There is something very comforting about sitting around a table that is set with exquisite tea cups and linens that are starched to perfection.

You just may feel like you are on sacred ground, but you are okay with it. And it’s okay that you’re not as starched as the linen napkin on your lap. People aren’t perfect. In fact, imperfections make us who we are. So it is, in a way, counter-intuitive when the imperfect soul comes into such close contact to the near perfection of the tea table. It is as if they both gain something from the experience. The cup gets a little paint rubbed off the handle where the thumb is placed. The silver gives way to fingerprints, and as the starch begins to break down, the napkin is a little less stiff. These items begin to take on “character.” As the tea drinker, you feel a little more hopeful about being “better” or “more polished” and feel a rush of fortitude enter your being. Tea just has a way of doing that. So the tea table and the tea taker need each other. That is my story and I am sticking to it

When you come to The Teapot on Wheels, it is my intent that you will feel a resurgence of hope in your soul.

That you will not be intimidated by the intricate details on the china, or the beauty of the needle work on many of our linens. That when you leave our little corner of the world you will feel refreshed and revitalized from the inside out. To know that you embody the same humanness that worked in the people who crafted the items in front of you. To know that you are worth being served tea in a beautiful cup, simply because you are you! We hope you leave knowing that we enjoyed celebrating you, with your special gifts, your uniqueness and even your imperfections

So sit back, enjoy, indulge, laugh, or cry (but only briefly) and relax.

Don’t worry about splashing your tea on the cloth, or whether the cream or sugar go first. This is your time, your experience, so do it your way! As the tea is poured, let the refreshing come.