Twilight Tea with A Black Woman

An Ode to the host's Mother's Mothers people, geechee Gullah on her maternal side and black Creole on my paternal side. Party people that worked hard... and drank to mask the hurt in their exhaustion. This will be a light affair of community and fellowship based on a tradition celebrating rest and ease. Black tea houses have a deep-rooted history in the black community, originating from the 18th century. These tea ceremonies, a tradition among slaves on their day of rest in New Orleans, evolved into a symbol of community and giving. It's not a ceremony per SE but an opportunity for Black women to chill, honor themselves, and drank sober likkas/ elixirs and eat tea cakes like our Aunties of the past. A way to laugh, swap recipes, stories, slap fives, and commune as the day ends and rest for comes in.