The Poverty Jet Set

New Northern Liberties Tea Shop

The other afternoon, Audrey and I went over to this new indie tea cafe around the corner from our house called “The Random Tea Room” at 4th and Brown. We drank a pot of, hands down, the best chai I have ever had (save the first time I ever had chai - homemade goodness in Northern Thailand - but that’s a long story for another post). They’ve got a big, warm pot brewing all the time, full of some intense spice love. If you’re a fan of the creamy darkness, best high tail it over there soon!

Tags: nolibs, philly, tea

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Audrey 03/05/2008 06:19 PM 1 point
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hey! beautiful pictures mark. I told the owners about your blog today and they looked at it while i was there. they loved it!

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joshua 03/06/2008 02:05 PM 1 point
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i think i just read about them in the Fishtown Star...or maybe the Spirit. I forget. looks cool. glad they sent back the link love!

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darshana 03/07/2008 11:08 AM 1 point
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cool! I've been wanting to check this place out since it opened. it looks so adorable from the outside.

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mariann 03/11/2008 04:28 PM 1 point
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A beautiful and relaxing place to enjoy a cup of tea. The scones are to die for!

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laradunston 03/19/2008 02:07 PM 1 point
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This place looks very cool indeed. I've been travelling a lot recently - Dubai, Cyprus, Crete, Turkey - and in each country they do tea and coffee so differently... I've been thinking about how cool it would be to have a tea room-cum-coffee shop focused on serving up teas and coffees from around the world, nothing fancy, don't need no tea or coffee sommelier or anything, just focused on serving tea/coffee the way they do locally, everywhere from India to Morocco, Argentina to Turkey, you name it... none of that starbucks crap... what do you think?

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laradunston 03/19/2008 02:08 PM 1 point
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Cool pic of the sugar cubes by the way!

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Mark 03/19/2008 02:18 PM 1 point
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Thanks, Lara! Yeah, that's an awesome idea. Instead of americanizing the daily coffee/tea ritual, bring it back to the traditional ways of imbibing. Would be very cool indeed.

Actually, there's a very cool tea house in Chinatown in Philly that serves tea in a very traditional Chinese way. They *might* have closed, but it's on 9th and Arch, I believe. I'll post about it if I find the name again.

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Janelle 03/26/2008 11:12 AM 1 point
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Yum, this place warms my belly just thinking about it. Mark I'd love to post on this - mind if we use your images?

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Mark 03/26/2008 11:18 AM 1 point
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Go for it, Janelle! :)

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sara girlscantell 03/26/2008 04:55 PM 1 point
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i could be wrong, but i think it's the same people who have the amazing teahouse on the downtown mall in charlottesville? either way, super awesome.

(maybe i just subconsciously miss charlottesville?)

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Marilyn Terell 04/06/2008 10:24 PM 1 point
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Mmmm, that chai looks delicious! Intelligent Travel sends you link love, Poverty Jet Set!
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mattress store Yesterday 12:36 PM 1 point
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that looks delicious right now.

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