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	Tea House in Chengdu, Chengdu, Regent Tour China
		There is a saying,"China has the best teahouses in the world and Chengdu has the best teahouses in China." It really has a well-deserved reputation, not only because of the numerous teahouses, but also because the special way of serving and drinking tea.
		As soon as the guests enter the teahouse, the waiters or waitresses greet them with a smile on their faces and with teapots and cups in their hands.
		Teahouses are also places for people from various businesses and organizations to get together to hold trade talks or make deals.
	www.regenttour.com /chinaplanner/ctu/ctu-odd-tea.htm (496 words)

	Hong Kong: Tea & Teahouses
		In Northern Imperial China, teahouses were regarded as retreats for gentlemen, and later for businessmen.
		Some teahouses in Hong Kong still maintain such a tradition, and are frequented by British government officers as well as Hong Kong Chinese industrialists and entrepreneurs.
		Teahouses were, and are, also places where disputes could be settled amicably over tea.
	www.globalgourmet.com /destinations/hongkong/hktea.html (637 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : At Leisure
		Many storytellers were killed or sent to re-education camps and the teahouses and theatres where they had told their tales were closed.
		When she steps on to the stage at the Lao She teahouse in Beijing, her shrill voice, awkwardly cascading tones and pronounced gestures seem weird compared to the smoothness of modern music.
		That storytellers often carried word of this dissent across the country meant the teahouses and the storytellers were not patronised by China’s emperors.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1050616/asp/atleisure/story_4874040.asp (703 words)

	The Art of Tea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Before long, teahouses were sprouting up everywhere like bamboo shoots after a spring rain shower, and throughout the 1980s, these local teahouses slowly organized into associations devoted to the promotion of tea culture.
		Modern teahouses, which are simple, clean, elegant, and refined, are in harmony with the pulse of the industrial economy.
		Educational teahouses consider tea education to be a long-term task and enthusiastically instruct tea drinkers without weariness.
	www.gio.gov.tw /taiwan-website/5-gp/culture/art_tea (1861 words)

	Beijing Scene (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The teahouse craze might be a bit strange, but being from a tea drinking nation yourself, I thought you might be a bit more appreciative of a night out on the Oolong as opposed to the Newcastle Brown.
		In rural areas, teahouses have been set up as small enterprises, and even in the image-conscious cities many Chinese are beginning to rediscover tea culture.
		Appropriately enough, one of the first in the renaissance of authentic old-style teahouses to open in Beijing was called the 'Lao She Teahouse,' andcame complete with 'old Beijing'-style drum players and folk singers.
	www.beijingscene.com /v06i007/ayi/ayi.html (839 words)

	Session 56: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Shao analyzes the attack on teahouse culture in Nantong as local elites and new professionals eagerly sought to fashion an identity for themselves that embodied their views of modernity and progress.
		This paper locates teahouses within the context of an emergent bourgeois culture represented by a rising elite class of urban professionals, social reformers, and the new literati in Nantong.
		While none of these innovations fatally undermined the appeal of teahouses to the lower classes, the creation of new public spaces and new social boundaries by a self-conscious elite clearly helped to sharpen the distinction between modernity and tradition.
	www.aasianst.org /absts/1998abst/china/c56.htm (1163 words)

	Lower Manhattan : News \| Take a Tour of Chinatown's Teahouses
		Tucked away along the narrow alleys of the downtown neighborhood, a range of teahouses -- from decades-old, family-run parlors to cool, modern salons -- offer all kinds of brewed comfort to locals and tourists alike.
		Besides steaming cups of traditional tea served in simple, understated pottery, there are also teahouses in Chinatown that specialize in more contemporary versions of the ancient drink.
		On a recent Monday afternoon, the teahouse hummed with business, tourists and New Yorkers packing into the small space for their drinks and snacks.
	www.lowermanhattan.info /news/take_a_tour_of_24850.asp (1314 words)

