Alice's Tea Cup Gifts

Winner of Timeout New York’s reader’s choice award:
Best afternoon-tea service
Alice’s Tea Cup

Other nominees: Astor Court at the St. Regis, Tea Box Café at Takashimaya, T Salon and Emporium, Wild Lily Tea Room

"There’s a Starbucks on every corner, but options for high tea in this town seem to include only three types of places: hotel lounges, Asian theme venues and quirky mom-and-pop shops. You cozied up to the latter by voting for Alice’s Tea Cup, a quaint, folksy space with mismatched furniture and scribbles from Lewis Carroll’s classic text on the walls. Tea snobs will appreciate the impressive menu of 140 varieties of black, green and white blends from all over the globe. Those seeking a proper afternoon tea get to raise a cup while munching on plump scones, home-baked cookies and chunky sandwiches (tangy curried chicken is a perfect partner for the Indian brews)—all stacked on the traditional three-tiered stand." - Clare Lambe TIMEOUT NEW YORK

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