This September, you can wander through a labyrinth of tea and taste matcha under cherry blossoms at Room For Tea. We attended the kickoff event back in August. We are excited to tell you about NYC’s first immersive art pop-up dedicated to all things tea. This limited experience in Soho runs through September 22, so be sure to grab your tickets soon.
Room for Tea is a 40 minute multi-sensory journey that features five tea inspired scenic rooms and 18 visual highlights. This immersive experience includes art installations by female artists. First we entered the Summer BOBA Court Room, where all of our bubble tea dreams came true. The room was filled with pink tapioca inspired bubble tea balls and a giant milk carton.
Next we walked through the Labyrinth of Tea, where we passed through layers of red curtains. There’s also a 40-min tea ceremony that allows you to experience tea in a tea house. If you want to participate in the tea ceremony, be sure to purchase the tickets that include the ceremony.
After the labriynth, we walked into a side room entitled “Mint Tea Secret Box.” Of course we hopped in and snapped some shots.
Next we walked into the “Matcha under Cherry Blossom” room. You’ll need to take your shoes off or wear shoe covers to get into this Instagramworthy room. Cherry blossom flowers are everywhere, so make sure to snap some shots while throwing them in the air.
We walked upstairs to the Milk Tea Metropolis. This urban chic room is filled with electric, bright lights that are inspired by the streets of Hong Kong.
The last stop on the tour is the tea bar, where you can choose a unique bubble tea flavor, provided by the shop of the day. Kanchana choose mango lychee, while the rest of us choose a passion fruit flavor.
You can get your dose of tea until September 22nd. Tickets need to purchased in advance and are for a specific date and time. Tickets are $23 or $33 with the tea ceremony and free for children under 4. A tree will be planted with each ticket purchase.
A woman is like a tea bag – you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water –Eleanor Roosevelt
This is a fun blog post about tea! I love the concept of the labyrinth of tea!
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It was a short, fun experience and we loved the concept of labyrinth of tea too.
You had me at Matcha and Cherry Blossoms! Sensory overload – this looks like a fun experience!
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We know right? Who wouldn’t sign up for that!
What a fun place to take a tour! It’s always so interesting learning more about a company. Bubble tea is so good!
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We love Bubble Tea too and they had such unique flavors to try.
What a fun place to take a tour and such a sensory overload. Looks like you had a lot of fun!
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The last room was totally sensory overload! LOL. We had a lot of fun.
This looks like such a fun event! I hope they take it on the road
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Yes that would be so fun for Non-New Yorkers.
This seems like a cool place to hang out. I’d love to check it out.
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Definitely check it out- it’s only available for a few more weeks.
Love the Eleanor Roosevelt quote at the end, it’s so true! It looks like you had a lot of fun at Room for Tea, I wish I lived there so I could try it for myself!
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Isn’t it a great one? We love it too! We always try to pick a fun, whimsical quote for every blog post, and we always wonder if we people read them. 🙂
This sounds like such a neat thing to do. I’ve never had bubble tea before, but I might have to try it after reading this. The Cherry Blossom Room sounds like it would be so pretty, too!
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The Cherry Blossom Room was perfect for boomerangs!
This sounds interesting, never tried anything like this x
Laura
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It was so fun. There are lots of immersive experiences in NYC.
What an interesting experience! You have access to so many fun events and outings in NYC – great for the adventurous spirits.
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Yes! There are so many fun experiences in NYC, but 2018 is the year of the immersive museums from Rose to Candy to Tea to Color and more.
This looks like it was a lot of fun. It would be great to have an event like this in the south.
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Maybe the show will travel? Let’s see!
What a fun place to go. I bet you got a lot of great pics. I love E. Roosevelt’s saying. She was a strong woman.
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There were definitely lots of Instagram-worthy photo ops.
This is so cool looking! I wish I could go here, thank you for sharing!
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Just come to NYC before it closes!
This looks so cool! And I really love that quote by Eleanor Roosevelt…
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Isn’t it a great quote? We love it too.
What a fun and a great experience. Thanks for roaming us around. Love all the details.
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Definitely head over there yourself if you are in the NYC area.
This is the cutest tea experience EVER! I just adore all the color and neon. What a fun time! xx
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The neon room was our favorite!
This looks like a cool experience. I wish I could visit.
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Come to NYC and enjoy it yourself!
I love tea! This event looked sooo fun wish I could’ve been there.
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If you love tea, you’ll love this place.
I loved that you threw in that quote at the end! So perfect! Really, this looks so dreamy and adventurous. It’s a great concept and those photos were lovely.
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We love this quote too! Thank You.
That is such a cool place to visit and such a perfect place to have a cup of tea and make a little fun.
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The tea was fantastic and a great way to end the afternoon.
This place sounds like fun — and a tea lovers’ dream! I’d love a trip like this one.
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It’s perfect for tea lovers for sure.
Ha, what a fun place to hang out. I love those big pink bubbles!
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They were so fun! Who doesn’t love bubble tea? 🙂
Not only does thus look like a lot of fun, it sounds absolutely delicious and I bet had the aroma to match.