Posh Teatime Co.

Posh Teatime Co. describes itself as a social enterprise and runs Perfectly Posh, a boutique tearoom at 1273 West Broad Street in Franklinton. It opens Friday through Monday, from eleven until six, by reservation only, for parties of up to ten, with private buyouts for up to thirty. Bookings go through OpenTable or the telephone, and the room is the business: mobile high teas, tastings and an etiquette academy run alongside it.

The seatings are graded by length and by what arrives on the stand. A cream tea runs an hour, a light tea a little longer, and the traditional English afternoon tea ninety minutes; there is a Moroccan atay service and a Mississippi southern tea on the same list, and a children's version at the short end. All meat served is halal, and vegan, nut-free and gluten-free plates are arranged when you book rather than improvised on the day.

The attached boutique is small and uneven in a way worth knowing before you order online. Its pyramid sachets come in a canister of ten, in a mesh woven from a corn-starch fibre, and the few loose teas that publish a pack weight are the ones we can quote; the rest of the singles list a price with no size at all. Orders ship within a day or two with tracking, and the storefront advertises free shipping within the United States.