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Five places for afternoon tea in San Antonio, TX
The Japanese Tea Garden
It’s outdoor seating only at Jingu House. That’s fine by us. | Photo by SATXtoday team
Pinkies up, SATX. We love a good cup of tea, which got us thinking about places across our city where you can enjoy afternoon tea. Get cozy: we’ve got options for the warm days and the cold ones (whenever they get here).

🫖 Cha-a Tea House, 2813 Thousand Oaks Dr.

For those warmer fall days, Cha-a offers its quality herbal tea hot or iced, and in a variety of sweet flavors — plus noodles, soups, salads, dumplings, and crepes during lunch service. Follow the tea house on socials for special events, including recent classes on making dumplings from scratch + gongfu tea brewing.

🍃 Garden Tea Lounge, 2375 NW Military Hwy.

Take a breather at Craftiques Mall and connect over artisan teas from around the world, from Earl Grey tea with South Italian Bergamot, to ceremonial matcha, to Moroccan mint sweetened with agave. Shop loose leaf teas + teaware on your way out.

🌸 Jingu House Café, 3583 N. St. Mary’s St.

Located in the Japanese Tea Garden, the Jingu House is currently closed for renovations while owners get the café up and running again. Work is coming along, but until it finishes, you can still grab a drink in the outdoor seating area between 10 a.m-5 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday, every week.

🧋 Artea, 6362 De Zavala Rd. + 7010 W. Loop 1604 N

Our list wouldn’t be complete without boba — but Artea pairs its sweeter, non-dairy milk teas with quality loose leaf, and the toppings (like aiyu and basil seeds) never compromise the flavor of the tea. Get ready for a real artisan experience.

☕️ The Steeped Leaf, 522 NW Loop 410

Sometimes the best cup of tea is the one you brew yourself. Buy teaware + premium organic teas, and learn how to make the most of it with specialty tea sessions. Consult with owner and tea specialist Tammy Martinez to start your tea journey.
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The house that was a home

The Jingu House at San Antonio’s Japanese Tea Garden
The Jingu House, a low stone brick building with a garden of purple and yellow flowers outside.
Kimi Eizo Jingu, a Japanese-American artist, moved to the garden in 1926. | Photo via San Antonio Parks & Recreation
The Jingu House at San Antonio’s Japanese Tea Garden closed for renovations early this year while its new owners, the Lawson family, prepares to open a new restaurant + café in the historic building. A tea room has operated out of the house since 1926.

Kimi Eizo Jingu, a Japanese-American artist, lived in the garden with his family while running the Bamboo Room, the garden’s first tea salon. His family lived in the house following his death in 1938, but were evicted due to anti-Japanese sentiments during World War II. The garden’s name was changed to the Chinese Tea Garden.

In 1984, Mayor Henry Cisneros restored and rededicated the garden as the Japanese Tea Garden, with Kimi Eizo Jingu’s family in attendance. The garden has closed and reopened one more time since then: Mabel Enkoji Jingu, who grew up in the garden, attended the reopening ceremony in 2008.
THE WRAP

Today’s issue was written by Dayten.

Editor’s pick: I’m more of a coffee guy, but a good green tea is really hard to beat. I remember being really confused the first time I saw ceremonial matcha on a tea menu — like, would the baristas parade the tea out to me? Did I have to prepare a speech? Turns out “ceremonial” is just a quality grade of matcha. Its flavor is more nuanced than culinary matcha, which is used in lattes rather than sipped on its own.


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