Around the LGD: Tea Witch Cafe

Around the LGD:  Tea Witch Café

Name: Tea Witch Café

Location: 1381 Magazine Street

Classification: Tea Café

One of my new favorite spots in the Lower Garden District is called Tea Witch Café. I discovered it accidently while wondering around during my summer break. In a city filled with bars and coffee shops, I was intrigued by the concept of a place devoted to tea.

Upon entering, you come into a small room with a grey purple floor, purple paneled walls, and a grey blue bar. It’s small, just space enough for four small round tables, the bar up front and another by the window with tall chairs. Both bars are carved from wood from the same tree, a curly maple, enveloping the space with its warmth. The ceiling—the same purple paneling—has a full moon painted in the center.

The physical space is warm and comforting, a quiet hide-away, but the real beauty of Tea Witch Café comes from the owner, who prepares and brews her own teas with reverence. She often “prescribes” teas to customers based on how they are feeling at that moment, and brews it right then. Iced teas are always available.  (Additionally, there’s coffee for the non-tea drinkers, sparkling water, vegan pastries, organic chocolate and some snacks.)

On my first visit, I had an iced tea called Coco Loco, a green tea blended with chocolate, cardamom and toasted coconut. It was tasty and refreshing, easily toping my list of favorite teas. Since then, I’ve returned several times, sampling different teas each time.

Has anyone else been? What do you think?