	Taiwan Battles Starbucks With Modernized Teahouses - Global Policy Forum - Globalization
		Many of his new customers had turned to Starbucks because it was dubbed hip and trendy, while traditional teahouses were considered dark and a place for the elderly.
		The rise of Cha underscores Taiwanese' chase of a sense of modernity and the decline of the traditional teahouses.
		The few remaining traditional teahouses in Taipei mainly offer a place to reminisce about the old days from the ramshackle wooden walls and fading pictures of former stars.
	www.globalpolicy.org /globaliz/cultural/2002/0407cha.htm (934 words)

	::Plan Holidays:: Plan your holidays to the Shangrila World
		Teahouses are a way of life for almost all trekkers.
		All teahouses we stay at have a variety of different foods on the menu including noodles, rice, potatoes, vegetables and soup.
		Nowadays, the chefs of teahouses and trailside restaurants are aware of trekkers’ concern over higienity of food and so they use chlorine or iodine or potash treated water for cooking.
	www.planholidays.com /nepal_trekking_faq.php (2087 words)

	RedOrbit - Science - Tea Riding Wave of Coffee Craze (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Teahouses "were primarily in major metropolitan areas five years ago," said Joe Simrany, president of the Tea Association of the USA, a New York trade group.
		Teahouses are part of the $6.16 billion tea industry, which 15 years ago was a quarter of its current size.
		Bottled teas, frozen teas and tea bags of traditional fl and specialty flavors also are riding a wave of popularity, bolstered by the coffee craze of the 1990s and the increased awareness of tea's health benefits.
	www.redorbit.com /news/science/396301/tea_riding_wave_of_coffee_craze/index.html?source=r_science (736 words)

	Iran Daily - Panorama - 09/03/05
		Traditional teahouses in Tehran have invited citizens to once again dine on their traditional meals served in cozy environments after years, in a bid to revive the splendor of the noble Iranian culture.
		Head of the union, Rahim Shayanrad, told CHN that Tehran teahouses with a history of 400 years are counted among the capital’s oldest cultural hangouts and are reminiscent of Iran’s ancient culture and tradition.
		Ahmad Ebadi was born in 1907 in Tehran.
	www.iran-daily.com /1384/2366/html/panorama.htm (1926 words)

	The Tea-Totaler Program
		The tea houses mentioned here are only a smattering of options and were chosen to demonstrate how and where to exercise the program, not to provide a survey of the best teahouses in Manhattan.
		The teahouses I'll mention resemble and replace bars and clubs, because I wanted to restore the drama to my far-too-dry nightlife.
		Teahouses in Manhattan ooze atmosphere, and at times it could drive you to drink.
	www.teamuse.com /article_011002.html (1422 words)

	Recreation in Beijing
		Besides the bar street at Sanlitun with its colorful bars, discos, live music and pubs, there are various kinds of cultural recreational forms in Beijing, as the city includes theaters, teahouses, cinemas, ballrooms, gyms, swimming pools and golf courses, suitable for both locals and foreign tourists.
		In Beijing, it is quite fashionable to go to a traditional teahouse for some old-fashioned tea-appreciation.
		The atmosphere in teahouses is usually calm and tranquil.
	www.aguidetoasia.com /china/beijing-recreation.php (245 words)

	Asia Society -
		The teahouses will be furnished with utensils created by the most eminent modern masters of tea ceramics (Raku XV) and lacquer ware (Sotetsu Nakamura), as well as examples of tea utensils made by non-Japanese artists such as Malcolm Wright and Ettore Sottsass.
		A second teahouse, designed by Atsushi Kitagawara, whose teahouse is made of wood, Plexiglas and wires, offers a radical interpretation of traditional form, space, and materials.
		The fourth teahouse, by national award winning designer Ikko Tanaka, is made of wood with a long cherry wood table and is the place where tea ceremonies will be held during the exhibition.
	www.asiasociety.org /pressroom/rel-newwayoftea.html (1765 words)

