Lists of Bests: Best Tea Houses in North America

Lists of Bests: Best Tea Houses in North America http://www.listsofbests.com/list/6547 There's usually one (maybe two) great tea houses in larger cities. The type of place that serves loose leaf teas in a pot, sometimes steaming the tea leaves prior to steeping, almost always favoring tea over coffee -- most often these joints don't even serve coffee. Let's make a list of the best of the best -- the one or two tea houses you should hit when in a given city. 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