Interesting tea in Boulder?

You might enjoy: BoulderTeaHouse, 1770 13th St, Boulder, CO, 303.442.4993

hth

I'd second that, they have a teahouse made by artisans from a city in Tajikistan, Dushanbe. I haven't been to the teahouse but I've ordered from them before and the pictures of the inside on their website are really beautiful and different.

Melinda

Yes! Yes! Yes! Dushanbe! The building is gorgeous. The workers are knowlegable and understand tea. The food is decent. The tea cakes are fabulous! Boulder is a very, very, cool place. Stop at Naropa Buddhist University cafeteria for excellent snacks and lunch foods. There are wonderful bookstores with hard-to-find books and great bars that even play Louie Prima music! Everyone is playful and the town is jumpin'. Have fun! Happy sipping! Shen

Do take in DuShanBe. The Celestial Seasons tea processing plant is just outside of town. I think Chinatown in Denver is much more interesting.

Jim

DogMa wrote:

Yes, but is there a central Asian teahouse there that plays Louis Prima? I'd go there in a heartbeat!

/Lew

You know, I'd probably go anywhere for Louie Prima. But, your suggestion inspires me....um, an Asian Teahouse starring the late, great Louie Prima. You are a wise man, Lew. Shen

Thanks for all the useful suggestions and offers to meet. As it turned out, my schedule, record heat and altitude issues limited my tea experience. A few comments:

- Naropa: had heard good things from locals, but their canteen's summer hours didn't overlap with mine.

- Dushanbe tea house: stunning, as others have said, and nice ambiance. I didn't actually take any tea there, partly because of the extreme heat even mid-morning and partly because they tended toward flavored and slightly cute-ish teas in large containers. Perhaps quite good, though. The food looked great; I'll definitely take a meal there next time.

- Celestial Seasonings (if not really tea, mostly) also wasn't open to my schedule. Heard good things about the tour, though.

- Best-looking teaware as seen from outside was TCM/apothecary shop Six Persimmons at the top of Pearl St. mall area, unfortunately not open when I was there.

- The Leaf/All Things Tea, around the corner from 6P at the top of town, is a very nice little shop with friendly staff and quite an array of "real" and flavored teas, mate, etc. I bought a nearly perfect glazed ironware fair pot for $7.95, my only tea-souvenir of the trip. Meanwhile, my daily tipple was a good slug of domestic-grade TGY, a generous gift from Corax, heavily re-roasted (dry-sauteed, actually) and cool-brewed overnight. Just the thing for torrid weather and low oxygen.

Happy travels to those who roam-

DM

Dogma, Sorry to hear about Dushanbe. Haven't been to Boulder in a while. The host the Rocky Mountain Tea Festival and I expected better from them than flavoured (uck!) stuff. Happy you took some time to enjoy Corax's contribution. Having lived at high altitudes for a while, I know some folks need a day or two to aclimate - it is a cheap drunk, though. Usually half a margarita at 5800 feet is plenty..................... Shen