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Stimulating Beverages: The History of Tea, Coffee, Chocolate in Early America |
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Program Number: |
16102RJ |
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3 nights |
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Deerfield, Massachusetts
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$590.00 - Price may vary based on date, departure city |
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History & Culture
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| Meals: |
9;
3 Breakfasts, 3 Lunches, 3 Dinners |
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Gluten Free; Vegetarian |
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Nothing starts a day like a delicious cup of tea, coffee or hot chocolate! Hands-on demonstrations and expert lectures at Historic Deerfield highlight these drinks, considered exotic when introduced to 17th-century New Englanders. Curators discuss the natural history of the source plants, the preparation of the beverages and the distribution throughout New England. In the historic houses, explore objects used to prepare and serve the three stimulating beverages and their important social role in early American life.
Highlights
• Taste Colonial hot beverages in a historic New England village and discover contemporary flavors of chocolate
• Learn about the commitment to peaceful social change, environmental responsibility and sustainability of a coffee-industry entrepreneur.
• Knowledgeable experts present the origins, history, etiquette and culture of tea, coffee and chocolate.
Activity Particulars
Walking up to a quarter mile; some stairs. Historic buildings do not have ramps or elevators.
Date Specific Information
4-29-2013, 9-16-2013
Enjoy the latest in hearing technology — listening devices — on this date.
Coordinated by Historic Deerfield.
Deerfield
With a history encompassing both native inhabitants and European colonists, Deerfield offers a portrait of New England in its earliest days. This quintessential western Massachusetts village is surrounded by working farms and rolling cornfields, and its museum houses contain one of the best public collections of art and antiques in America.
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Accommodations
Charming inn with individually decorated rooms with historical theme in the heart of Old Deerfield.
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| Road Scholar Instructors | | These instructors are participating on at least one date of this program. Please note that changes may occur. | Joshua Lane
| | Curator of Furniture at Historic Deerfield, Joshua Lane earned his bachelor’s degree at Amherst College and master’s degree at Yale University. Before coming to Historic Deerfield, he taught courses in American history at Yale University and at Miami University of Ohio. Building on curatorial experience gained at the Stamford Historical Society, he oversees the furniture collection at Historic Deerfield. | | | | Robert Heiss
| | Co-owner of Tea Trekker in Northampton and host of a weekly radio food show, Bob Heiss is an expert in the world of tea, coffee, and chocolate. Along with his wife Mary Lou, the two have traveled extensively to China to observe the production of traditional hand-processed tea during the spring tea harvest. Bob and Mary Lou published “The Story of Tea: A Cultural History and Drinking Guide,” for Ten Speed Press in Berkeley, California. | | | | Dean Cycon
| | Dean Cycon is your go-to guy for the inside story of coffee and more. Owner of Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee Company, a 100-percent organic, fair trade and kosher coffee-roasting operation in Orange, Mass., Dean has spent more than 25 years of development and activism in indigenous communities — including coffee villages — around the world. He is a co-founder of non profit Coffee Kids and of Cooperative Coffees, the world’s first fair trade roaster’s cooperative. | | | | Amanda Lange
| | Amanda Lange has been researching the history of chocolate in early America for more than ten years. She is a member of the Colonial Chocolate Society, a scholarly group of museum professionals, academics, and historians underwritten by the Mars Foundation. A graduate of Rice University and the Winterfhur Program at University of Delaway, she has been responsible at Historic Deerfield for opening the Museum's Attic, a study gallery filled with over 3,000 decorative arts objects. | | | |
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Meals and Lodgings |
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Deerfield Inn |
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Deerfield, MA |
3 nights
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| Deerfield Inn |
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Inn |
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The Deerfield Inn is an original historic inn that opened in 1884. It is located in the heart of Old Deerfield founded in 1673, an idyllic village surrounded by tranquil life, working farms, the Deerfield River, rolling hills and history that dates back 10,000 years. Deerfield has been the home of the Pocumtuck Indian people who farmed the rich soil on the banks of the Deerfield and Connecticut Rivers and English colonists who came here in the 1600s. The Inn is in the center of Historic Deerfield, a museum complex of fourteen museum houses and the Flynt Center of Early New England Life. This area is known as a little piece of paradise and called the Happy Valley due to the fertile soil and clean water that produces an abundance of fruit, vegetables, fowl and fish that are taken avantage of in the Deerfield Inn's kitchen. The Deerfield Inn has an elegant Main Dining room, Tavern area, cozy Beehive Parlor that will be home to Participants. The Deerfield Inn is next store to the Museum Store. Additional amenities include beautifully appointed guest rooms. A post office, Deerfield Academy, Bement School and Eaglebrook School are all close by and provide a quaint New England educational atmosphere. |
