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“In New York, it’s so easy to find things that revolve around coffee and alcohol,” laughs Dawn Cameron. Tea? You’re on your own. Now, she’s opened this soothing Soho salon, an offshoot of her online tea business where you can find over 50 unique, house-made brews ranging from “Coconut Black” to “Butter Truffle.” Cameron, who sampled over 400 teas from around the world, goes to great lengths to preserve the integrity and aesthetic of the leaves: Teas are bagged by hand—yes, each and every tea bag—and are served in transparent glass pots to highlight their unique colors and texture. Pushing tea-philia even further, the place also offers a menu of small plates that use tea as an ingredient, such as salmon poached in strawberry-pepper tea and halibut slow-cooked in litchi tea.

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