Finding a haven at Tea Habitat, Alhambra’s secret shop for tea geeks

Flamboyant cocktails and old-school cool Hollywood bars. Cold-brew fuel and relaxing teas. And mezcal. Lots of mezcal. When it comes to options to wet your whistle, Angelenos have a full bar of options for any occasion. Here are some of our...

If anyone can dislodge narrow notions about tea — that it’s nothing more than a palliative you drink for a cold, or a beverage steeped from a Lipton bag on a rainy afternoon, or an esoteric or boring subject in general — it’s Henrietta Lovell....

“There are two reasons why you want tea with mooncakes,” said Peter Luong, owner of Song Tea & Ceramics in San Francisco, over FaceTime this week. “First, it’s a traditional pairing. Second, those things are calorie bombs. The pastry is often lard...

Recently I spent some time with Lara McAuley of Mingles Tea Bar, a tea and coffee shop that opened about two years ago near the intersection of Crenshaw and Manchester in Inglewood. I stumbled onto Mingles after Googling some combination of “free...

Mingles Tea Bar   

In a culinary city as dynamic as Los Angeles, the drinking culture keeps pace with the remarkable restaurant scene. Consider these 10 favorites a doorway into our city’s singular approach to serving wine, cocktails, beer, coffee and tea. Augustine...