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Teapod was a modern-style teashop on Shad Thames, near [[Locale Tower Bridge|Tower Bridge]]. It has now closed. As of April 2019 the premises are occupied by a branch of the Watch House coffee shop chain <small>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/46826025095/ photo]</small>. The information below is retained for historical purposes. <div class="old_info"> Modern-style teashop on Shad Thames, near [[Locale Tower Bridge|Tower Bridge]]. The decor is pale wood, with a nice colourful display of the teapots and tea on sale (all their tea is available to buy for brewing at home). There are about nine two-person tables, some of them pushed together to cater for larger groups, and there's counter-style seating on high stools for four or five more people. Order and pay at the counter, and they will bring your food/drinks to your table. When your tea arrives, they'll tell you how much longer it needs to be brewed for; there's a clock on the wall calibrated in minutes <small>[http://flickr.com/photos/kevandotorg/2310463724/ photo]</small> to help you time the brewing of your tea. They do food as well as tea, with both sweet and savoury items including a full afternoon tea (£11 as of June 2010), bagels, soups, baked potatoes, porridge, and various cakes. [[Kake]] first visited around noon on a Wednesday in May 2008. There were a couple of other customers but I had plenty of choice for where to sit. There was background music playing (Red Hot Chili Peppers among other things) but not too loud. Service was friendly and helpful. I had a pot of silver needle tea (£2.95 for a small pot), and I also got some to take away; £4.25 for 25g (you get quite a lot for 25g so this is a decent price). [[Kake]] visited again on a Friday afternoon in June 2010. There were seven other customers this time, so again plenty of spare seating. I had the "Devon cream tea" (£5), which gets you a scone with jam and cream <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/4738358723/ photo]</small> plus a small pot of tea of your choice. I chose their "classic China green tea", which turned out to be chun mee (珍眉/zhēn méi). The pot was more than enough to have with the scone, so I didn't ask for a rebrewing. The scone was fine and quite large, and the jam was nice and chunky. A sign seen in June 2010 said they offer free wifi. Accessibility: No step to get in (just a small ridge), and it's step-free through to the toilet too. The interior is quite well-filled with chairs and tables, and it might be hard to get a wheelchair to a table if the place was full. The toilet is a single cubicle and isn't overly large, but the door opens outwards, which helps a lot with getting in and out. See also: * [https://www.chowhound.com/post/london-tea-borough-market-588120?commentId=4329408 Chowhound thread] * [https://www.london-se1.co.uk/restaurants/reviews/674/teapod London-SE1 comments] * [http://web.archive.org/web/20090726125529/http://www.london-ers.com/daylife/cafe-review-tea-pod Londoners review] * [https://wheeliebuns.wordpress.com/2010/04/17/tea-pod-31-shad-thames-london-se1/ Tea Eagle's review] <div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], June 2010.</div> </div>
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