tea shop

noun

chiefly British
: a small restaurant or café : tearoom

Examples of tea shop in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Food options abound at the Source OC, including Korean-style hot dogs, coffee and tea shops, bakeries, Korean barbecue and more. Sarah Mosqueda, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024 The far East Valley saw a particularly large restaurant boom, with eight new eateries opening their doors in Gilbert and Queen Creek, including an American-style tavern, a boba tea shop and the expansion of a beloved family barbecue restaurant. The Arizona Republic, 4 Mar. 2024 Yang was inspired to open the business by his brother, who owns a boba tea shop in Minnesota. Jessica Rodriguez, Journal Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2024 Tired of high costs, poor service and limited choices at home, Hong Kongers are going to Shenzhen to buy groceries, go out for meals and discover new bubble tea shops. Olivia Wang, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2024 The tea shop that sells milk tea, fruit tea and other specialty boba drinks got its start in Concord. Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 16 Feb. 2024 This is the tone owner Soo Young Cho hopes to set at Kiwa, her Korean coffee and tea shop that recently opened in the Clifton neighborhood. The Courier-Journal, 16 Feb. 2024 Mama Ramen, a ramen restaurant and bubble tea shop at 1513 Grand Blvd. Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2024 Editorial: How to revitalize summers for teens and young adults Grace Wang, 18, has been working at a Bay Area boba tea shop for nearly two years. Lauren Kaori Gurley, Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined above

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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 19 Apr. 2024.

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