2015 Massachusetts Ave, NW courtesy Valley Brook Tea

Good news from Valley Brook Tea: “All of our hot tea, chilled tea and pastries will be back. Also, we’re bringing back our signature tea set service!” Read More

Thanks to M. for sending: “Spot of Tea inside the Streets Market on 14th and Florida is closed Little Hat Coffee taking over the space inside of streets!” Read More

21st and P Street, NW

Thanks to Andrea for sending: “Signs up that Spot of Tea will open here “soon” – replaces Valley Brook Tea, which replaced Starbucks.”

Ed. Note: Valley Brook Tea Moved around the corner (2015 Massachusetts Ave, NW) inside The Ven at Embassy Row Hotel.

and Brina: “Spot of Tea signs up at the old Valley Brook Tea location on P St in Dupont! Looks like the whole storefront. Excited to still have a tea place in the location!” Read More

Thanks to J. for passing on the good news:

“Today is the Day: Tuesday, April 18th, 2023

ching ching CHA welcomes you once again. We are located on:

1314 21st Street N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
U.S.A.

ching ching CHA is a tea shop, a gallery of pottery, handcrafted pieces from around Asia, a hand-picked selection of Yixing teapots and accessories, teas and little surprises.

Please stop by for a cup of tea or to say hello. Read More

1314 21st Street, NW

Thanks to J. for sending the latest on Ching Ching Cha’s move from Georgetown to Dupont:

“Signage sort of up and it’s on google maps Read More

Thanks to J. for sending: “Sadly, looks like about a month or so, the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf in the Washington Hilton was replaced by a generic, Starbucks-serving-but-not-a-Starbucks clone. I loved the Coffee Bean iced coffee. Bah!” Read More

1063 Wisconsin Ave, NW

Thanks to Jeremy and everyone else who passed on from ching ching CHA: Read More

“Dear PoPville,

I was walking in Dupont on 21st and P today (1/5) and noticed that the Valley Brook Tea shop closed! No signs and the space was cleared out. I saw that they moved to a temporary location in the Ven at Embassy Row Hotel around the corner.

I hope they survive since the shop is run by such a lovely couple and we desperately need tea places in the area!!”

2015 Massachusetts Ave, NW

From Valley Brook Tea:

“We’re moving to a temporary location inside The Ven at Embassy Row Hotel at 2015 Massachusetts Ave NW. We will reopen on this Friday, January 6th. We’ll be there for the next 2 months while we continue to figure out the future of Valley Brook Tea. Read More

Photo by PoPville flickr user Clif Burns

Katherine asked us on Twitter and got a pretty passionate response: “Any recommendations for tea places in DC? Asking for myself.”

The most were given for Calabash, Ching Ching Cha, Teaism, Sidamo, The Wydown, Grace Street Coffee and The Line Hotel.

Any other good spots out there?