Explore 114 Tea Collections - Atlas Obscura
Places near me Random place

114 Items Tagged

Tea

Share
A beautiful bridge.
San Antonio, Texas

Japanese Tea Garden

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.
Powdered maca root.
Gastro Obscura

Maca

The Andean root once fueled Inca warriors.
The small shelf allowed you to drink tea without damaging your mustache.
Gastro Obscura

Mustache Cups

They helped Victorian men drink tea while protecting their precious facial hair.
The signature cups of chai at Sahu.
Gastro Obscura

Chai at Sahu Tea Shop

In an unassuming shop in Jaipur, a family has been serving highly addictive chai for decades.
Guayusa tea with leaves.
Gastro Obscura

Guayusa

The Kichwa begin every day with tea and dream interpretation.
One step in the highly codified Japanese tea ceremony.
Gastro Obscura

Japanese Tea Ceremony

A ritual that showcases the beauty of the present moment.
A butterfly pea cocktail.
Gastro Obscura

Butterfly Pea Flower

With a squeeze of lemon, this plant can turn any drink into a color-changing mood ring.
A detective peers into a tearoom in 1959.
crime

The Psychic Tea Rooms of 1930s New York Didn't Predict All the Police Raids

Tea parlors were the battleground in a war against fortune telling.
Anne Ewbank December 7, 2017
Inyo County, California

Teakettle Junction

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.
Tibetan tea is made with tea, yak butter, and salt.
Gastro Obscura

Yak Butter Tea

It's the fat-fueled energy drink of the Tibetan Plateau.
Blocks of this sugar look almost black.
Gastro Obscura

Okinawa Black Sugar

It's darker, saltier, and healthier than white sugar.
Bovril from the Supermarket
Gastro Obscura

Bovril

This "Fluid of Beef" fed an army and makes a hearty tea.
A tea-dance circa 1926.
Gastro Obscura

Tea Dance

The surprisingly subversive history of dancing over afternoon tea.
Gastro Obscura

Kava

The South Pacific's shrub-based drink causes relaxation, euphoria, and a tingling sensation.
Kratom tea with powder and whisk in the background.
Gastro Obscura

Kratom Tea

This Southeast Asian leaf can wake you up, knock you out, and subdue heroin withdrawal.
Moscow, Russia

Soviet Dacha

This frozen-in-time summer home outside Moscow provides a look at Russian life in the 1950s.
Terry the teacake had a satellite's-eye view of the earth.
food

Watch a Cookie Soar Into the Stratosphere

Terry the teacake took one giant leap for cookie-kind.
Anne Ewbank October 17, 2017
New tea plants in the greenhouse.
Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina

Charleston Tea Garden

The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.