Julie E. Fromer teaches at Corning Community College in Corning, New York.
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A Necessary Luxury
Tea in Victorian England
By Julie E. Fromer
Tea drinking in Victorian England was a pervasive activity that, when seen through the lens of a century’s perspective, presents a unique overview of Victorian culture. Tea was a necessity and a luxury; it was seen as masculine as well as feminine; it symbolized the exotic and the domestic; and it represented both moderation and excess.
