Sip ’n’ See Lemon Tea Bread

Refined Southern hostesses don’t merely invite friends to tea. The event must have a theme, a notion, a concept. There’s an April tea to welcome springtime. There’s a pink tea, where the tablecloth, napkins, tiny cakes, butter mints, and even the tea itself are pink. There’s a pageant tea to honor a town’s beauty queens. And there’s a sip ’n’ see tea, where a new bride’s friends sip tea from dainty porcelain cups and view wedding presents. (I understand there’s also an intimate trousseau te