Tea and Sentiment at Galway’s Cupan Tae

or Alison McArdle, owning Cupán Tae, a tea shop/restaurant in her native Galway, is much more than just a business. It’s an investment in a long-standing Irish tradition. The Irish have a huge emotional attachment to tea, Alison says, like what time to drink it, what to eat with it, and what occasions require it. She comes from a family where tea drinking held great importance, so she speaks from