Cuples Tea House, the brainchild of Lynnette and Eric Dodson, is not your stereotypical quaint shop on a scenic street. Instead, their Baltimore storefront is located in an urban area still in its makeover stage, which makes Cuples an even brighter burst of hope, persistence—and fabulous flavors.
The Dodsons first got the idea for a teahouse in 2015 “as a way to get residual income,” says Lynnette. Even before then, they had their own tea history. For health reasons, Eric, also the manager of Baltimore County Public Schools’ television channel, had “to give up sugary beverages and things of that nature,” he says. “So I was on a Lipton tea
