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Deborah is an accomplished seamstress at My Cup of Tea. Meticulous stitching and eye-catching patterns characterize Deborah’s masterpieces. Tea cozies, aprons, tea towels and her latest creation, hot and cold therapy wraps, were perfected through years of training that began in the seventh grade and continued three hours per day through high school. “When I was in high school, I wanted to be a fashion designer,” says Deborah, “But life’s changes brought me to a... Read More

Some of our customers and supporters already know Bretta from her short video clips, “Tea Tips.” But like all of the women who work at My Cup of Tea, Bretta is a complex and extraordinary woman with a story to tell. Born and raised in Queens, New York (She still has the accent to prove it.) Bretta dreamed of one day being an architect because she liked to draw. Before summer reading was routinely assigned by schools, her mother dispensed texts Bretta was required to read each... Read More