Let's chat about ocean liners, trains, and other historic travel as we enjoy a virtual afternoon Tea service, Cunard style!

If you wish to donate to, or learn about my UK trip, just visit these links!
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcx4BfriWhQ
GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/0598f205

Link to the music in this video (from HenryHallFan)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZMmzgv3jGg&t=3300s

ABOUT MY TEA SET: The entire set of china I use every live stream, aside from the silverware and tea infusers -are vintage items that were actually used aboard old Cunard ships. Most of my collection is from the RMS Queen Mary (1934) and RMS Queen Elizabeth (1938). But it's possible some other items may be from other Cunard ships of the mid-century such as RMS Mauretania (1938), RMS Sylvania (1957), and RMS Caronia (1947). The oldest piece of the collection dates back to 1952, and the newest piece is from 1967...however the entire set is all the same Art Deco design introduced aboard the RMS Queen Mary in 1936 when it had its maiden voyage. The only thing that has changed between the pieces from the 30's and the 60's was the color changeover from ivory white, to eggshell white.

HOW TO CARE FOR VINTAGE CHINA: always hand-wash in warm water with dish soap using the soft part of the sponge, never scrub with any abrasive, no matter how soft the abrasive is...because over time, even the softest abrasive can wear away at the glaze coating on the china. Store china in a protected place away from direct sunlight, and away from spaces where they can be damaged. When ready to use teapots, teacups, hot water pitchers or any other china vessel meant to hold hot liquids...remember to ALWAYS do a pre-warm up. NEVER pour extra hot, or boiling water into/onto china or the thermal shock WILL crack them! Helpful tip: if your china was made before the year 1975, it may have been made with lead, using china only on occasion, poses minimal risk of lead poisoning. But NEVER drink from cracked china that was produced before 1975 because the health risk increases.

PREWARM STEP 1: Run the hot liquid vessels under the hottest tap water you have and fill the teapot, teacup, and other hot liquid vessels with hot tap water until your boiling water is ready.
PREWARM STEP 2: When your boiling water is ready, pour out ONLY HALF of the hot tap water from the vessels, then top the rest off with the boiling water. Allow the china to sit for a minute to equalize in heat (the china may be too hot to touch at this point).
STEP 3, THE TEA: Pour out all the pre-warming water from the teapot and fill it with boiling water and place your tea in for the designated amount of time. You may want to allow the boiling water to cool down to a particular temperature for certain teas. The teacup must keep its pre-warming water until the tea is finished brewing, then you can dump out the water, and pour in the tea! ENJOY!


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I plan to sail to the UK to film dozens upon dozens of historic places for this channel, if you would like to learn more about it, or help support the effort, visit the links below!
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DISCLAIMER: I am not a University-educated historian, Alex the Historian was a nickname I got while working at Disneyland as a tour guide. After 6 years of using it as a stage name for my channel, it would be detrimental to the channel to suddenly change the name.