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Contact
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81 Old Main Street
Deerfield, MA 01342 USA
phone: 800-926-3865
web: www.deerfieldinn.com
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Room amenities: |
Fine Inn amenities including television, fresh fruit, soap, shampoo, lotion and other personal items. Complimentary tea and cookies served on most afternoons. |
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Facility amenities: |
All rooms are artfully decorated with well appointed Colonial decor and some antiques. The rooms are named for original English settlers of Deerfield. There are 3 rooms available with 2 beds and one room to which a cot can be added. All other rooms have one bed - kings and queens. Two bed rooms will be given to unrelated roommates first. Beautiful grounds, fine dining room, casual cafe with seating inside and outside, Tavern Bar and Beehive Parlor which serves an old fashioned tea and cookies repast. Shorts walk on the street to museum houses and other fine buildings. |
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Smoking allowed: |
No |
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Elevators available: |
Yes |
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Additional nights prior: |
$155.00-180.00/room/night Call 800-926-3865 to make reservations to come early or stay late. Special Road Scholar rate for extended stay, based on availability, will be 10% off the season market rate of $155.00-180.00, plus 11.7% MA tax and service charge depending on the room. |
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Check in time: |
3:00 PM |
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Additional nights after: |
$155.00-180.00/room/night Call 800-926-3865 to make reservations to come early or stay late. Special Road Scholar rate for extended stay, based on availability, will be 10% off the season market rate of $155.00-180.00, plus 11.7% MA tax and service charge depending on the room. |
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Check out time: |
11:00 AM |
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The prices listed for commercial services and facilities that are not included in the program cost, such as airport shuttles or extra nights lodging, are subject to change without notice. Since Road Scholar cannot guarantee the accuracy of these prices, we strongly suggest contacting the companies directly for the most up-to-date information.
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Day 2: |
“Tea: Why Americans Are Finally Embracing the World's Second-most Popular Beverage”/“Coffee: Evolution from Bean to Cup” and “An Introduction to Tea Tables,” and Tealeaf Reading
(Tuesday, April 30)
Note: Local entrepreneurs in the tea and coffee business will provide fascinating talks on the current business of tea and coffee and as well as illuminate details of the types of tea and coffee and regions where they plants are grown. The Historic Deerfield Curator of Furniture will wow participants with beautiful 18th-century antique tea tables - how they were made and how to identify the authentic antiques.
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| Breakfast: | Breakfast at the Deerfield Inn | | Morning: | Morning lecture by Bob Heiss, owner of Tea Trekker, Northhampton, MA– Morning tour: "Hot Beverages in Context:" Room Studies with Master Guides (Ashley and Williams) or (Dwight and Wells-Thorn) | | Lunch: | Lunch at the Deerfield Inn | | Afternoon: | Afternoon lecture by Dean Cycon, owner Dean's Bean, an Organic Fair Trade Coffee Roaster based in Orange, MA, and Furniture Workshop by Josh Lane, Curator of Furniture – Flynt Center of Early New England Life | | Dinner: | Dinner at the Deerfield Inn. Theatrical consultations with Madame Tititana Tashkent, tea-leaf reader. | |
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Deerfield Inn |
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Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner |
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Free Time Opportunities |
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| Deerfield, MA |
Chaning Blake Meadow Walk
Free time activity in Old Deerfield.
A fully accessible footpath open seasonally, the Channing Blake Meadow Walk takes visitors past a working farm and through meadows to the Deerfield River. Interpretive panels along the one-third mile walk describe local geology, natural history, and Native and European presence. The program with end with guided walk along the Meadow Walk but it will open through the rest of the program. For additional information, visit www.historic-deerfield.org/outdoors
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Emily Dickinson Musueum
Amherst is a 15 mile drive from Deerfield.
Emily Dickinson Museum consists of two historic houses,The Homestead and The Evergreens, in the center of Amherst, Massachusetts, closely associated with the poet Emily Dickinson and members of her family during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Homestead was the birthplace and home of the poet Emily Dickinson. The Evergreens, next door, was home to her brother Austin, his wife Susan, and their three children. The Emily Dickinson Museum was created in 2003 when the two houses merged under the ownership of Amherst College. The Museum is dedicated to educating diverse audiences about Emily Dickinson’s life, family, creative work, times, and enduring relevance, and to preserving and interpreting the Homestead and The Evergreens as historical resources for the benefit of scholars and the general public. The museum is about 3 blocks from the Natural History Museum of Amherst College that in destination of the day's field trip. Admission not included in program price.
