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California - Northern |
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| Asakichi Antiques & Arts Japan Center 1730 Geary Boulevard San Francisco, CA 94115 (415) 921-2147 www.asakichi.com/index.htm |
Offers some fine traditional Japanese tea utensils, powdered green tea, and standard antiques and art objects. |
| Imperial Tea Court 1411 Powell Street San Francisco, CA 94133 (415) 788-6080 www.imperialtea.com/index.asp |
A fine tea room with rosewood paneling, dark furniture, and patterned green fabric on the walls. An excellent selection of Chinese teas is available and tea tasting is encouraged. Customers may select a simple tasting or a more formal one. On one of Chinatown's busy streets, the Imperial Tea Court offers a quiet respite where one may linger over a pot of specially brewed tea. The owners' display of unusual antique and recent teapots is an added attraction. |
| Japonesque 824 Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94133 (415) 391-8860 |
A modern Japanese art gallery that also carries some tea utensils. |
| Mikado Japan Center 1737 Post Street San Francisco, CA 94115 (415) 922-9450 www.mikadosf.com |
Offers some basic tea utensils for practice. |
| Tea Circle 8657 Lancaster Dr. Rohnert Park, CA 94928 (707) 792-1946 www.tea-circle.com |
An online resource featuring a full line of Japanese tea ceremony items including utensils and tea from Japan as well as fine ceramics made by Nothern California artists. |
California - Southern |
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| The Art of Tea L.L.C. Beverly Hills, CA 90211 www.artoftea.com |
The Art of Tea offers organic specialty teas from Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Their blended teas are results of "an intensive care program that combines aesthetics with passion, flavor, and high quality control, hand crafted with care using only the most precious botanicals." Among these blends are White, Green, Oolong, Black, and Pu-erh teas. You can find out more about these teas by visiting their website. |
| Den's Tea, Inc. 2291 W. 205th St., Unit 101 Torrance, CA 90501 Toll free: 1-877-DENSTEA (1-877-336-7832) www.denstea.com |
Imported directly from their factory in Shijuoka, Japan, Den's Tea offers not only powdered tea, but good qualities of brewed tea as well, including Sencha. Also available are various utensils such as tea pots, bowls, and cups. Ask for their brochure. |
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Mikawaya 118 Japanese Village Mall Los Angeles, CA 90013 (213) 628-6514 www.mikawayausa.com |
Specializes in traditional Japanese tea sweets. |
| Ten Ren Tea Company 727 N Broadway #136 Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 626-8844 |
Stocks a variety of fine Chinese and Taiwanese teas and some utensils. Brochures are available. |
Hawaii |
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Shirokiya 1450 Ala Moana Blvd., Unit 2250 Honolulu, HI 95814 (808) 973-9111 shirokiya.com |
This store features a variety of Japanese goods, including kitchenware, food, and some traditional tea items. Green tea is available, although the quality of powdered tea is questionable. |
Illinois |
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| Matcha and More, Inc. 4901 W. Warwick Ave. Chicago, IL 60641 Toll Free: (877) 534-0505 www.MATCHAandMore.com |
A variety of good powdered tea (matcha) is available as well as utensils for Chado, accessories, and books on Chado. Visit their website for more information |
| Tea Gschwendner 1160 N. State St. Chicago, IL 60610 (312) 932-0639 www.teagschwendner.com |
Good source for quality tea including green tea and accessories |
| Ten Ren Tea & Ginseng Co. 2247 S. Wentworth Ave. Chicago, IL 60616 (312) 842-1171 www.tenrenusa.com |
Fine teas from China and Taiwan are available. Here, tea tasting is offered at the rear of the store, and free courses in tea tasting are given. Contemporary teaware is on display. You may also buy Taiwanese tea sets, which include tiny teapots. |
Massachusetts |
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| Upton Tea Imports 231 South Street Hopkinton, MA 01748 (800) 234-8327 www.uptontea.com |
Sellers of teas from India, China, Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Formosa, and Japan, as well as teaware, including Chatford Bone China teapots and accessories. Their catalog fully describes the fine variety of teas they carry. |
New Jersey |
