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Salt, Covent Garden
Jade Cloud Green TeaSalt Great Queen Street in Covent Garden, is dominated on one side by the massive Art Deco edifice of Freemasons Hall. In its shadow is a row where at no.31, William Blake, London’s...
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Fernandez & Wells, Somerset House
Kyoto Green Tea Fernandez & WellsSomerset HouseSomerset House, originally a Tudor Palace, has been home to Elizabeth I, the Navy and the Royal Academy of Art. It has seen routs and masquerades, and...
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Comptoir Libanais, Wigmore Street
Pomegranate TeaComptoir LibanaisLondon has had a pretty good summer, with the Queen doing us proud, and the running thing. We have even had rubbish weather – how else to make idle conversation? – rain...
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Momo Cafe, Heddon Street
Five o’clock TeaMoCafeHeddon Street loops off Regent Street towards the Piccadilly end. In 1973 Ziggy Stardust landed with his Spiders from Mars at no. 23 and changed the world. An old red telephone...
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Caravan, King’s Cross
Green TeaCaravan Kings CrossThe extraordinary redevelopment of the area around Kings Cross Station continues apace. Since the Eurostar terminal arrived at St Pancras in 2007, the area has seen the...
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Prufrock Coffee, Leather Lane
Beijing Breakfastfrom Laoshan MountainShangdong Province ‘…the evenings, mornings, afternoons, I have measured out my life with coffee spoons’ T.S. Elliot. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock Prufrock...
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ICA Café, The Mall
English Breakfast TeaICA CafeEarl Grey was Prime Minister of the British Isles from 1830-34. Famous for having a type of tea named after him, he lived at number 13 Carlton House Terrace. Next door, at...
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Roast + Conch, Hotel Chocolat, Covent Garden
Jasmine TeaRoast + ConchHotel Chocolat, Monmouth Street is easy to find; simply follow your nose and outside no. 4 you will perceive a sweet aroma in the air. Peer in the window, and the source of the...
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Urban Tea Rooms, Kingley Street
Cornish Peppermint TeaUrban Tea RoomsKingley Street “Hot town summer in the city back if my neck feeling dirty and gritty…” Lovin’ Spoonful Summertime in central London. It’s full of folk, it’s noisy,...
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Kusmi Tea, Marylebone High Street
White TeaKusmi TeaMarylebone High StreetTea makes a wonderful gift, and Kusmi Teas exotic and colourful packaging means you don’t even need wrapping paper. With its fashionable Gallic style and visual...
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