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TEA
Bel Air’s Tea By Two offers
a place to celebrate
birthdays from 5 to 103
BY CHRISTINA TKACIK Harford Magazine
PHOTOS BY AMY DAVIS
F
or the past 13 years, Sue Rye has celebrated her mother’s
birthday at Tea By Two in Bel Air. That includes this past
February, when her mom, Carey, turned 103 at a party with her
granddaughters and sister.
The staff at the tearoom “make her feel as if she is the best thing
since sliced bread,” said Rye. “It’s the most friendly atmosphere.”
In its nearly 21 years in operation, Main Street’s Tea By Two has
become the go-to spot for generations of Harford County women,
and a few men, to celebrate milestones and the joy of being together,
particularly as the pandemic eases.
“I think we’re even busier than we were before the pandemic,” said
co-owner Janet Meyers.
The business’ endurance and its devoted following are beyond what
Meyers and her business partner, Erin Bradley, had in mind when they
founded the tea house in a former private home on Bel Air’s Main
Street.
Both women have always preferred tea over its more highly
caffeinated counterpart. “There’s just something about tea that’s
very soothing and calm,” said Meyers. But they felt that tea can get
shortchanged in the U.S., where coffee is more widely consumed.
After years of friendship, the duo, who met while working for a
Janet Meyers, co-owner of Tea by Two, in the dining area with a high tea
selection. Meyers and her partner opened the tea room and shop in Bel Air
21 years ago this June.
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