tea shop

noun

chiefly British
: a small restaurant or café : tearoom

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And put some pep in your step with a warm cup of pomegranate oolong at combo knitting/tea shop Taming of the Ewe or a Curious George (chocolate and banana) latte at Hubcap Coffee (made with Hebrews Coffee roasted in nearby Hokes Bluff). Jennifer Stewart Kornegay, Southern Living, 4 Nov. 2025 Carmichael boba tea shop closed due to cockroaches New Rice Bowl & Boba Milk Tea, 7416 Fair Oaks Blvd. Sacbee.com, 31 Oct. 2025 After the Los Tios Grill get-together, Spanberger is rallying half an hour later at a Korean tea shop for an Asian American and Pacific Islander outreach event, the Washington Examiner has learned. Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2025 Originally from Taiwan, bubble tea shops have exploded across the U.S. in recent years. Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tea shop

Word History

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tea shop was in 1851

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“Tea shop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tea%20shop. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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