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32 | SPRING 2022 | harfordmagazine.com
Sue Powers, left, and Janet Johnson, both of Bel Air, are regular patrons of Tea
By Two. The tearoom and shop will celebrate its 21st anniversary in June.
cream and lemon curd.
As Tea By Two moves into
the future, Meyers said she’s
noticed a recent uptick in tea
consumption and interest
among people from college age
into their early 30s. “That’s been
kind of fun,” she said, to see
how younger generations have
adapted teatime for their own
personalities.
Since it opened in 2001,
longtime employee Shen Wood
has witnessed birthday parties
for people from ages 5 to 100
and older. “Taking tea is a
tradition that is very inclusive
of all those ages,” said Wood.
Women who came as girls with
their moms now take their own
daughters to tea.
The business has confronted
various challenges, from 9/11,
which occurred just months
after it opened, to the recession
of 2008. But no crisis has been
quite like the coronavirus
pandemic, which forced
eateries like theirs to shut down
overnight.
Like so many restaurateurs,
Meyers and Bradley pivoted
to curbside carryout,
brainstorming ways to make tea
time cheerful even when eaten
in takeout containers. They
benefited from a loyal customer
base: Regulars who might have
visited with out-of-town guests
suddenly came by once a week
to pick up orders, saying, “We
don’t want you to go away,”
Meyers said.
Grants from Harford County
helped compensate for reduced
revenues and to cover rent and
electric bills. “It was scary in the
beginning … yet we just kept
going.”
As pandemic restrictions
eased, Meyers frequently spoke
with guests who were reuniting
with friends they hadn’t seen
since the coronavirus crisis
began. “You could really tell
that people missed each other,”
Meyers said. “It was neat that
they came to our place.”