I'd been to Arnold's before. My husband and I were thinking about moving to the neighborhood, and had checked out places that seemed like they'd be fun to hang out at. I'd bought some elaborate, delicious ginger-and-lemon thing. I knew they were a new business that I'd hoped to support, but didn't know they were black-owned. When we went back to look at a house we might buy, we stopped in. I got the same drink I'd gotten before, my husband got an iced tea, and we got a little pastry. I already knew I liked the place -- it's designed really nicely -- and we would have gone back anyway to get a cup of tea, since he likes to get a cup of tea when he's stressed, and house-hunting is stressful. The tea was, again, delicious. So was the pastry. 

One Large participant: EF
Name of black-owned business: Arnold's Tea
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Race/ethnicity of participant: Preferred not to answer

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