Restaurant: Te House of Tea

1927 Fairview St
Houston, TX 77019

I love reading any and all of the Houston area magazines. A few of them have mentioned Te House of Tea and I've been meaning to stop by there for some time but life has been so mad busy that there's just no time to lounge around and relax and just zen out with some fine conversation. My co-worker neighbor buddy whom I distract on a daily basis mentioned that she went to this tango thing on Fridays at that very same teahouse. How cool is that? Teahouse by day. Tango by night. Well, only Friday nights. So for lunch one day, the bf and I met up our buddy for whom we owe our relationship to and we had us some tea. That's where I came to this realization in life. I don't like huge menus with overwhelming selections. It took the bf and I a gazillion years to decide which tea we would go with. They offer single portions so that we could each try something different. They oodles of black tea. Oodles of green tea. Oodles of white tea. Did we want something fruity? Something hot or cold. The possibilities were endless. I decided on something fruity. The only suggestion that I have for the intimidating tea menu is that for something like that, you should definitely grab a menu and sit and contemplate. Don't be like us. Because you order at the counter, we came in and just stood there going uhhh ... uuhh ... for like ... a million years. The food isn't bad. They've got all kinds of cafe foods but dressed up with different ingredients that make it more unique. Like they used brie instead your other typical type of cheese. Loved it! The bf had an omelet and the friend and I both had sandwiches. Me on baguette and him on panini. Man. I think I want myself a panini maker. They also have a bunch of crepes so if you like that nutella and fruit stuff, then you should definitely come try it here!

They sale art, tea sets, as well as tea itself. This purty butterfly that they had hanging was for sale. I'm not sure what the price was though.

Look at this super cute tea set! I really wanted it but it was really expensive. Like forty bucks or something around there. It didn't seem worth it.

I liked the bf's tea that he had so I bought a bag of that. It's Citrus Summer Black. Shown is the tea that I had, South Pacific Green.

And although I told myself that I wasn't able to afford the owl tea set, I somehow convinced myself that this thirty something dollar set of tea cups was ok, so I bought it. Even though I know I couldn't probably pick this up and an asian store for a fraction of the price. I guess I was in a 'have to have it now' moment. I purchsed the vertical box set on the left. The bf was right though. I still have not used it. At all. Hah!