All Good Things...

...come to an end.

Yes, sadly Tom left Boston to go 5 hours over the Atlantic back to the fabled shores of tea and crumpets and thus your fearless team of tea-testers has been split to move on to bigger things. Hana is now flexing her culinary talents at the wonderful Pink Cat's Bakery and Tom is just making another mug of Earl Grey and thinking about seeing the world.

Before our sad farewells, we went out for one last afternoon tea together in June. Where would we go? Take a look at that side bar of percentages on the right, and it's not rocket science to guess it would be back to The Taj Lounge. And yes, one year on from our original review it was still a delight to be pampered like the royalty we deserve to be. The menu was slightly changed from before but the experience was still elegant class at Boston's very best.

Holding back the tears we looked back on our year sampling teas on your behalf. Yes, there are some regrets... Why could we never get round to writing reviews of the quick-stop tea shops? Will anyone else ever sum up what bubble tea is all about? Should we have even bothered with the Inn at Harvard? But those few regrets were countered with the pride of having held our own tea-tasting party, having secured access to the wonder of the Athenaeum, and of course having reviewed all of afternoon teas on offer in this town. Well done to us and our worthy project.

And now for the conclusion - the final verdict. Five of the afternoon teas stood out way beyond the others and would be our recommendations to everyone.
* The Taj Lounge for five star luxury
* L'Espalier for culinary majesty
* The Athenaeum for time-travel experimentation
* Upstairs On The Square for funky originality
* The Boston Harbor Hotel for sun-drenched relaxation

We hope we help you enjoy your Sunday afternoons for years to come. Thanks for reading and much love for you and your tea-loving tastebuds. Tom and Hana

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