Where to Have "High Tea"

As promised, here are some links I found while searching for places to have afternoon tea.

My goal was to compare the places that have interesting tea / coffee roadside attractions and places where I could stop for tea and coffee along the way, and plan a really first-class driving trip across the U.S.  (Not that I'll probably ever be able to take such a trip, but what the hell, it's fun to think about it.)

By far the best for finding a tea shop quickly in the U.S. is TeaMap.  They let me search by my zip code and returned a pretty good list of tea houses (and other places that serve a traditional afternoon tea).  I could even enter my address and get directions from me to ... wherever.  Pretty cool. The downside of this list is I'll have to figure out the zip codes of where I'll be going in advance, and that's a little more work than I wanted to do. 

The Tea Guide (Worldwide Tea Room Directory) has a good listing of tea shops.  Both these directories give reviews of the shops and a list of what they offer.

The Tea Caddy has a tea room directory (U.S. and Canada) that's not quite as comprehensive, but I love the soothing feel of this site.  It makes my eyes happy.

Tea Time Worldwide lists tea rooms around the world and also includes cute little icons for price range and the different menu / services offered.

Now, I need a some good coffee shop resources, a big U.S. map, some of those little pushpins.  And more caffeine to help me get started!

Comments

[Sally]

If you're in London, Tophams Hotel Belgravia has a great choice and variety. Highly recommend and one my favourie places to have Afternoon Tea when in London! You can view their menu here ;)

www.bestafternoontealondon.com/menu

[Christine Torres]

Those photos make me wanna go, right now, what a beautiful spot! Thanks!

[hanoiblogger]

Try the Raffles Hotel in Singapore for high tea. then, head for Jake's, on the South coast of Jamaican (Treasure Beach), to have some Jamaican Blue Mountain coffe, on your terrace, overlooking the Ocean. There's pictures of the terrace I'm referring to here, here, and here.