Even in a town with no shortage of quirky perk, GATHER, established in late 2021 at the corner of State and Hine (map), hooks you with its pleasant, lighthearted weirdness and makes you rethink what a coffeeshop can be. Owner Sultan Thahir describes his approach as “scrappy and amateurish,” and so far it seems to […]
Tag Archives: tea
New Leaves
When I stopped by Savvy Tea Gourmet in Madison, I had a feeling my tea-drinking was headed for a paradigm shift. (more…)
The Seven Teas
Steep your tea leaves up to 10 times before discarding them? Chew the leaves? Slurp? We had a lot to learn. (more…)
Open Seasoning
For hundreds of years, New Haveners have prized spices and herbs from far-off lands. If our forebears were plopped into The Spice & Tea Exchange in Guilford, their heads would spin at the sight (more…)
It’s a Hoot
Peer into the smoke-filled room with this updated story, originally published October 4, 2012. The door opens on a dark, wood-paneled lounge. About a thousand liquor bottles line neat shelves behind the bartender. (more…)
A Spot of Tea
My fellow Americans, we don’t know tea. We might know black from green from herbal, sort of. But what about white? Maté? Oolong? Pu-ehr? Had you even heard of pu-ehr before now? (more…)
Men of Beans
“Pungent, berry-toned, elegant, intense, exuberantly complex, lushly sweet, rich, long, impressive balance and structure”—these words have all been used to describe Willoughby’s coffee in various Coffee Review ratings over the years. (more…)
It’s a Hoot
The door opens on a dark, wood-paneled room. What seems like a thousand liquor bottles neatly line the shelves behind the bartender. Smiling patrons relax with cigars in leather chairs or chat with one another over tumblers of whiskey at the bar. In the back, a blues band wails, the singer only a few feet […]
The Tea of Life
Their last name is just a happy coincidence. Greenwell, it turns out, serves both as a surname and a way of living. Matt and Sarah Greenwell opened the doors of green well organic tea and coffee in New Haven’s 9th Square just this week, having poured long hours into renovating the bright, beautiful space on […]
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