Natasha Robson-Lovato opened Queen Anne's Cederberg Tea House with her husband and parents when they decided they needed a brick-and-mortar location for their catering business, which specializes in traditional South African afternoon tea. They still do catering at different locations—recently, at a Sherlock Holmes convention—but prefer to host events at Cederberg because of the difficulty of moving elaborate tea sets and trays that resemble towering pastry-covered chandeliers. The teahouse specializes in rooibos tea, ground and brewed like espresso. Rooibos isn't caffeinated, though it's been known to cause an energy burst, perhaps because of the massive quantity of antioxidants it contains.

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