Tiffany Moore-Jackson

There's a reason that deep, ruby-red drink shows up at the cookout, at Grandma's Sunday table, at the Caribbean restaurant on the corner, and now — in the most elegant afternoon tea services across the country. It's hibiscus. And it has been showing up for Black people across the diaspora for centuries. Last Saturday, the Chicago Afternoon Tea Society gathered in Bronzeville to raise a cup and honor that legacy at our Juneteenth Hibiscus Tea Celebration Tasting — an intimate gathering guided...

Forget brunch. Forget happy hour. The new girls' day out has a tiered tray, a pot of something beautiful, and a table full of women who actually want to slow down and be present. Afternoon tea is having a full cultural moment — and Chicago is showing up.

We are not a community without sophistication or appetite. We are a community without access.