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| Minamoto Kitchoan Mitsuwa Market Place 595 River Road Edgewater, NJ 07020 (201) 313-9335 www.kitchoan.com |
Offers a variety of Japanese sweets from traditional culinary arts. Minamoto Kitchoan's desserts also reflect new ideas resulting in a creative series of fruit-based, eye-catching, beautiful seasonal confections. |
New York |
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| Dean & Deluca 560 Broadway New York, NY 10023 (800) 221-7714 www.dean-deluca.com |
In addition to offering teas, this place is also a source for Japanese tea whisks and teapots. |
Felissimo Tea Room |
On the top floor of a limestone townhouse-turned-shop, this tea room and art gallery offers tea in tiny stoneware pots, with handleless cups, for those wanting a rest from New York's busy streets. Delicious sandwiches and desserts are available with afternoon tea. One of the specialities is Osenbei cookies. The tea room may be reserved for special gatherings and receptions. The Felissimo also offers a tea kit for those interested in Chado, the Way of Tea. This kit comes with Okakura Kakuzo's "The Book of Tea" and includes a ceramic tea bowl, bamboo whisk, tea scoop, linen cloth, powdered green tea, and sugar candies, in a kiri wood box. |
| Grace Tea Company, Ltd. 175 5th Ave. #810 New York, NY 10010 (212) 255-2935 www.gracetea.com |
Sells excellent rare teas, among them Superb Darjeeling 6000, Winey Keemun English Breakfast, Formosa Oolong Supreme, Before the Rain Jasmine, and Gunpowder Pearl Pinhead Green. The Grace Tea Company, a family business, states that it "hand-blends and hand-picks" its teas. |
| Ito En New York |
This delightful tea store and restaurant is tucked way in the midst of busy Manhattan. It offers a fine selection of teas, teaware, wonderful kaiseki food, as well as an opportunity to taste matcha, powdered green tea. |
| Jade Garden Arts & Crafts Company 76 Mulberry Street New York, NY 10013 (212) 587-5685 www.chinatownweb.com/JadeGarden/index.htm |
Among its many arts and crafts, this Chinese store offers an excellent selection of Yixing teapots and diminutive bowls. |
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Kelley and Ping 127 Greene Street New York, NY 10012 (212) 228-1212 www.kelleyandping.com |
The Asian restaurant at the end of Greene Street in the Soho district is devoted to the sale and service of tea. Teas include Ti Kuan Yin, Gen Mai Cha, Gunpowder, and Chrysanthemum. Clay teapots and bowls are on display, and tea may be served with mooncakes from Taiwan, custard and coconut tarts, and an assortment of cookies. |
| Sara Inc. 952 Lexington Avenue New York, NY 10021 (212) 772-3243 |
This beautifully designed store reflects Japanese aesthetics, and sells modern teaware from Japan as well as trays and dishes for meals. The store attracts local potters and those interested in the ceremonial service of tea, both Japanese and English-style. |
| The Tea Box at Takashimaya 693 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10022 (212) 350-1500 |
Located on the lower level of the Japanese department store are two elegant tea rooms with an atmosphere of serenity and repose. Afternoon tea is available, and teaware, lacquerware, and linens are available for sale. Behind the counter are prized loose teas, which may be purchased by the ounce. |
| Ten Ren Tea & Ginseng Co. 75 Mott Street New York, NY 10013 www.tenrenusa.com |
Fine teas from China and Taiwan are available. Here, tea tasting is offered at the rear of the store, and free courses in tea tasting are given. Contemporary teaware is on display. You may also buy Taiwanese tea sets, which include tiny teapots. |
Oregon |
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| Tea Zone 510 NW 11th Ave. Portland, OR 97205 (503) 221-2130 www.teazone.com |
A tea shop selling and serving a rich variety of choice teas and tea accessories, including Yixing teapots. |
| The Tao of Tea 2112 NW Hoyt Street Portland, OR 97201 (503) 223-3563 www.taooftea.com |
Offering a new approach to the purchase and enjoyment of tea, the Tao of Tea features its own tea cuisine along with an amazing variety of teas in its three unusual locations. |
| Uwajimaya 10500 SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy. Beaverton, OR 97005 (503) 643-4512 www.uwajimaya.com |
Uwajimaya stores offer a variety of Asian groceries, goods and gifts including tea utensils from Japan. It also has a large bookstore specializing in Asian language books and periodicals. |
Washington |
