html

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. (1925). The Ideal Tea Room at 3344 South Michigan Avenue; Mrs. Mayme Lee Clinkscale, proprietress. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-4d68-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99.

Whitaker, J. (2011, February 13). African American Tea Room. Restaurant-ing through history. https://restaurant-ingthroughhistory.com/2011/02/13/african-american-tea-rooms/

 
 
 

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