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T.HQ was a tea shop in [[Locale Holborn|Holborn]], located on Grays Inn Road near the junction with Theobalds Road. It has now closed. According to Google Street View, by June 2012 it had been replaced by a Lebanese restaurant called Chamisse.
Tea shop on Grays Inn Road near the junction with Theobalds Road. This is probably [[Locale Holborn|Holborn]].
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[[secretlondon]] popped in after seing a sign offering afternoon tea for £2.50. This was any hot drink and cake or savory. When I went there at 5pm the only savories were sausage rolls. They had a menu listing 11 black teas, 4 green teas, 1 oolong tea, 1 pu-erh, 2 white teas, 8 herbal teas and three infusions. They also do organic coffee and fruit juices.
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Tea shop in [[Locale Holborn|Holborn]]
, located on Grays Inn Road near the junction with Theobalds Road.
I had a slice of coffee and walnut cake which was nice, and a pot of wild blackberries black tea. It was enough for two cups. They do larger pots for two people.
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They have a reasonable selection and variety of teas &#8212; as of April 2009 their drinks menu included eleven black teas, four green teas, one oolong tea, one pu-erh, two white teas, eight herbal teas, and three infusions. They also do organic coffee and fruit juices.
There was soft music in the background - Simon and Garfunkel on my visit. It has free wifi.
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Cakes are displayed on the counter, and sandwiches/rolls in the fridge. They seem to do some form of proper food too &#8212; on our August 2010 visit we were informed that "food stopped at 2:30pm", and a sign on the wall advertised "supper from 5:45pmish" on weekdays.

Order and pay at the counter, and they'll bring your tea over to you. Tea is served with the leaves still in the pot (inside a little insert). Not sure if you can ask for a second brewing. Although they don't recommend milk in most of their teas, they will provide it if you want.

[[secretlondon]] visited in April 2009 to try their "hot drink and a cake or savory for &pound;2.50" offer. When I arrived at 5pm the only savories were sausage rolls. I had a slice of coffee and walnut cake, which was nice, and a pot of wild blackberries black tea, which was enough for two cups. Soft music (Simon and Garfunkel) was playing in the background.

[[Kake]] and James visited in August 2010, and also took advantage of the tea-and-cake deal (which at that point was &pound;2.75 and only available after 2:30pm). Arriving a little before 4pm, we weren't the only customers, though there were plenty of free tables. Music was playing, but mostly drowned out by the hum of the fridge.

A generously-sized pot of white peony tea was priced (similarly to most of the teas on the menu) at &pound;1.95 &#8212; according to the menu they also do two-person pots of all their teas, for &pound;1.10 extra. For our tea-and-cake deal we had the pu-erh and a slice of carrot cake (the latter being rather darker than is usual for carrot cake, but still pleasant).

They offer free wifi.

Accessibility: Short ramp to get in (the fairly steep smoothed-over step style). Only half of the door was open on our August 2010 visit, making the entry fairly narrow. The toilet is down a flight of stairs with a handrail on one side and a tight turn at the bottom.

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* [http://www.goodforlunch.com/reviews/3410/thq Good For Lunch comments]
* [http://www.qype.co.uk/place/1251112#PlaceReviews Qype comments]
* [http://www.
tipped.co.uk/listings/225181/t-hq Tipped comments]
* [http://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/thq-london Yelp comments]
*[http://www.tipped.co.uk/listings/225181/t-hq Tipped.co.uk review]
*[http://www.goodforlunch.com/reviews/3410/thq Goodforlunch.com review]
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<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]] and James, August 2010.</div>
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Last visited by [[secretlondon]], April 2009.
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Tea shop on Grays Inn Road near the junction with Theobalds Road. This is probably Holborn.

secretlondon popped in after seing a sign offering afternoon tea for £2.50. This was any hot drink and cake or savory. When I went there at 5pm the only savories were sausage rolls. They had a menu listing 11 black teas, 4 green teas, 1 oolong tea, 1 pu-erh, 2 white teas, 8 herbal teas and three infusions. They also do organic coffee and fruit juices.

I had a slice of coffee and walnut cake which was nice, and a pot of wild blackberries black tea. It was enough for two cups. They do larger pots for two people.

There was soft music in the background - Simon and Garfunkel on my visit. It has free wifi.

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Last visited by secretlondon, April 2009.


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