I'd like to recommend the teahouse of this very interesting couple, as reported in a column recently. Unfortunately I'm yet to find the name of the Sydney teahouse.
Why can't I get just one cup
Violent Femmes bass player Brian Ritchie has moved to Australia, and plans on opening a Japanese tea shop in Sydney.
While his band-mates are based in the United States, Ritchie will continue to play with the Violent Femmes when they tour.
"I will be working on music stuff here and I will continue to fly around and do gigs with the Femmes," Ritchie said in Sydney.
"I have got an apartment in Surry Hills and also I'm getting ready to build a house in Tasmania – I will have the best of both worlds, city living and country living."
Ritchie and his wife got Australian residency about six months ago but only moved to Sydney from the US last month.
Varuni Kulasekara, 50, is a Sri Lankan-born entomologist turned teahouse entrepreneur. Her husband, American Brian Ritchie, 47, plays bass for the Violent Femmes and is a shakuhachi (Japanese flute) teacher and performer. Both are Buddhists and, when not touring, divide their time between Sydney and Hobart.
This could be it:
Chado The Way of Tea
547 Bourke St
Surry Hills NSW 2010
t. (02) 9331 5900
I'd love to join you here.
[Not sure if they run this place, but it appears to be the start of a chain.
Google map here:
http://www.webmenu.com.au/menus/NSW/...he_way_of_tea/ ]