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HEAR THE HEADLINES – Tea Overflows Mombasa Auction Sales Warehouses | Black Friday Sales Grew by 7.5% to $9.8 Billion | Sri Lanka Tea Growers Welcome a Strong Year-End Harvest Finish| GUEST – Bruce Richardson, founder of Elmwood Inn Fine Tea and Tea Master for the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum| FEATURED – The year-long commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party counts down to a grand-scale live re-enactment in two weeks. There will be special exhibits and artwork, virtual presentations and webinars, theatrical performances, and the dumping of a thousand pounds of loose-leaf tea (no tea bags) donated to the Boston Tea Party & Ships Museum for the December 16 event. Joining us today is author and tea historian Bruce Richardson, “The Tea Maestro,” Bruce is the founder of Elmwood Inn Fine Tea and has served as Tea Master for the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum since 2011. A renowned storyteller, Bruce recounts the momentous decision to defy the British King and Parliament by tossing 340 chests of tea into the sea, lighting the fuse of rebellion 250 years past.Celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party – Bruce Richardson has written hundreds of articles and authored several books, including “The New Tea Companion” and co-authored with Jane Pettigrew, A Social History of Tea: Tea’s Influence on Commerce, Culture, and Civility. He is an authority on tea culture who speaks publicly and is widely quoted in the national press and television. He has served as tea historian and Tea Master for the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum since 2011. Who better to recount the momentous decision to defy the British King and Parliament by tossing 340 chests into the sea, lighting the fuse of rebellion 250 years past? "The ladies of Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Charleston, South Carolina, were enamored by the tea ritual. They had furniture specially made in their living rooms to entertain their friends and have tea. So this was what got us into trouble. George III says, "The ladies of Boston will pay anything for their tea." He later regretted saying that because he lost one of his greatest colonies over a cup of tea.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy