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href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87ay_evi" title="Çay evi – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Çay evi" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%98%E0%A6%B0" title="চা ঘর – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="চা ঘর" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sal%C3%B3_de_te" title="Saló de te – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Saló de te" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cajovna" title="Čajovna – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Čajovna" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehus" title="Tehus – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Tehus" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_de_t%C3%A9" title="Casa de té – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Casa de té" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Te-etxe" title="Te-etxe – Basque" lang="eu" 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lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Чайкана" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theehuis" title="Theehuis – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Theehuis" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8F%E3%82%A6%E3%82%B9" title="ティーハウス – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ティーハウス" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehus" title="Tehus – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" 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A tea room may be a room set aside in a hotel, especially for serving <a href="/wiki/Afternoon_tea" class="mw-redirect" title="Afternoon tea">afternoon tea</a>, or may be an establishment that only serves <a href="/wiki/Cream_tea" title="Cream tea">cream teas</a>. Although the function of a tearoom may vary according to the circumstance or country, teahouses often serve as centers of <a href="/wiki/Social_interaction" class="mw-redirect" title="Social interaction">social interaction</a>, like <a href="/wiki/Coffeehouse" title="Coffeehouse">coffeehouses</a>. </p><p>Some cultures have a variety of distinct tea-centered establishments of different types, depending on the national <a href="/wiki/Tea_culture" title="Tea culture">tea culture</a>. For example, the British or American tearoom serves <a href="/wiki/Tea_(meal)#Afternoon_tea" title="Tea (meal)">afternoon tea</a> with a variety of small snacks. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="East_Asia">East Asia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teahouse&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: East Asia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yu_Yuan.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Yu_Yuan.JPG/220px-Yu_Yuan.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Yu_Yuan.JPG/330px-Yu_Yuan.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Yu_Yuan.JPG/440px-Yu_Yuan.JPG 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>A teahouse at night in Yu Yuan Garden, <a href="/wiki/Shanghai" title="Shanghai">Shanghai</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chaikhaneh_(4268013549).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Chaikhaneh_%284268013549%29.jpg/220px-Chaikhaneh_%284268013549%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Chaikhaneh_%284268013549%29.jpg/330px-Chaikhaneh_%284268013549%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Chaikhaneh_%284268013549%29.jpg/440px-Chaikhaneh_%284268013549%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2736" data-file-height="3648" /></a><figcaption>A <span title="Persian-language romanization"><i lang="fa-Latn">chaikhaneh</i></span> (teahouse) in <a href="/wiki/Yazd" title="Yazd">Yazd</a></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Chinese_tea_culture" title="Chinese tea culture">Chinese tea culture</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_tea_culture" title="Hong Kong tea culture">Hong Kong tea culture</a>, <a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_tea_culture" title="Taiwanese tea culture">Taiwanese tea culture</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chashitsu" title="Chashitsu">Chashitsu</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ochaya" title="Ochaya">Ochaya</a></div> <p>Throughout <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> and <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>, a teahouse (<a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>: <span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">茶館</span></span>, <span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">cháguăn</i></span> or <span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">茶屋</span></span>, <span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">cháwū</i></span>; <a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a>: <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">chaya</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">茶屋</span></span>)</span>; <a href="/wiki/Nepali_language" title="Nepali language">Standard Nepali</a>: <i>chiya ghar</i> (<span title="Nepali (macrolanguage)-language text"><span lang="ne">चिया घर</span></span>)) is traditionally a place which offers tea to its customers. People gather at teahouses to chat, socialize and enjoy tea, and young people often meet at teahouses for dates. The Guangdong (Cantonese) style teahouse is particularly famous outside of China, especially in Nepal's Himalayas. These teahouses, called <span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn">chálou</i></span> (<span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">茶樓</span></span>) serve <a href="/wiki/Dim_sum" title="Dim sum">dim sum</a> (<span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh">點心</span></span>), and these small plates of food are enjoyed alongside tea. </p><p>Before tea was used as a social drink, Buddhist monks drank it to aid their meditation.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the Chinese adaptation of Buddhism between 200 C.E. and 850 C.E., tea was introduced as a medicinal herb. It was then evolved to assist Buddhist monks in their meditation by providing the energy needed to stay awake (likely via the effects of caffeine as a stimulant on the brain). Soon after that, tea was popularized as a commonplace beverage, replacing the previously consumed milk- and water-based beverages and Chinese teahouses provided a new kind of social life for the Chinese during the 8th-9th centuries C.E.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japanese</a> cultural tradition, a teahouse ordinarily refers to a private structure designed for holding <a href="/wiki/Japanese_tea_ceremony" title="Japanese tea ceremony">Japanese tea ceremonies</a>. This structure and specifically the room in it where the tea ceremony takes place is called <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">chashitsu</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">茶室</span></span>, literally "tea room")</span>. The architectural space called <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">chashitsu</i></span> was created for aesthetic and intellectual fulfillment. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Edo_period" title="Edo period">Edo period</a>, the term "teahouse" came to refer to the place where <a href="/wiki/Geisha" title="Geisha">geisha</a> would entertain their clients or as a place where couples seeking privacy could go.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In this case, the establishment was referred to as an <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">ochaya</i></span>, literally meaning "tea house"; however, these establishments only served tea incidentally. Though the usage of the term <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">chaya</i></span> for teahouses in the modern sense is now considered archaic - with modern tearooms known as <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Kissaten" title="Kissaten">kissaten</a></i></span>, serving tea as well as coffee - the term <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">ochaya</i></span> is still used in <a href="/wiki/Kyoto" title="Kyoto">Kyoto</a> to refer to the establishments where geisha perform and entertain clients.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Southeast_Asia">Southeast Asia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teahouse&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Southeast Asia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Myanmar_Tea_House_Food.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Myanmar_Tea_House_Food.jpg/220px-Myanmar_Tea_House_Food.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Myanmar_Tea_House_Food.jpg/330px-Myanmar_Tea_House_Food.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Myanmar_Tea_House_Food.jpg/440px-Myanmar_Tea_House_Food.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="540" /></a><figcaption>Burmese tea house accompaniments</figcaption></figure> <p>In Myanmar, teahouses known as <span title="Burmese-language romanization"><i lang="my-Latn">laphetyay saing</i></span> (<span title="Burmese-language text"><span lang="my">လက်ဖက်ရည်ဆိုင်</span></span>), formerly known as <span title="Burmese-language romanization"><i lang="my-Latn">kaka saing</i></span> (<span title="Burmese-language text"><span lang="my">ကာကာဆိုင်</span></span>), are a staple of urban centers throughout the country. These teahouses, which first emerged during the British colonial era, serve <a href="/wiki/Milk_tea" title="Milk tea">milk tea</a> and a variety of delicacies ranging from native dishes like <span title="Burmese-language romanization"><i lang="my-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Mohinga" title="Mohinga">mohinga</a></i></span> to Indian fritters (such as <span title="Punjabi-language romanization"><i lang="pa-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Paratha" title="Paratha">paratha</a></i></span> and <span title="Sanskrit-language romanization"><i lang="sa-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Puri_(food)" title="Puri (food)">puri</a></i></span>) or Chinese pastries (such as <span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Baozi" title="Baozi">baozi</a></i></span> and <span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Youtiao" title="Youtiao">youtiao</a></i></span>).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tea shops have traditionally served as venues akin to conversational <a href="/wiki/Salon_(gathering)" title="Salon (gathering)">salons</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="South_Asia">South Asia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teahouse&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: South Asia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>, the prominent <a href="/wiki/Pak_Tea_House" title="Pak Tea House">Pak Tea House</a> is an intellectual <a href="/wiki/Tea_in_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Tea in Pakistan">tea</a>–<a href="/wiki/Caf%C3%A9" class="mw-redirect" title="Café">café</a> located in <a href="/wiki/Lahore" title="Lahore">Lahore</a> known as the hub of <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Writers%27_Movement" title="Progressive Writers' Movement">Progressive Writers' Movement</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Central_and_West_Asia">Central and West Asia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teahouse&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Central and West Asia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Central Asia, the term "teahouse" refers to several variations on teahouses found in different countries; these include the <span title="Kazakh-language romanization"><i lang="kk-Latn">shayhana</i></span> in <a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan" title="Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a>, <span title="Kyrgyz-language romanization"><i lang="ky-Latn">chaykhana</i></span> in <a href="/wiki/Kyrgyzstan" title="Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a> and <span title="Uzbek-language romanization"><i lang="uz-Latn">choyxona</i></span> in <a href="/wiki/Uzbekistan" title="Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</a>, all of which translate as "a tea room". In <a href="/wiki/Tajikistan" title="Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a>, the largest teahouses are the Orient Teahouse, Chinese Teahouse, and Orom Teahouse in the city of <a href="/wiki/Isfara" title="Isfara">Isfara</a>. On the 15th anniversary of the independence of Tajikistan, the people of Isfara presented the Isfara Teahouse to the city of <a href="/wiki/Kulyab" class="mw-redirect" title="Kulyab">Kulyab</a> for its 2700th anniversary in September 2006.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Teahouses are present in other parts of West Asia, notably in <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> and also <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>. Such teahouses may be referred to, in <a href="/wiki/Persian_Language" class="mw-redirect" title="Persian Language">Persian</a>, as <span title="Persian-language romanization"><i lang="fa-Latn">chai-khaneh</i></span>, or in <a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>, <span title="Turkish-language text"><i lang="tr">çayhane</i></span> - literally, the "house of tea". These teahouses usually serve several beverages in addition to tea.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Arab_countries" class="mw-redirect" title="Arab countries">Arab countries</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a>, establishments that serve tea, coffee and <a href="/wiki/Herbal_tea" title="Herbal tea">herbal teas</a> like <a href="/wiki/Hibiscus_tea" title="Hibiscus tea">hibiscus tea</a> are referred to as <span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">ahwa</i></span> or <span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">maqha</i></span> (<span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">مقهى</span></span>) and are more commonly translated into English as "<a href="/wiki/Coffeehouse" title="Coffeehouse">coffeehouse</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Europe">Europe</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teahouse&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Europe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Britain">Britain</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teahouse&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Britain"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Tea_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Tea in the United Kingdom">Tea in the United Kingdom</a></div> <p>Tea drinking is a pastime closely associated with the English.<sup id="cite_ref-miaminewtimes2002_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-miaminewtimes2002-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A female manager of London's <a href="/wiki/Aerated_Bread_Company" title="Aerated Bread Company">Aerated Bread Company</a> is credited with creating the bakery's first public tearoom in 1864,<sup id="cite_ref-victorian_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-victorian-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which became a thriving chain.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tea rooms were part of the growing opportunities for <a href="/wiki/Women_in_the_Victorian_era" title="Women in the Victorian era">women in the Victorian era</a>. </p><p>In the UK today, a tea room is a small room or restaurant where beverages and light meals are served, often having a sedate or subdued atmosphere. <a href="/wiki/Tea_(meal)" title="Tea (meal)">The food served</a> can range from a <a href="/wiki/Cream_tea" title="Cream tea">cream tea</a> (also known as Devonshire tea), i.e., a <a href="/wiki/Scone_(bread)" class="mw-redirect" title="Scone (bread)">scone</a> with <a href="/wiki/Jam" class="mw-redirect" title="Jam">jam</a> and <a href="/wiki/Clotted_cream" title="Clotted cream">clotted cream</a>; to an elaborate <a href="/wiki/Tea_(meal)#Afternoon_tea" title="Tea (meal)">afternoon tea</a> featuring <a href="/wiki/Tea_sandwich" title="Tea sandwich">tea sandwiches</a> and small cakes; to a <a href="/wiki/High_tea" class="mw-redirect" title="High tea">high tea</a>, a savoury meal. In <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>, teas are usually served with a variety of scones, <a href="/wiki/Pancake" title="Pancake">pancakes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Crumpet" title="Crumpet">crumpets</a>, and other cakes. There is a long tradition of tea rooms within London hotels, for example, at <a href="/wiki/Brown%27s_Hotel" title="Brown's Hotel">Brown's Hotel</a> at 33 <a href="/wiki/Albemarle_Street" title="Albemarle Street">Albemarle Street</a>, which has been serving tea in its tea room for over 170 years.