Everything about Tea Houses totally explained
A
tea house or
tearoom is a venue centered on drinking
tea. Their function varies widely depending on the culture, and some cultures have a variety of distinct tea-centered houses or parlors that all qualify under the English language term "tea house" or "tea room."
Asia
China
In
China, a tea house (茶馆, "cháguăn" or 茶屋, "cháwū") is traditionally quite similar to the American "cafe", albeit centered around tea rather than
coffee. People gather at tea houses to chat, socialize, and enjoy tea. Young people often meet at tea houses for dates. Especially, the Guangdong (Cantonese) style teahouses are very famous abroad, such as in New York, San Francisco and etc. these tea houses not only serve tea, but also dim sum (点心), people can eat different kinds of food when they drink tea. People call these kinds of tea house named “茶楼, chálou”.
Japan
In
Japanese tradition a tea house (茶室,
chashitsu lit. "tea room") can refer to a structure designed for holding
Japanese tea ceremonies.
Tea rooms for tea ceremonies are also called
cha-shitsu, but they're located within a dwelling. The tea house was created for aesthetic and intellectual fulfillment.
In Japan a tea house (お茶屋,
ochaya) can also refer to a place of entertainment with
geisha. These kind of tea houses are typically very exclusive establishments.
Tajikistan
There are many tea houses in
Tajikistan. The largest tea-houses are Orient Tea house or Chinese Tea house, Orom Tea house in (
Isfara) town. On the 15th anniversary of Independence in Tajikistan, the people of
Isfara town presented Isfara Tea house to Kulyab city for its 2700th anniversay on September 2006.
Britain and British colonies
In the U.K. and the U.S., a tearoom is a small room or restaurant where beverages and light meals are served, often catering chiefly to women and having a sedate or subdued atmosphere. A customer might expect to receive
cream tea or
Devonshire tea, often served from a
china set, and a
scone with
jam and
clotted cream – alternatively a
High tea may be served. In
Scotland teas are usually served with a variety of scones,
pancakes,
crumpets and other cakes.
The tearoom arose as an alternative to the pub during the
temperance movement in the 1830s. The form developed in the late 1800s, as
Catherine Cranston opened the first of what became a chain of
Miss Cranston's Tea Rooms in
Glasgow,
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'd begun to host afternoon tea dances as dance crazes swept both the U.S. and the UK. Tea rooms of all kinds were widespread in Britain by the 1950s, but in the following decades cafés became more fashionable, and tea rooms became less common.
In a related usage, a tearoom may be a room set aside in a workplace for workers to relax and (specifically) take refreshment during work-breaks. Traditionally a staff member serving food and beverages in such a tearoom would have been called a
tea lady.
Elsewhere
Around the world, the term "tea house" or "
tea room" may be used to refer to a restaurant or
Salon de Thé. They are also present in the Middle East, notably in
Iran and
Turkey. Such tea-houses may be referred to as "Chaee-Khaneh" - literally, the 'house of tea'. These tea houses usually serve several beverages, (tea, coffee), and some serve
Hookah.Notable institutions include New York's venerable
Russian Tea Room, and Glasgow's
Willow Tearooms and
Tchai-Ovna.
"Tea house" may also be used synonymously (or confused) with "tea room", a gay slang term referring to a venue where public sex occurs.
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