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| Kobo 812 E. Roy Seattle, WA 98102 (206) 726-0704 www.koboseattle.com |
This delightful shop sells a variety of traditional tea utensils from Japan, including tea bowls, caddies, whisks, tea cloths, and good powdered green tea. It is one of the few shops I have found in the United States that imports quality Japanese teas (matcha, sencha, hojicha, and genmaicha) and a seasonal selection of dry sweets (higashi). The tea is sold by the ounce, packaged in a tin, and readily shipped to out-of-state customers. |
| Sur La Table 84 Pine Street Seattle, WA 98101 (206) 448-2244 www.surlatable.com |
Mainly sellers of fine kitchenware and equipment, the store carries teapots, other tea utensils, and tea bricks--pressed tea leaves reminiscent of the way tea was packaged in ancient China for trade along the silk route. These patterned bricks are three-quarters of an inch thick and contain two and a half pounds of concentrated tea. A catalog is available upon request. |
| Uwajimaya 600 5th Ave. South, Suite 100 Seattle, WA 98104 (206) 624-6248 www.uwajimaya.com |
Uwajimaya stores offer a variety of Asian groceries, goods and gifts including tea utensils from Japan. It also has a large bookstore specializing in Asian language books and periodicals. |
On the Web |
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| Green Tea Information www.greenteainformation.org/ |
Green tea has many benefits on our health. This site provides
free information on green tea, its various benefits and how we can use green tea
to improve our health. |
| Issoan Tea Room www.issoantea.com |
Marjorie "Soya" Yap teaches classes from beginning through advanced in the procedures for making tea as well as aspects of Japanese culture such as sweet making, kimono dressing, incense ceremony, haiku, and more. |
| Sweet Persimmon www.sweetpersimmon.com |
SweetPersimmon offers high quality, hand made meditation seats, incense, specialty tea, books and other products to enhance your meditation and spirituality. |
| Templar Food Products www.icetea.com |
Has interesting information on the "Wu Wo" tea ceremony. |
| For the Study of Chado | |
The Urasenke Foundation has worldwide branches listed below: |
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| Urasenke Konnichian Headquarters Ogawa Teranouchi Dori agaru, Kamikyo-ku Kyoto, 602 Japan (075) 431-3111 www.urasenke.or.jp |
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Urasenke Foundation of California |
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| Urasenke Hawaii Branch 245 Saratoga Road Honolulu, HI 96815 (808) 923-1057 email: urasenkef001@hawaii.rr.com |
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| Urasenke Chanoyo Center 153 E 69th Street New York, NY 10021 (212) 988-6161 email: urasenkeny@earthlink.net |
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| Urasenke Foundation Vancouver Branch 209 Jackson Street Coquitlan, British Columbia, V3K 4C1 (604) 224-1560 email: krsnyder@shaw.ca |
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| Urasenke Mexico City Fuego 691 Col. Jardines del Pedregal 01900 Mexico D.F. (5) 5652-5725 email: toyohiro@avantel.net |
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| For an Experience of Chado | |
| Green Gulch Farm Zen Center 1601 Shoreline Highway Sausalito, CA 94965 (415) 383-3134 www.sfzc.com/ggfindex.htm |
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| Japanese Garden Society of Oregon, Inc. P.O. Box 3847 Portland, OR 97208 (503) 223-4070 www.japanesegarden.com |
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Japanese Garden
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Portland Wakai Tea Association |
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| Seattle Art Museum 100 University Street Seattle, WA 98101 (206) 654-3180 www.seattleartmuseum.org |
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| For the Study of Zen Buddhism - Portland, Oregon | |
| Dharma Rain Zen Center Office: 2539 SE Madison Zendo: 2514 SE Madison Portland, OR 97214 www.dharma-rain.org |
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| Great Vow Zen Monastery 79640 Quincy-Mayger Rd. Clatskanie, OR 97016 www.greatvow.org |
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| Portland Buddhist Hub www.portlandbuddhisthub.org |
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| Zen Community of Oregon Portland Dharma Center 2514 SE Madison Portland, OR 97214 www.zendust.org |
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