List of teahouses
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This is a list of teahouses. A teahouse is an establishment which primarily serves tea and other light refreshments. Sometimes the meal is also called "tea". Although its function varies widely depending on the culture, teahouses often serve as centers of social interaction, like coffeehouses. Some cultures have a variety of distinct tea-centered houses of different types that all qualify under the English language term "teahouse" or "tearoom". For example, the British or American tearoom serves afternoon tea with a variety of small cakes.
Europe
- Blauwe Theehuis, Amsterdam
- Délifrance, French bakery chain
- Dobrá čajovna, Czech-based international chain
- TeaGschwendner, Germany-based international chain of retail shops and bistros
Britain
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- ABC tea shops, now defunct
- Bettys and Taylors of Harrogate, chain in Yorkshire
- Jacksons of Piccadilly, tea merchant
- Lyons Corner House, now defunct; its waitresses were known as Nippy, because of their speed
- The Orchard, Grantchester, just outside Cambridge
- a modern village tea room, adjoining Rivington Unitarian Chapel
- Tchai-Ovna, Glasgow music venue
- Willow Tearooms, Glasgow, founded 1903
Britain abroad
The Americas
Canada
- Lake Agnes Tea House, Alberta
- Plain of Six Glaciers Tea House, Lake Louise, Alberta
USA
- Argo Tea, Chicago chain
- Dushanbe Tea House
- Lollicup Coffee & Tea, chain specialising in bubble tea
- Salvation Army Waiʻoli Tea Room, Hawai'i
- Tavalon Tea, New York tea merchant
- Tealuxe, a chain
Asia
India
- Brooke Bond Taj Mahal Tea House, Mumbai, India
- Chai Point, Bengaluru & New Delhi, India
Indonesia
- Pantjoran Tea House, Jakarta, Indonesia - celebration of 8 Teapots since 1663
China
- Cha chaan teng, common tea restaurants in Greater China
- Fuchun Teahouse, China
- Luk Yu, established in 1933 in Hong Kong
- Ten Fu Group, company
Japan
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- Chashitsu, architectural spaces designed to be used for the Japanese tea ceremony
- Jo-an
- Tai-an
- Kakurin-tei
- Meimei-an
Taiwan
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- Chatime, Taiwan-based international chain
- EasyWay, Taiwan-based international chain
- Shiatzy Chen, Taiwanese fashion house
- Quickly, Taiwan-based global chain
- Wistaria Tea House
- Ten Ren Tea
Others
- Pak Tea House, Pakistan
- Dear TeaHouse, Vietnam
See also
References
External links
Media related to Tea houses at Wikimedia Commons