	Tea Travel: China
		This is supposed to be the quintessential Chinese teahouse experience, but reports are frequent that unless you are a local and a regular you may have trouble getting seated.
		Modern teahouses can be found in Taipei's eastern business district and Kungkuan, near National Taiwan University.
		Especially recommend Te Ye Teahouse, staffed by chefs whose teachers practiced in the old Imperial kitchens of the Empress Ci Si.
	members.aol.com /wazee17th/China.htm (473 words)

	Accommodation and food
		The teahouses and trekking-inns outside Kathmandu and Pokhara are not very wholesome.
		You may stay in local homes and lodges or in spacious if you are joining the trip like teahouse and during the camping trek, 2 person tents will be served for your accommodation carried by your staff.
		Sodas and beer are available at most of the teahouses and of course Nepali milk tea is served everywhere.
	www.expeditionnepal.com /faq/accommodation_food.php (887 words)

	Vegetarian Times
		In the chaos of modern life, Asian-style teahouses provide a refuge from the press of traffic, the cacophony of cell phones and the stress of multitasking.
		While some Americans have switched from coffee to tea, others are simply attracted to the quiet, lingering pleasures of the teahouse itself, which contrast sharply with the over-caffeinated hustle of jolt-and-bolt coffeehouse chains.
		Franchia’s ceiling, with its pattern of vivid green and red flowers, resembles a traditional Korean temple, and the teahouse is, indeed, a world apart from the noise and bustle of Park Avenue.
	www.vegetariantimes.com /document_display.cfm?document_id=44 (1980 words)

	Chinese Tea Traditions
		Taiwan has a highly developed tea culture with refined teahouses in the heart of cities and rustic teahouses located in mountain tea fields.
		Teahouses: Teahouses, which had been closed down after the Communist revolution in 1949, have now begun to reappear in China.
		In large cities like Beijing and Shanghai, fashionable teahouses serving all types of teas have become popular gathering places for the newly rich, and Chinese tea traditions have begun to undergo a renaissance.
	www.indigo-tea.com /chineseteatraditions.shtml (802 words)

	Tea house - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tea rooms for tea ceremonies are also called cha-shitsu, but they are located within a dwelling.
		The Teahouse was created for aesthetic and intellectual fulfillment.
		In China, a teahouse (茶馆, "cháguăn" or 茶屋, "cháwū") is traditionally quite similar to the European "cafe", albeit centered around tea rather than coffee.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Teahouse (285 words)

	Culture of Iran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		However, there are certain traits which are common to all teahouses, especially the most visible aspects, strong chai (tea) and the ever-present ghaluyn.
		Almost all teahouses serve baqleh, steam boiled fava beans (in the pod), served with salt and vinegar, as well as a variety of desserts and pastries.
		Many teahouses also serve full meals, typically a variety of kababs as well as regional specialities.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Culture_of_Iran (1535 words)

	tea
		the teahouse itself, which contrast sharply with the over-caffeinated hustle of jolt-and-bolt coffeehouse chains.
		Several steps down from the street, their teahouse becomes a cozy hideaway.
		Then consider Franchia, the new Korean vegetarian teahouse on Park Avenue in the middle of Manhattan.
	www.treasurecoastfsmta.com /tea.html (1688 words)

	Beijing Recreation Guide: Peking Opera, Theatres, Cafes, Teahouses and More
		A teahouse used to be a place both for drinking tea, watching traditional performances and having snacks and doing business, entertaining friends and for reporters it is even a place of gathering news.
		Lao She Teahouse (Lao She Chaguang) and Tianqiao Happy Teahouse (Tianqiao Le Chayuan) are of this sort.
		There is another kind of teahouse in Beijing; we may call them new-style teahouses which are quite tranquil.
	www.beijingtrip.com /entertainment/entertain.htm (1189 words)

	Garden Teahouses
		Read about garden teahouses in the free online encyclopedia and...
		cabanas, three waterfall tea houses and two garden teahouses.
		Home Garden Statues Garden Teahouses Garden Structures Garden Gnomes...
	www.gardentime.co.uk /Garden-Teahouses.php (141 words)

