Tea lovers take note! I just heard about the neatest little vacation idea for those of you with a bit of time and money on your hands.
Across the Pond reader Denise LeCroy, tea tour developer and owner of The Heart of Tea, will launch a unique tea and tea history tour September 5-7, 2007 in Charleston, South Carolina. It’s a trip that’s more than tea, but plenty of tea if you know what I mean.
She says Tea in Charleston will include historic house and plantation tours; a Low Country lunch; a special presentation by The Charleston Silver Lady; a tea class and tea tasting with William B. Hall, co-owner of The Charleston Tea Plantation and fourth generation tea taster; and gala event: a Charleston Tea with world-renowned tea expert – and Southern gentleman – James Norwood Pratt.
LeCroy did a trip like this to London already and it was a real success, so she’s bringing it to the States and I think it’s pretty cool.
“Having lived and worked in the Charleston area most of my life, I was always fascinated by its history and, as a tea educator, by its tea history. Charleston boasts the only commercial tea plantation in the United States and its product, American Classic Tea, was designated by the General Assembly as the official hospitality beverage of South Carolina. It just seemed fitting to honor these and all the other fascinating Charleston tea connections with a tour specifically developed for tea and history lovers from around the world.”
