Has anyone been to that tea shop next to the Archives/Navy Memorial in Washington DC? Looks interesting. I was in there once, and they had some unique teas. Always fret over freshness at a shop though. Esp in such a touristy location.
Steve
That would be the Penn Market branch of Teaism. It's actually 2 shops next door to each other. My wife and I were in DC recently for a long weekend. We used the Teaism restaurant/tearoom a few times and pretty much loved it: the tea, the food, the atmosphere. The tea shop proper, though, I'm not sure about. All we did there was buy 2 ounces of a Yunnan black, which seemed unimpressive at the price they charged.
/Lew
Lew:
Did you explore any tea room or shop around Duopont cycle area? I heard some of them are best tea rooms around D.C. include Four season hotel's high tea in George Town.
Ripon (From Bangladesh)
Actually, they don't have a high tea, even if they call it that. They have a formal afternoon tea. It's rare to find high tea in the US (high tea being an informal supper that is heartier than afternoon tea) except in areas filled with British ex-pats. Many sites insistently and erroneously say that high tea is the fancier type- they are wrong.
No, but I've heard there's a Dupont Circle branch of Teaism.
That may well be, but I'm unqualified to comment on the English Tea Ceremony.
/Lew
The second Teaism is at N Street and Conn Ave. Another Ok tea place is Soho Coffee and Tea om P Street a couple of blocks from Dupont Circle. Another OK tea house if TenRen in College park just south of UM (a little overpriced). Spiman snipped-for-privacy@aol.com "And this is the testimony: GOD has given us eternal life, and this life is in his SON. He who has the SON has life; he who does not have the SON of GOD does not have life. 1 John 5:11-12
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