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The Company
Thistledown Cozies has been in business since 1995, manufacturing tea
cozies
Thistledown Cozies is a vendor at the annual World Tea Expo. This is a conference devoted to tea. It is an absolute must for all interested in the tea business.
We are a small cottage industry in Southern New Hampshire, USA. Because of our small size we are able to offer personalized service, and flexibility in our products. We employ skilled seamstresses in our area to piece our cozies. We pride ourselves in the quality of work of these talented ladies.
Good Deeds Thistledown Cozies donates our excess materials to local quilt guilds and individual quilters. Being hopeful quilters ourselves, (we hope to find time to quilt some day), we cannot stand to waste even the tiniest square of fabric. We donate fabric to the Linus Project. This worthy organization creates quilts for seriously ill children. If you would like more information about obtaining some of our beautiful "scraps", contact us via email, or at 1-877-890-9106.
The Owner
Annelise Pitt
(Photo above: My husband Charlie, myself, and my brother-in-law Morison Bock having a afternoon tea in the Astor Court at the St. Regis in New York City. Out of the picture were Kathrine, Jeff and Jean. All were soon to find out that I was "on Broadway". (by the way we are now suppliers of tea cozies to the St. Regis in NYC - room service tea stays warm with a lovely Thistledown Cozy)
On Broadway (aka, The best tea cozy story EVER!)
Soon after the wonderful tea at the St. Regis, we started the Broadway part of our trip. We saw 'The Producers' (hilarious), and then on the recommendation of Mo (see above), actor/playwright, who had heard wonderful things about it, we saw 'Doubt'. We thoroughly enjoyed the show, but the very best part was about half way through, when they were serving tea - from a teapot with a cozy - YES! - a Thistledown cozy!! I was beside myself - totally gaga! What a thrill - on Broadway - wow!
The stage manager in NYC was nice enough to talk to us after the show, even bringing the cozy out for us. In appreciation I later sent off a box of Thistledown cozies to the theater. I was told that the cast: Dame Eileen Atkins, Ron Eldard, Jena Malone, and Adriane Lenox, all took home a Thistledown Cozy. I can only assume that now there are Thistledown Cozies in Hollywood too.
"Doubt" then went on tour. When the show was traveling through Boston, I again had the thrill of seeing my "cozy that made it big".
The production manager graciously invited me to see the show and meet the cast.
The cast for the touring show included the extraordinary Cherry Jones. She was in the original cast on Broadway, and won a Tony Award for her performance. I had the privilege of seeing her, and the extremely talented Chris McGarry, Lisa Joyce and Caroline Stefanie Clay in this riveting play. It was even better the second time around. Annelise
(Cherry Jones, famous actress, with her own Thistledown cozy, and me, backstage at the Colonial Theater, Boston.)
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and tea accessories for the tea industry. Our customers include
tearooms and tea related gift shops. We are wholesalers only. Our
products are sold to the public in fine tearooms around the world and
on the web by a few of our customers.
Hello,
I am Annelise Pitt (nee Christensen) the owner of Thistledown Cozies.
Being a Canadian, I have "drunk enough tea to sink a battleship". All
that tea has not made me an expert on tea, but my knowledge of
textiles, and many years as a tea cozy producer, have made me an expert in how
to keep that tea hot.