D.C. Tea House

While I was home in D.C. this summer, I made sure to check out a few of the city's tea houses, one of which was Ching Ching Cha Chinese Tea House in Georgetown.  I LOVE its ambiance.  Low tables with cushions fill one side of the room while heaps of tea are displayed in old Chinese boxes and chests near the entryway.  The lounge also has skylights and beautiful, intricately carved wooden furniture and screens - such a good place to sit and sip!

My friend Inez

As for their tea, the selection is wide and looked great.  See their menu here.  I ventured to Ching Ching Cha on a hot and humid July afternoon with my two elementary school friends, Sahara and Inez.  I usually don't choose them, but we elected to taste the blossom teas.  They open up beautifully and look especially dreamy in the liquid.

We also tried some food.  I got the Marble Tea Egg, which is a boiled egg cooked with star anise, peppercorn, soy sauce and tea leaves.  

Ching Ching Cha's Marble Tea Egg

Yum.

If ever in the Nation's Capital, please check it out on my behalf, because I wish I had gone there more often this summer.