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a related usage, a tea room may be a room set aside in a workplace for relaxation and eating during <a href="/wiki/Break_(work)" title="Break (work)">tea breaks</a>. Traditionally this was served by a <a href="/wiki/Tea_lady" title="Tea lady">tea lady</a>, not to be confused with a <a href="/wiki/Dinner_lady" class="mw-redirect" title="Dinner lady">dinner lady</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Commonwealth">Commonwealth</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teahouse&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Commonwealth"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tea rooms are popular in Commonwealth countries, particularly <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, with its harsh winters when afternoon tea is popular. The menu will generally have similar foods to the UK, but with the addition sometimes of <a href="/wiki/Butter_tarts" class="mw-redirect" title="Butter tarts">butter tarts</a> or other small desserts like <a href="/wiki/Nanaimo_bars" class="mw-redirect" title="Nanaimo bars">nanaimo bars</a> or <a href="/wiki/Pets_de_s%C5%93urs" class="mw-redirect" title="Pets de sœurs">pets de sœurs</a>. Tea is commonly consumed in other Commonwealth countries alone or in the British fashion. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elsewhere">Elsewhere</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teahouse&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Elsewhere"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tea_house_in_winter._Machiko,_Madeira,_Portugal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Tea_house_in_winter._Machiko%2C_Madeira%2C_Portugal.jpg/220px-Tea_house_in_winter._Machiko%2C_Madeira%2C_Portugal.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Tea_house_in_winter._Machiko%2C_Madeira%2C_Portugal.jpg/330px-Tea_house_in_winter._Machiko%2C_Madeira%2C_Portugal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Tea_house_in_winter._Machiko%2C_Madeira%2C_Portugal.jpg/440px-Tea_house_in_winter._Machiko%2C_Madeira%2C_Portugal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5769" data-file-height="3874" /></a><figcaption>Tea house in winter. Machiko, Madeira, Portugal</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Berlin_belvedere_schlossgarten_charlottenburg_01_20080423.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Berlin_belvedere_schlossgarten_charlottenburg_01_20080423.JPG/220px-Berlin_belvedere_schlossgarten_charlottenburg_01_20080423.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="313" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Berlin_belvedere_schlossgarten_charlottenburg_01_20080423.JPG/330px-Berlin_belvedere_schlossgarten_charlottenburg_01_20080423.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Berlin_belvedere_schlossgarten_charlottenburg_01_20080423.JPG/440px-Berlin_belvedere_schlossgarten_charlottenburg_01_20080423.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2288" data-file-height="3256" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/End_view" class="mw-redirect" title="End view">End view</a> of the teahouse "belvedere" of the <a href="/wiki/Charlottenburg_Palace" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlottenburg Palace">Charlottenburg Palace</a>, Berlin</figcaption></figure> <p>In France, a tea room is called <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salon_de_th%C3%A9" class="extiw" title="fr:Salon de thé">Salon de thé</a>, and pastries and cakes are served. It seems that having a separate teahouse was a tradition in many European countries.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In the Czech Republic, the tea room culture has been spreading since the Velvet Revolution of 1989 and today, there are nearly 400 tea rooms<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (čajovny) in the country (more than 50 just in Prague), which is according to some sources<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Europe's largest concentration of tea rooms per capita. </p><p>In Kosovo, there are teahouses known as "çajtore".<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Relationship_to_nineteenth-century_temperance_movement">Relationship to nineteenth-century temperance movement</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teahouse&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Relationship to nineteenth-century temperance movement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The popularity of the tea room rose as an alternative to the pub in the UK and US during the <a href="/wiki/Temperance_movement" title="Temperance movement">temperance movement</a> in the 1830s. The form developed in the late nineteenth century, as <a href="/wiki/Catherine_Cranston" title="Catherine Cranston">Catherine Cranston</a> opened the first of what became a chain of <i>Miss Cranston's Tea Rooms</i> in <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a>, Scotland, and similar establishments became popular throughout Scotland. In the 1880s, fine hotels in both the United States and England began to offer tea service in tea rooms and tea courts, and by 1910 they had begun to host afternoon tea dances as dance crazes swept both the US and the UK. Tea rooms of all kinds were widespread in Britain by the 1950s. In the following decades, cafés became more fashionable, and tea rooms became less common. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_meanings_and_related_words">Other meanings and related words</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teahouse&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Other meanings and related words"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vantaa_Viinikka_-_ForsmanTea_-_2m.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Vantaa_Viinikka_-_ForsmanTea_-_2m.jpg/200px-Vantaa_Viinikka_-_ForsmanTea_-_2m.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Vantaa_Viinikka_-_ForsmanTea_-_2m.jpg/300px-Vantaa_Viinikka_-_ForsmanTea_-_2m.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Vantaa_Viinikka_-_ForsmanTea_-_2m.jpg/400px-Vantaa_Viinikka_-_ForsmanTea_-_2m.