Bewley's Opens as a Dublin Tea Dealer
Bewley's Café, 78-79, Grafton Street, Royal Exchange B Ward 1986, Dublin, County Dublin, Leinster, D02 F798, Ireland
Bewley's
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The Bewley family began dealing tea in Dublin in 1840, having broken the East India Company's grip on the trade by shipping direct from China, and the cafés followed. The Grafton Street room, with its Harry Clarke windows and open fires, became the city's front parlour.
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