Ana, Georgina, Madalena, Maria da Conceição and Hermínia are varinas of Lisbon. They gather for the tea of five, surrounded by the mists and memories of Catherine of Braganza, the monarch who took the habit of tea to England in the 19th century. XVII and threw his leaves into bowls of hot water by the Court of London. All born in Lisbon and linked to the sea by profession, the five friends show their pride in being varinas.
The color flaunted by each of these alpha-blood mermaid women transmits their deepest Being… Since Georgina, with her deep Negro of homage to Catherine of Bragança and her intrinsic seriousness, passing through the other childhood friends, Ana, Magdalene, Maria da Conceição and Hermínia, the color of each tells us a little of her story. The Lisbon sun shining in the waters of the Tagus is reflected in the skirts of Ana and in its starspirit. Magdalene’s eyes and her translucent green of romances and adventures, read with passion, pour into her dresses. The blue of the sky mirrored in the Tagus is brought to us by the confectioner of this domestic brotherhood, Maria da Conceição, who, although conservative, brings the sweet as his charm, delighting and making travel those who taste their snacks at snack time. The snatch of passion, soured by all the sounds, flavors and Light of Lisbon, arrives at the hermínia tea table. Its delicate rose is the salt of a city that joins the Tagus to the Sea, the sailors to the varinas.
Varinas and emotions gather in a tea, to which we are all invited. Each new participant is the first blank page of a future story. To share and be happy… Are you going to have a cup?