Afternoon Tea In OhioHome : World Tea Rooms : Afternoon Tea In Ohio Afternoon Tearooms in Ohio Do rock and roll celebrities drink tea? Of course they do. Just ask Mick Jagger and other British stars! And, you know that the state that gave Americans seven US presidents, all of them tea-drinkers, has got to have some famous tearooms. Ulysses S. Grant drank tea with the Viceroy of China and the Emperor of Japan. A Rutherford B. Hayes appointee, William LeDuc, Commissioner of Agriculture, started a two hundred experimental tea farm at Middleton Plantations near Charleston, South Carolina, where the first tea plant in America had been planted. James A. Garfield was partial to tea and left recipes for spice tea and herbal tea. Benjamin Harrison shared tea and cookies with his grandchildren at the White House. William McKinley was featured in an advertisement for tea from India with Queen Victoria on the back cover of the 1897 Ladies Home Journal. William H. Taft, who served as President and Supreme Court Justice, attended afternoon teas with congressional wives. Mrs. Taft encouraged planting thousands of flowering cherry trees in Washington D.C. During the visit of a group of seventh grade school children, Warren G. Harding and Mrs. Harding invited them to share cookies and tea in the East Room of the White House. They also made sure to include US military veterans in the garden tea parties. Tea services and teaware used by all these presidents are displayed in various historical societies and Presidential homes. Not modern enough for you? Paul Newman (born in Shaker Heights) created his own line of organically grown tea for sale. And maybe the technology wasn’t yet developed for John Glenn (first American to orbit the earth and oldest man traveling in outer space) or Neil Armstrong (first man on the moon), but modern astronauts can drink green tea in outer space, at least on the International Space Station. Now, here's your chance to tell us about green tea in Ohio in those famous tearooms or historic inns in Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, as well as your favorite undiscovered local tearooms, and which green teas they serve. Please include their address, or as listed by Google. Are there any annual cultural events when it is traditional to serve green tea in Ohio? Do you have any family stories you would like to share about those times? Just complete the form below to share your story with the world. Thank you. Got Green Tea? Tell Us Your Local Story Here!Do you have a great story about green tea in your neighborhood?
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