California Tea Guide
33 tea rooms and tea shops in 5 cities
California has five tea guides and the most listed venues of any state: Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Berkeley and Sacramento. Chinese and Taiwanese tea is strongest in the Bay Area, where Vital Tea Leaf and Aroma Tea Shop pour free tastings in San Francisco and Far Leaves Tea has served loose leaf on San Pablo Avenue in Berkeley since 1998. Los Angeles adds gongfu tables at SILK & JADE and Callisto Tea House, and San Diego leans British, with The Britannia Tearooms pouring from more than 70 teas.
Los Angeles Tea Guide
Los Angeles tea splits into three camps. Chinese and Taiwanese leaf gets serious treatment at Steep in Chinatown and SILK & JADE in Eagle Rock, whi...
San Francisco Tea Guide
San Francisco's tea scene splits three ways. Chinese tea runs from free tastings at Vital Tea Leaf on Grant Avenue and Aroma Tea Shop in the Inner ...
San Diego Tea Guide
San Diego tea runs mostly on British-style afternoon tea: The Britannia Tearooms in the Midway District pours from a list of more than 70 teas, Cor...
Berkeley Tea Guide
Berkeley's serious tea is concentrated on the west side of town. Far Leaves Tea has poured loose-leaf tea on San Pablo Avenue since 1998, Teance Fi...
Sacramento Tea Guide
Sacramento's tea scene is small and spread across the central grid. Tea Cozy has sold loose leaf since 1998 and now stocks more than 150 teas insid...
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