For additional information, visit www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org/index.html
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Eric Carle Museum
Free time activities near Deerfield accessible by personal car.
The mission of The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, a non-profit organization in Amherst, MA, is to inspire a love of art and reading through picture books. The only full-scale museum of its kind in the United States, The Carle collects, preserves, presents, and celebrates picture books and picture book illustrations from around the world. In addition to underscoring the cultural, historical, and artistic significance of picture books and their art form, The Carle offers educational programs that provide a foundation for arts integration and literacy. For additional information, visit http://www.carlemuseum.org/Home
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Historic Deerfield Cooks' Garden
Free time activity in Old Deerfield.
This kitchen garden serves as a source of fresh ingredients for the museum’s open hearth cooking demonstrations and classes. The garden contains an assortment of useful plants commonly found in New England during the 18th and early 19th centuries. The Cooks’ Garden was dedicated in 2006 in memory of Margaret Quinn Orloske, a member of the museum who enjoyed open hearth cooking and gardening, and with thousands of others died on September 11, 2001. Funds from the Margaret Quinn Orloske Endowment are used to replenish heirloom plants, for general garden maintenance, and for support of the open hearth cooking program
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Historic Deerfield Museum Store
Free time activity in Old Deerfield
Historic Deerfield Museum Store offers a wide array of gifts and books. Find a variety of American crafts, jewelry, and reproductions as well as souvenirs. The bookshop features thousands of titles on art, history, craft, and architecture. A children’s book section offers books for young readers of all ages.
For additional information, visit www.historic-deerfield.org/museum-store-page
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Kringle Candle
Free time activities near Deerfield accessible by personal car.
Kringle Candle unites the best of the traditional and the new, with exciting candle products designed to mesh with virtually any decor. The company has worked hand-in-hand with the industry's finest perfumers to select an array of robust, realistic candle fragrances. The company's all-white candles not only blend perfectly with all backdrops, they emit the purest, brightest light possible. The Kringle Candle store complex includes that restaurant, The Farm Table. For additional information, visit https://www.kringlecandle.com/
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Magic Wings
Free time activities in Deerfield accessible by personal car.
Enjoy other local attraction along Deefield main artery - routes 5 & 10. Magic Wings Butterfly conservatory, 8,000-square foot conservatory is home to nearly 4,000 free-flying butterflies from all over the world! Summer hours 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Spring, Fall and Winter hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Admissions are not included. For additional information, visit www.magicwings.com/
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Memorial Libraries
Free time activity in Old Deerfield
The libraries of Deerfield’s two museums, Historic Deerfield and the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, are housed together in one building, known as the Memorial Libraries. The Henry N. Flynt Library serves primarily as a research center for Historic Deerfield’s collections and programs. Holdings are particularly strong in the decorative arts, architecture, and material culture of early New England, and include approximately 21,000 printed volumes, numerous periodicals, and more than 2,000 microforms accessible through an online catalog. The Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association Library collections document the life and thought of Deerfield from the close of the 17th century to the 20th. The library’s 24,000 books, many with histories of local ownership, include literature, sermons, history, travel, biography, and works on agriculture, animal husbandry, and domestic economy. The library also has an extensive manuscript collection, rich in material on families and local history. Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. For additional information, visit www.historic-deerfield.org/library
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Shelburne Falls - Bridge of Flowers
Shelburne Falls is a 10 mile drive from Deerfield.
Bridge of Flowers the only garden of its kind in the world meticulously tended by the Shelburne Falls Women's Club with over 500 varieties of flowers, vines and shrubs assure a 400-foot span of continual blooms. This walkway bridge connects the two sides of the Shelburne Falls which is bisected by the Deerfield River.
For additional information, visit www.bridgeofflowersmass.org/
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Yankee Candle
Free time activity in Deerfield accessible by car. Flagship store for Yankee Candle, based in South Deerfield, Massachusetts. World's Largest Candle Store. It's a candle lover's dream - over 160 of our famous, true-to-life scents, plus beautiful accessories, accents and collectibles. Come Experience Wax Works - The Newest Area of Yankee Candle Village! Enjoy Wax Hands, Wax Souvenirs, Wax Art and so much more. Candlemaking Museum. Ever wonder how Colonial Americans lit their homes? See fascinating, free daily demonstrations of nineteenth-century candlemaking.Open everyday 10:00 a.m to 6:00 p.m. For additional information, visit www.yankeecandle.com/cgi-bin/ycbvp/ycContent.jsp?page=%2fNavigation%2fNon+Product+Left%2fAbout+Yankee+Candle%2fVisit+a+Flagship+Store%2fFlagship+Store
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