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="615" /></a><figcaption>Forsman Tea, the largest tea shop in <a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a> in terms of sales volume, located in <a href="/wiki/Vantaa" title="Vantaa">Vantaa</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The term "tea shop" may also refer to a retail shop selling dry tea to take home. Dry tea (first, as loose leaves, and then in <a href="/wiki/Teabag" class="mw-redirect" title="Teabag">teabags</a>) used to be sold at <a href="/wiki/Grocery_store#Early_history" title="Grocery store">grocers' shops</a>, and now mainly at supermarkets. One of the oldest shops that still specialises in selling tea for consumption at home is <a href="/wiki/Twinings" title="Twinings">Twinings</a>, which has been operating from the same premises in <a href="/wiki/Central_London" title="Central London">central London</a> since it opened in 1706. In South African English, "tearoom" is a synonym for "café" or small local grocer's shop.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the workplace, the term <i>tea room</i> ("break room" in North America) is a room set aside for employees to relax, specifically a <a href="/wiki/Break_(work)" title="Break (work)">work break</a> refreshment. Traditionally, a staff member serving hot drinks and snacks at a factory or office was called a <a href="/wiki/Tea_lady" title="Tea lady">tea lady</a>, although this position is now almost defunct. </p><p>Tea is a prominent feature of <a href="/wiki/British_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="British culture">British culture</a> and society.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For centuries, Britain has been one of the world's greatest tea consumers, and now consumes an average <i>per capita</i> of 1.9 kg (4.18 lbs) per year.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teahouse&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tea_houses" class="mw-redirect" title="List of tea houses">List of tea houses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_house" class="mw-redirect" title="Public house">Public house</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_public_house_topics" class="mw-redirect" title="List of public house topics">List of public house topics</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eating_establishments">Eating establishments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teahouse&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Eating establishments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Cha_chaan_teng" title="Cha chaan teng">Cha chaan teng</a></i></span>, Hong Kong eating establishments (literally "tea restaurant")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coffeehouse" title="Coffeehouse">Coffeehouse</a></li> <li><span title="Korean-language romanization"><i lang="ko-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Dabang" title="Dabang">Dabang</a></i></span> (Korea), the Korean word for such establishments</li> <li><span title="Bislama-language text"><i lang="bi"><a href="/wiki/Nakamal" title="Nakamal">Nakamal</a></i></span>, a traditional meeting place in <a href="/wiki/Vanuatu" title="Vanuatu">Vanuatu</a>, where <a href="/wiki/Kava" title="Kava">kava</a> is drunk</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other">Other</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teahouse&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Other"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Tea garden, see <a href="/wiki/Pleasure_garden" title="Pleasure garden">pleasure garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teahouse_scam" class="mw-redirect" title="Teahouse scam">Teahouse scam</a>, a type of fraud</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Teahouse_of_the_August_Moon_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="The Teahouse of the August Moon (disambiguation)">The Teahouse of the August Moon</a></i>, a novel and works derived from it</li> <li><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><i lang="zh-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Yum_cha" title="Yum cha">Yum cha</a></i></span> - 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Mudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baihao_Yinzhen" title="Baihao Yinzhen">Baihao Yinzhen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoumei_tea" title="Shoumei tea">Shoumei</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Yellow_tea" title="Yellow tea">Yellow tea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Junshan_Yinzhen" title="Junshan Yinzhen">Junshan Yinzhen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huoshan_Huangya_tea" title="Huoshan Huangya tea">Huoshan Huangya</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Fermented_tea" title="Fermented tea">Fermented tea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pu%27er_tea" title="Pu'er tea">Pu-erh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doncha" title="Doncha">Doncha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lahpet" title="Lahpet">Lahpet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kombucha" title="Kombucha">Kombucha</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tea_blending_and_additives" title="Tea blending and additives">Blended or <br />flavoured teas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Grey_tea" title="Earl Grey tea">Earl Grey</a> (<a href="/wiki/Lady_Grey_(tea)" title="Lady Grey (tea)">Lady Grey</a>)</li> <li>Breakfast tea (<a href="/wiki/English_breakfast_tea" title="English breakfast tea">English</a>, <a href="/wiki/Irish_breakfast_tea" title="Irish breakfast tea">Irish</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasmine_tea" title="Jasmine tea">Jasmine tea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lapsang_souchong" title="Lapsang souchong">Lapsang souchong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masala_chai" title="Masala chai">Masala chai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maghrebi_mint_tea" title="Maghrebi mint tea">Maghrebi mint tea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_of_Wales_tea_blend" title="Prince of Wales tea blend">Prince of Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Caravan" title="Russian Caravan">Russian Caravan</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Strobilanthes_tonkinensis" title="Strobilanthes tonkinensis">Strobilanthes tonkinensis</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tea_in_Australia" title="Tea in Australia">Australian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arabic_tea" title="Arabic tea">Arabic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Tea in the United Kingdom">British</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceylon_tea" title="Ceylon tea">Ceylon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_tea" title="Chinese tea">Chinese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_tea" title="Korean tea">Korean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepali_tea" title="Nepali tea">Nepali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_tea" title="Taiwanese tea">Taiwanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_in_Turkey" title="Tea in Turkey">Turkish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_tea" title="Vietnamese tea">Vietnamese</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tea_culture" title="Tea culture">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Customs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_tea_culture" title="Azerbaijani tea culture">Azerbaijani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazilian_tea_culture" title="Brazilian tea culture">Brazilian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_tea_culture" title="Chinese tea culture">Chinese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_tea_culture" title="Dominican tea culture">Dominican</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong_tea_culture" title="Hong Kong tea culture">Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_tea_culture" title="Indian tea culture">Indian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_culture_in_Japan" title="Tea culture in Japan">Japanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mexican_tea_culture" title="Mexican tea culture">Mexican</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistani_tea_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistani tea culture">Pakistani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_tea_culture" title="Russian tea culture">Russian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senegalese_tea_culture" title="Senegalese tea culture">Senegalese</a></li> <li><a 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grading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_processing" title="Tea processing">Processing</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Decaffeination" title="Decaffeination">Decaffeination</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_tasting" title="Tea tasting">Tasting</a></li> <li>Cultivation <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tea_diseases" title="List of tea diseases">Diseases</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tea_companies" title="List of tea companies">Companies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_tea_consumption_per_capita" title="List of countries by tea consumption per capita">Consumption by country</a></li> <li>Auctions <ul><li><a href="/wiki/London_Tea_Auction" title="London Tea Auction">London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chittagong_Tea_Auction" title="Chittagong Tea Auction">Chittagong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guwahati_Tea_Auction_Centre" title="Guwahati Tea Auction Centre">Guwahati</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="By_country" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By country</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tea_production_in_Bangladesh" title="Tea production in Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_production_in_Indonesia" title="Tea production in Indonesia">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_production_in_Kenya" title="Tea production in Kenya">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_production_in_Rwanda" title="Tea production in Rwanda">Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_production_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Tea production in Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tea_production_in_the_United_States" title="Tea production in the United States">United States</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Preparation</th><td 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title="Burmese milk tea">Burmese milk tea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butter_tea" title="Butter tea">Butter tea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chifir" title="Chifir">Chifir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doodh_pati_chai" title="Doodh pati chai">Doodh pati chai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong%E2%80%93style_milk_tea" title="Hong Kong–style milk tea">Hong Kong–style milk tea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iced_tea" title="Iced tea">Iced tea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arnold_Palmer_(drink)" title="Arnold Palmer (drink)">Arnold Palmer</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagertee" title="Jagertee">Jagertee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kahwah" title="Kahwah">Kahwah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lei_cha" title="Lei cha">Lei cha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milk_tea" title="Milk tea">Milk tea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noon_chai" title="Noon chai">Noon chai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seven-color_tea" title="Seven-color tea">Seven-color tea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shahi_haleeb" title="Shahi 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