Kim McHugh’s obsession with tea began with a concern for the health of her husband, who would drink multiple cups of tea a day.
“I married a Scotsman from Glasgow, and he was drinking 11 cups a day, and I’m Googling ‘death by tea’ because I thought there wasn’t any way he could survive by drinking that much,” McHugh said. “I came to find out he’s probably going to outlive us all.”
After learning more about tea and leaving a career in pharmaceuticals, she decided to open up a tea room in Bellaire and had over 400 people come to the grand opening in August 2013.
“I was doing tea talks and learning more about this, and when I lost my job with the company I was working with, this just sort of came to life,” McHugh said. “Thankfully, there was a very big embrace by the community. I don’t even have the words for it—I was just so grateful.”
