Ebook {Epub PDF} My Mother Loved Tea: The Story of Ruth Bigelow by David C. Bigelow

 · My father, David, just finished writing a book about my grandmother (his mother) Ruth Campbell Bigelow. It is such a lovely tribute to her and all she did to get Bigelow Tea, the company, started. We often talk about how fortunate we all are that she decided back in to create a unique tea, “Constant Comment.”. Over 50 years ago my mother, Ruth Campbell Bigelow changed the way we drink tea in the United States. An avid tea connoisseur, Ruth thought tea drinkers like herself would enjoy a more zestfully flavored tea. Happening upon a special colonial recipe that called for tea to be blended with orange peel and spices, she decided to try and.  · Write or update your family history Capture a relative's colorful past for the next generation When my daughter, Kelly, was in fifth grade, she (and I) interviewed her great-grandmother (my grandmother), Margaret Carson Waugh, for for a school project. Margaret Carson's childhood spanned an interesting era of events. She was born during World War I. The war ended in , so she also lived.

The Connecticut Tea Party. In , Bigelow Tea moved from New York to Connecticut. Soon afterwards, back-to-back hurricanes hit! Connecticut rivers, including the Norwalk River, where the new factory resided, rose up over 35 feet, moving over 50 miles an hour. Find Out More. Genealogy for David Eustace Bigelow (c - d.) family tree on Geni, with over million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. People Projects Discussions Surnames. A Love that the World does not Recognize. When Love Dies. When Love Begins to Wake. The Look of Love. A Labor of Love.

Over 50 years ago my mother, Ruth Campbell Bigelow changed the way we drink tea in the United States. An avid tea connoisseur, Ruth thought tea drinkers like herself would enjoy a more zestfully flavored tea. Happening upon a special colonial recipe that called for tea to be blended with orange peel and spices, she decided to try and. David Bigelow Ruth Campbell Bigelow. Ruth Campbell Bigelow had been a designer by trade. In , inspired by an early Colonial recipe and dissatisfied with the commodity tea that was commonplace in the s, Ruth focused her creative energies on formulating a better cup of tea in the kitchen of her New York City brownstone. One day in , Ruth Bigelow shared her private recipe tea with a friend. The friend in turn served it to a group of women who had nothing but constant comments about the delicious hot drink, and an American tea icon was born.