Jane Austen once wrote her sister a letter that read, “Let me know when you begin the new tea…My present elegancies have not yet made me indifferent to such matters. I am still a cat if I see a mouse.” So while her novels tend to mention tea only in passing, it’s widely believed that the author herself was an avid tea fan. And if you’re a fan of tea and/or Austen, then consider yourself cordially invited to the Victorian Tea Society’s Jane-themed Spring Tea. Held at (and benefitting) the picturesque Heritage Museum of Orange County, this annual fundraising shindig also includes savory bites and sweets, plus traditional scones with clotted cream and jam. Don your best bonnet and discuss with other guests whether Mr. Darcy would’ve preferred oolong or gunpowder.
