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
edit- Blauwe Theehuis, Amsterdam
- Délifrance, French bakery chain
- Dobrá čajovna, Czech-based international chain
- TeaGschwendner, Germany-based international chain of retail shops and bistros
Britain
edit- ABC tea shops, now defunct
- Bettys and Taylors of Harrogate, chain in Yorkshire
- Jacksons of Piccadilly, tea merchant
- Kardomah, a chain of tea and coffee shops in England, Wales, and a few in Paris, popular from the early 1900s until the 1960s, but now almost defunct.
- Lyons Corner House, now defunct; its waitresses were known as Nippy, because of their speed
- The Orchard, Grantchester, just outside Cambridge
- Tchai-Ovna, Glasgow music venue
- Willow Tearooms, Glasgow, founded 1903
Britain abroad
editThe Americas
editCanada
edit- Lake Agnes Tea House, Alberta
- Plain of Six Glaciers Tea House, Lake Louise, Alberta
United States
edit- Argo Tea, Chicago chain
- Gryphon, Savannah, Georgia
- Dushanbe Tea House
- Lollicup Coffee & Tea, chain specialising in bubble tea
- Salvation Army Waiʻoli Tea Room, Hawai'i
- Shoseian Teahouse, California
- Tavalon Tea, New York tea merchant
- Tealuxe, a chain
Asia
editIndia
edit- Brooke Bond Taj Mahal Tea House, Mumbai, India
- Chai Point, Bengaluru & New Delhi, India
China
edit- 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
edit- Chashitsu, architectural spaces designed to be used for the Japanese tea ceremony
- Jo-an
- Tai-an
- Kakurin-tei
- Meimei-an
- Glass Tea House - KOU-AN, teahouse designed by Tokujin Yoshioka
Taiwan
edit- 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
edit- Pak Tea House, Pakistan
See also
editReferences
editExternal links
edit- Media related to Tea houses at Wikimedia Commons