	Around the World with Wes and Masami - Around the World Travelogue by Wes and Masami Heiser with Journal Photographs ...
		City parks and temples, often containing subdued teahouses, are sanctuaries from city commotion and allow the local populace to lounge, de-stress, and mentally rejuvenate.
		The relaxing temple grounds contain flowering tree lined walking paths, a turtle pond, a wooden covered bridge, pavilions, and sitting areas where locals sing, play musical instruments, play cards and mahjong, read newspapers, and discuss current events.
		Within the grounds are also a vegetarian restaurant and two teahouses.
	www.atwtravel.net /doc/english/journal/china/chengdu.htm (345 words)

	San Francisco Bay Area tea houses
		Maybe it's taken a while, but we have gotten better at brewing tea over the years, and now teahouses all over the country--including the Bay Area--offer quality brews along with creative finger foods.
		Afternoon tea at finer hotels is always a treat, but it's also fun to visit smaller teahouses, which offer their own interpretations of taking tea.
		In Mountain View, where Asian restaurants abound, Lucy's Tea House is a Taiwanese-influenced teahouse serving fl, green, and oolong teas alongside sandwiches, rice plates, and desserts like jasmine tea ice cream.
	www.sunset.com /sunset/Premium/Travel/2001/04-Apr/tea0401/Tea0401.html (474 words)

	Adventure Trips Nepal
		Some have Nepali versions of western food such as pizza and french fries the choice is yours.
		Sodas and beer are available at most of the teahouses and of course Nepali milk tea is served every where.
		It's our prime concern, which is why we do our best to choose teahouses and restaurants with clean and sanitary kitchens.
	www.tripsnepal.com /faq.php (1287 words)

	Teahouses and live bands in Tianjin
		There are a few things that you can do for entertainment in Tianjin.
		You can spent a relaxing afternoon at one of the many teahouses here or watch a cultural show.
		There are a few bars here that offer live band or you can party through the night at a disco.
	www.aguidetoasia.com /china/tianjin-recreation.php (59 words)

	.:: Jade Pavilions ::. .:: Oriental Tea Houses, Pavilions, Bridges and Entrances ::. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Jade Pavilions was founded in 1996 specifically to design, build and install Japanese teahouses and pavilions for both Japanese and Western gardens.
		We are proud to offer a range of unique contemporary teahouses, pavilions, bridges and entrances with a nationwide installation service and international delivery.
		MMF of Stoke on Trent wrote "entrance and teahouse make it [our garden] look so authentic we could almost be in China and would not hesitate to recommend [Jade Pavilions]"
	www.jade-pavilions.com (293 words)

	The New York Times > Travel > Fine Teas Flower in the Bay Area
		There are more and more like me. Maybe it's the fog, or a desire to slow down, or just another excuse to partake in one more sensory pleasure.
		Whatever the reasons, a number of new teahouses have opened in the San Francisco Bay area, the most interesting of which offer a range of Asian or "world tea" experiences.
		It has taken me from one sumptuous teahouse to another, all of which offered food - from light snacks to full meals - yet also welcomed those simply interested in a cup of tea.
	www.nytimes.com /2004/06/13/travel/13teahouses.html?ex=1402459200&en=b9f6b7f15537503d&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND (837 words)

	3 for Tea / New teahouses offer elegance, comfort, whimsy
		Lucy Li, who opened Lucy's Tea House in Mountain View eight months ago, was inspired by the teahouses of her native Taiwan, where indulgers come to refresh, gossip or play board games.
		This oasis could be someone's family room, with blaring-peach cinder- block walls, bamboo and rattan couches, green batik tablecloths, games, tea books for browsing, and personal touches, such as a collection of small clay teapots from Yixing, China.
		If you drop in for an afternoon break, when sunlight streams through the indoor plants and trees, best- bet tea snacks (all $1.50) are the thin, crisp rice cakes and, for tofu lovers, cubed tea- and soy sauce- marinated tofu seasoned with five- spice, sesame oil and pepper.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1996/04/10/FD62009.DTL (1314 words)

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