Tea for thought

Allow me to present you this glorious illustration by illustrator Migy Ornia-Blanco. You can buy this picture as a print on this site, or here if you live in Europe.

Direct source: http://www.migy.com/2012/03/im-off-to-merry-old-england.html

Zöld Teknős Barlangja Teaház

1066 Budapest, Jókai street 14.
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Open: Mon-Thu 11-23h; Fri-Sat 11-24h; Sun 13-23h
Phone: +36 1 302 0024

Originally, I planned to blog about this teahouse later, but I like it so much that I simply couldn’t resist! Zöld Teknős Barlangja means Green Turtle’s Cave, by the way. This place is among the best when we’re talking about teahouses in Budapest; even the European Tea Association chose it to be the best European teahouse in 2008.

Zöld Teknős is ridiculously close to a teahouse I reviewed earlier, 1001 Éjszaka. Jókai street is packed with great places to enjoy tea in; later, we will visit here again to take a look at a teahouse called Potala a Palotához, a Tibetan place.

But on to approaching. Zöld Teknős is between Nyugati railway station and Oktogon, so you better set off from one of these squares. You can get to both either by tram (4/6) or by metro (3 if going to Nyugati railway station, 1 if going to Oktogon).

Types of tea: YELLOW & WHITE

Yellow tea is very similar to green tea; the difference is that producers dry the leaves more slowly, so that the damp leaves can sit and yellow. The finished product smells similar to black, rather than green or white tea if it is flavored with other herbs. It is low in caffeine and high in antioxidants, from which one has been linked to inhibiting cancer and heart disease.

The term "yellow tea" can also be applied to imperially-served teas.

Picture from Chinese Teas 101. 

Big Ben Teaház

Budapest, Veres Pálné u. 10.
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Open: Mon-Sun, 10-22h

This week, I visited the Big Ben Teahouse. There are several of this place in Budapest, so please refer to the location I added at the beginning of the post to avoid confusion. This place can be approached in 10 minutes of walk from Ferenciek tere, as well as from Astoria.