The following is one obituary that I found there.
Helen Gustafson
A champion of fine teas, Helen Gustafson spent 20 years developing the exquisite tea service for Chez Panisse. The trendy restaurant in Berkeley, Calif., features a selection of organically grown teas that are meticulously prepared using the guidelines she created.
Known as Lady Teas-dale, Gustafson would gasp at the mere mention of tea bags. To her, they were an abomination that prevented tea leaves from releasing their full flavor. She taught the art of the afternoon tea by giving parties that required its participants to wear gloves and hats, and served as a consultant on tea services to several hotels and restaurants.
Gustafson graduated from Syracuse University and earned a master's degree in drama from the University of Minnesota. She first became interested in tea as a child, taking afternoon tea with her mother and grandmother in the family's sunroom. This ritual would later inspire her to write the books, "The Agony of the Leaves: The Ecstasy of My Life With Tea" and "The Green Tea User's Manual."
Gustafson died on Dec. 14 from cancer. She was 74.
A champion of fine teas, Helen Gustafson spent 20 years developing the exquisite tea service for Chez Panisse. The trendy restaurant in Berkeley, Calif., features a selection of organically grown teas that are meticulously prepared using the guidelines she created.
Known as Lady Teas-dale, Gustafson would gasp at the mere mention of tea bags. To her, they were an abomination that prevented tea leaves from releasing their full flavor. She taught the art of the afternoon tea by giving parties that required its participants to wear gloves and hats, and served as a consultant on tea services to several hotels and restaurants.
Gustafson graduated from Syracuse University and earned a master's degree in drama from the University of Minnesota. She first became interested in tea as a child, taking afternoon tea with her mother and grandmother in the family's sunroom. This ritual would later inspire her to write the books, "The Agony of the Leaves: The Ecstasy of My Life With Tea" and "The Green Tea User's Manual."
Gustafson died on Dec. 14 from cancer. She was 74.
Call me morbid or my interest macabre, but I find this blog fascinating.
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