Japanese Tea Houses

Salamanca · Hobart, Tasmania

Tea bar and shop inside the Salamanca Arts Centre on Hobart's waterfront, pouring Chinese teas, Japanese ceremonial matcha and gyokuro, and award-winning Tasmanian blends. Tea mocktails use seasonal local ingredients, and the shop stocks teaware. Walk-ins only; workshops cover the six types of Chinese tea, the Gongfu tea ceremony and tea meditation.

Downtown / Cultural District · Portland

Small Japanese tea cafe tucked behind the Portland Art Museum, specializing in Japanese tea and foods served among Japanese antiques, art, and crafts. Matcha is served with Japanese sweets in traditional Ryurei tea-ceremony style, with indoor and outdoor seating daily.

Quartier Latin · Montreal, Quebec

Camellia Sinensis is Montreal's reference tea merchant, with its original boutique on rue Emery in the Quartier Latin and a second shop at Jean-Talon Market. The team sources directly from producers in China, Japan, Taiwan, India and beyond, and runs a Tea School with workshops on tea ceremonies and infusion techniques. Its Quebec City sister shop adds a seated tea room.

Saint-Roch · Quebec City, Quebec

Camellia Sinensis' Quebec City shop on rue Saint-Joseph in Saint-Roch pairs the merchant's direct-sourced catalogue with a tea room space for seated service. The selection spans China, Japan, Taiwan, India and other origins, chosen each season by the company's tasters who travel to the gardens. Teaware and Tea School workshops round out the offering.

Providence

A modern tea house near Brown University specializing in directly sourced premium teas from small farms in China, Taiwan, and Japan. Beyond the tea bar, Ceremony offers brew guides, workshops, and tea ceremony programming, with private tastings by appointment. A second cafe operates at 121 South Main Street in Providence.

East Village · New York

Second-floor Japanese teahouse in the East Village, established in 2004 around the concept of omotenashi (whole-hearted hospitality). Cha-An serves Japanese desserts and teas, and hosts a weekend Japanese afternoon tea ($68 per adult) with three tiers of sweets such as yuzu cream puffs and warabi mochi plus savories like egg sandwiches and inari. Seats are limited to 20 guests per session, and the teahouse also offers traditional tea ceremonies and mochi and flower-arrangement classes.

Downtown Asheville · Asheville

Bohemian-style teahouse on North Lexington Avenue in downtown Asheville, serving responsibly sourced and authentically prepared teas from around the world. The menu pairs globally curated teas with savory vegetarian and vegan fare and sweet treats. Two sister locations operate in West Asheville (707 Haywood Rd) and East Asheville (1011 Tunnel Rd).

Burlington

Bohemian tea room and loose-leaf shop serving Burlington for 19 years, recently relocated from Church Street to South Winooski Avenue. Pours more than 100 direct-sourced teas — from Yin Zhen white and Feng Huang Dan Cong oolong to matcha and pu-erh — with gluten-free and vegan sweets and light fare, plus handcrafted teaware; the owners visit tea fields annually to source.

Golden Gate Park · San Francisco

The Tea House and gift shop inside Golden Gate Park's Japanese Tea Garden, run by an independent concessionaire, serving tea within the garden grounds. The garden is open daily, with admissions and visitor information managed by the Gardens of Golden Gate Park.

Islington · London, UK

Katsute 100 is a Japanese tea room at the Angel end of Islington High Street, furnished with antique Japanese pieces and built around the idea of 'nostalgia, history, moments in time'. It serves Japanese loose-leaf teas and matcha with homemade matcha and yuzu cakes, and takes whole-cake orders; the group runs further rooms in London and Edinburgh.

Greenpoint · Brooklyn

Flagship Brooklyn tea shop and tasting bar from Kettl, a company that imports exceptionally fresh Japanese teas direct from producers. Staff guide visitors through matcha, sencha, gyokuro, and hojicha selections at the Greenpoint shop. A dedicated matcha-focused sister location, Kettl Matcha Sen Mon Ten, operates nearby at 38 Norman Avenue.

Northeast · Minneapolis

Opened in 2020 as 'an oasis of calm in the middle of Minneapolis,' Northeast Tea House specializes in gongfu-style tea service and house-milled matcha — one of only two matcha mills in the US at its opening. The tea house pours informal tea ceremonies, sells teaware and loose leaf, hosts classes, and keeps a limited-screen policy so guests can unplug over tea.

Chinatown-International District · Seattle

Tea house on the street level of the Panama Hotel, a National Historic Landmark in Seattle's former Japantown, serving patrons since 2001. Offers a selection of about 40 teas including sencha, hojicha, lavender earl grey, and ruby oolong. The room displays historical artifacts including suitcases left by Japanese American families sent to incarceration camps during WWII.

La Jolla · San Diego

A San Diego specialty tea company established in 2017 that sources teas directly from farmers and creates original blends. The La Jolla shop focuses on quality loose-leaf teas, teaware, and educational tea experiences including Japanese tea ceremonies.

Mayfair · London, UK

Postcard Teas is a specialist tea shop off New Bond Street that calls itself the pioneer of tea provenance, sourcing single-origin teas from small producers in China, India, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam. The shop stocks regional oolongs (Wuyi, Phoenix, Anxi), aged puerh and 'Auld Tree' teas, plus ceramics from the Asahiyaki kilns and Kaikado caddies, and runs a bookable Tea School. Closed Sundays and bank holidays.

East Village · New York

East Village matcha teahouse opened in 2017 by tea master Souheki Mori, a practitioner of the Japanese tea ceremony for over 30 years. Setsugekka serves hand-picked matcha from different regions of Japan, ground fresh on a traditional heavy stone grinder, and offers formal and open tea ceremonies and tea lessons. Seating is walk-in only, and the shop hosts workshops in calligraphy, ceramics, and other Japanese arts.

Marble Works District · Middlebury

Teahouse and importer in Middlebury's historic Marble Works District, sourcing over 100 fresh loose-leaf teas from China, Japan, Taiwan, India, and Nepal. Serves tea in house and to-go with house specialties, small snack plates, and daily chocolates, and also operates as a tea and teaware wholesaler.

South Kensington · London, UK

Tombo is a Japanese café and tea retailer on Thurloe Place, opposite the South Kensington museums, built around matcha, Japanese teas and traditional teaware. The café serves matcha and hōjicha drinks and Japanese food, and the shop sells curated teas, ceramics and Japanese lifestyle goods.

Downtown · Halifax, Nova Scotia

World Tea House on Argyle Street, across from Neptune Theatre, is a downtown Halifax tea bar where old-world tea traditions meet modern mixology and café culture. The menu runs from standard and rare loose-leaf teas to tea lattes, tea hot chocolate, tea ciders and bowl-service matcha, with ample seating and world music. It hosts ParTEA tasting classes and gongfu tea sessions by appointment.