Tea in Denver
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Babe’s Tea Room is a grown-up tea party come to life. Full-service afternoon tea includes a variety of classic tea sandwiches such as cucumber and chive cream cheese or vegan chickpea salad along with scones and other sweet treats (including gluten-free and vegan options). You can also stop in anytime to sip on options like […]
Perhaps you’ve heard about the years-long political struggle to get the City of Boulder to accept the Dushanbe Teahouse after it had already been sent there in boxes — eight years during which the mayor of Dushanbe died without seeing his dream of an exchange fulfilled. Perhaps you know that over the years, the food […]
It’s tea time every afternoon at the Brown Palace Hotel Tea Room, and anyone strolling through the hotel’s lobby can catch a glimpse of lovely ladies and dapper gentlemen being served tea in fancy teacups and finger sandwiches on fancy plates. At the Brown Palace, in the heart of downtown Denver, afternoon tea time caters […]
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Common Grounds has been slinging coffee in Denver since the early ’90s, long before the popularity of super-chains and Frappuccinos. The original location is still going strong in the Highlands, while the downtown spot moved to different digs across the street in 2009. However, the LoDo locations did keep its most notable feature: a beer […]
Denver Bicycle Cafe has produced one of the most unique drinking experiences in Denver, with an emphasis on locally-produced beer, quality coffee — and a full-service bike shop. If you need something fixed (and even if you don’t), sit down and sample one of the ever-changing tap selections from brewers like Renegade and River North, […]
Global Goods and Coffee Shop, which opened in Olde Town Arvada in the spring of 2013, has all the trappings of a coffeehouse — but with a different goal. Global Goods is run by an international nonprofit, Global Refuge, that provides immediate aid where it’s needed around the world. The coffee shop is a way […]
Habibi Hookah Cafe, located on South Broadway, provides all the amenities of a typical coffee and tea spot — with a Middle Eastern twist. Open until 2 a.m. on weekdays and 4 a.m. on weekends, the cafe can get a little loud but has hookah flavors from dozens of nations.
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The candy-colored boba drinks at Lollicup Denver come with or without caffeine, and there are dozens of flavors to choose from; you can order milk and flavored teas as well as creamy snow-bubble and ice-blended slush versions that eliminate the tea part of the equation, which makes it a great stop for both adults and […]
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The Oak and Berries Tea Room — which is open by reservation only at the Museum of Miniatures, Dolls and Toys — is run by tea mistress extraordinaire Roxanne Mays, who used to run the Oak & Berries at the Holiday Chalet Inn on East Colfax Avenue. She eventually turned in her tea bags for […]
Somewhere between a coffee klatch and high tea is Denver-based Platform T, which turns the coffee-shop idea on its head by serving up piping-hot or even ice-cold cups of tea, coffee’s fancy cousin from the city. The T shops are simple, modern and serve a colorful variety of teas, from bagged to loose-leaf. Not an […]
Somewhere between a coffee klatch and high tea is Denver-based Platform T, which turns the coffee-shop idea on its head by serving up piping-hot or even ice-cold cups of tea, coffee’s fancy cousin from the city. The T shops are simple, modern and serve a colorful variety of teas, from bagged to loose-leaf. Not an […]
Located in an old brick building on Navajo Street, Queensberry Coffee (formerly called Black Eye Coffee Shop) has somewhat of a chemistry-lab aesthetic. The shop uses a pour-over station – a minimalist operation for brewing single cups at a time – and offers a rotating selection of four types of beans at a time.