T shop is a tearoom, which opened last year, located downtown between East Village and China Town near Houston Street. It’s a very tiny shop hidden at the back. This teahouse is specialized in Taiwanese tea. The owner goes several times a year in Taiwan to the tea field to choose the tea by her own.
They
have several choices among Oolong tea, Puerh tea, green tea and black tea. The
owner explained that the tea varies a lot with the region; an Oolong tea from China
will taste different from an Oolong tea from Taiwan.
She
offers two possibilities in the shop: you can either have a tasting with her, which lasts for about 20mn with the traditional set or you can do it by
yourself with your friends at a table. Some people prefer to do it by
themselves as they find it more fun.
I
wanted to try something I have never had before so she recommended me the
Oolong tea. The tasting cost me only $10 without having to pay any tip (quite
interesting in terms of price). It’s a place I will highly recommend you. It’s
quiet and cheap and especially there aren’t many tea places like that, which
provide a traditional tasting.
