Devoted to 'Beauty of Tea' ; a Biddeford Shop Offers a Selection of High-Quality Teas and a Wealth of Knowledge On Brewing a Proper Cup.

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Flanked by the floral arrangements and designs of Cellar Door Floral & Home Decor to her right and the paintings of local artists on display at Gallery 265 to her left, Marianne Russo's tiny tea shop seems poised to capture an audience seeking to enhance its senses beyond sight and smell.

Russo's shop, Nellie's Tea & Gifts, specializes in sales of white, green, black, oolong and other varieties of quality teas, as well as tea services and novelties associated with them. Russo offers a limited supply of herbal teas, explaining those are readily available at other stores. Her customers seek her out for the brands she sells and specialty teas and items such as purer tea.

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Devoted to 'Beauty of Tea' ; a Biddeford Shop Offers a Selection of High-Quality Teas and a Wealth of Knowledge On Brewing a Proper Cup.

"Purer is a specialized, aged tea that is very rare and can be very expensive to buy," said Russo, noting that tea aficionados have elevated the status of tea to that of wine drinking. "It's very popular and the in-thing to l...

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