Brooklyn · 467 DeKalb Ave · Tea Bar

Honest by default. Vegan when you ask.

A small Brooklyn tea bar where the menu doesn't lie. Premium milk tea, taro, grapefruit — fresh-brewed daily, served the way you ordered it. No hidden dairy. No shortcuts.

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Open Daily · 12 — 20 What you ask for is what you get.
The Pledge

Four promises we actually keep.

No marketing language. These are the rules of the counter. Read them, hold us to them.

No. 01

No hidden dairy.

If you ask for vegan, you get vegan. We don't mix non-dairy powder with dairy creamer behind the counter. The pearls are vegan. The toppings are vegan. The boba is vegan when you ask.

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No. 02

Fresh-brewed daily.

Tea is brewed in small batches each morning. We don't carry yesterday's brew over. If the day is slow, we throw it. If the day is busy, we brew more.

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No. 03

What you ask for is what you get.

Half sweet means half sweet. Less ice means less ice. No upselling, no substitutions without telling you. The cup that comes out is the cup you ordered.

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No. 04

Made small, served fast.

One counter. Two hands. Drinks built in front of you, in under three minutes. We chose to stay small so the line moves and the tea stays right.

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The Signature Trio

Three drinks we'd stake the name on.

Scroll across. Each one is the reason a regular keeps coming back.

Premium milk tea with fresh boba pearls
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No. 01 · Signature
Premium Milk Tea

Strong black tea base, the house ratio of milk, hand-cooked pearls. The drink that started it. Order it the first time. You'll order it again.

Brewed tea in a glass cup with a clay teapot
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No. 02 · House Favorite
Taro Milk Tea

Real taro root, blended fresh. Not the purple powder. The result is earthy, a little nutty, and the color is honest — the soft lavender of the root, not a syrup.

Iced tea with citrus and ice on a wooden board
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No. 03 · Afternoon Lift
Grapefruit Tea

Cold-brewed jasmine green, fresh-squeezed grapefruit, a small squeeze of honey (or skip it — your call). The drink that earns the second order in summer.

Clay teapot with a cup of tea on a wooden tray
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No. 04 · Quiet Order
Hot Brewed Pot

For the customer who wants tea, not a drink. Loose leaf, brewed in a small pot, refilled with hot water. Sit at the window seat. Stay an hour.

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The Snack Counter

Tea needs a partner. We made four.

Small bites, made the same morning. Japanese-leaning, Taiwanese-friendly. Things that don't fight the tea on your table.

No. 01
Onigiri

Salted rice triangle. Salmon or umeboshi. Wrapped in nori, eaten with one hand.

Rotating · Daily
No. 02
Takoyaki

Six pieces, hot off the iron. Bonito flakes, kewpie, a small pour of sauce.

Afternoon · 14:00
No. 03
Taiyaki

Fish-shaped cake, crisp shell, soft red bean inside. Pair with any milk tea.

All Day
No. 04
Bubble Waffle

Hong-Kong style, eggy and crisp. With ice cream when the day is warm.

Weekends
Interior of a tea cafe with warm wooden tables
The Ritual Hours

An afternoon-to-evening tea ritual.

We open at noon, not at dawn. The first cup of the day is not a wake-up call — it's a pause. The room fills slowly through the afternoon, settles into a quiet hum by five, holds until eight.

If you're looking for a morning coffee, there are good places nearby. If you're looking for a chair, a cup, and a flat hour — that's what we're built for.

Mon–Sun
12:00 — 20:00
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Plant-Based Promise

"We tested every non-dairy milk on the market. We chose the ones we'd drink ourselves."

Most boba shops say "vegan available" and then quietly pour the same powdered creamer that's been on the shelf for a month. We don't do that. The non-dairy options on our menu were chosen by tasting, side by side, against the dairy version.

If a non-dairy milk made the drink worse, it didn't make the menu. The ones that did are listed below. Ask for any of them in any drink — no upcharge, no eye-roll.

  • Oat Milk
  • Almond Milk
  • Coconut Cream
  • House Non-Dairy
Cup of tea with a teabag beside an iced tea pitcher
Storefront facade of a small cafe on a quiet street

Come find the counter.

Neighborhood
Clinton Hill · steps from Pratt Institute
Hours
Open Daily 12:00 — 20:00
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