tea shop

noun

chiefly British
: a small restaurant or café : tearoom

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Some boba tea shops give you the option to add jellies and specialty tapioca pearls. Samantha Lauriello, Health, 6 Aug. 2025 Plus, Cincinnati has the second-most coffee and tea shops per capita among the cities ranked, and is one of the top cities for affordable dining. WalletHub: Top 10 cities for recreation in the U.S. Las Vegas, Nevada. Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 15 July 2025 Bubble tea shops find themselves in suburban strip malls nationwide. Jasmine Ting, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025 These days, modern tea shops offer larger spaces with Western-style seating in chairs and a more relaxed environment. Yukari Sakamoto, AFAR Media, 12 June 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 21 Aug. 2025.

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