Coffee Table or Tea Table? Here's a history of tea-time ...

Furniture Advertisement Layout, Imperial Furniture Co., Tables | This colour advertisement for a coffee table was used for the Diamond Jubilee furniture market the same year Imperial celebrated its 50th year as a company | January 5-16, 1963 | Source: Grand Rapids Furniture: The Story of America’s Furniture City by Christian G. Carron, published by the Grand Rapids Public Museum, 1998

Evolution of the Coffee Table: A History of Beverages

The British East India Company had struck a deal with Canton's tea merchants. Urban ‘coffeehouses' had found flavour, but with affluent businessmen. As tea was cheaper, stay-at-home women started hosting dos around the “tea table”. In the 19th century, coffee dethroned tea as America's favourite beverage —LatAm exporters had partnered with savvy local grocers. Later, coffee companies were exhorting employers to introduce “coffee breaks” for workers. As the hot drink entered households, furniture makers strived to give it its own table.

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