Quote Originally Posted by Thorn View Post
If a tea drinker ever visits London, you have to stop at the Bramah Museum of Tea and Coffee ( http://www.teaandcoffeemuseum.co.uk/ ). The museum is fun and their house blend is quite nice. [[Note: I always stop at "specialty" museums when I travel and can lay claim to museums for tea, mustard, chocolate, walnuts, perfume, olive oil, glass, and, of course, bicycles]]
It still exists!! My husband and I stumbled across this the first time we were in London. I bought the best tea I've ever had in all my life there (It was Darjeeling so smooth and sweet that I didn't need to put sugar in it) The next time we were in Europe we scheduled an overnight layover in London just so we could go back and it was gone I guess they must have moved.

I'm lucky enough to have several really great tea shops right here in town. The one I've been getting tea from recently, The Teacup www.seattleteacup.com, even does some of their own blends. They do a superb Chai and have an extra strong Earl Grey to die for. I really like the strong and a little smoky Yunnan Black as well. I can get great green teas at the many Asian markets in town too.