qtb hyperfixation #01: tea room tiktok.
If you’re not following the Queen of Afternoon Tea, get on board.
A few weeks back, when it looked like TikTok was going to be inaccessible to Americans possibly forever and that somehow felt like our biggest political problem at the time, I scrambled into action one Saturday morning. I carefully pulled up my following list on TikTok and identified the 20-30 accounts I most wanted to remain connected with via (shudder) Instagram Reels. I spent several careful hours refollowing my TikTok favorites on Instagram and trying to retrain my algorithm in an attempt to replicate what I liked best about the platform, all for the app to return less than a day later.
Sure, my effort turned out to be a bit of a waste of time, but the exercise did serve as an opportunity to identify the accounts that I truly vibe with. The accounts that soothe my troubled soul. One account stood out from the rest.
Let me tell you about the Queen of Afternoon Tea (also on YouTube). About a year ago, I stumbled upon this mysterious afternoon tea expert and was instantly hooked. Here is how it works: Every week or so, this Ontario, Canada-based tea queen visits a different provider of the oh-so-decadent afternoon tea and offers an extremely detailed review of the tea room.
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