VarieTea: A place for conversations. And tea. ? Therefore I travel

After M told me about her VarieTea experience, I decided I HAD to visit.

There was only one snag ? I do not take tea. How could I experience a tea speciality place without actually consuming its offering?

So, I dragged some of my friends there a couple of times so that they could enjoy the tea (with or without their willingness) and I could enjoy the aura of the place.

That?s what touched me about VarieTea ? its ambience. The neat wallpaper, the glossy wooden wall panels, the wooden mesh furniture and cute tea pots. This is why I wanted to visit VarieTea again and again ? its antiqueness. Its small-town-ness. I have never been to Darjeeling or those quaint East Indian towns. But I can guess that their tea shops would look like this.

VarieTea offers all kinds of tea ? hot and cold, with and without milk, fruit and flower flavoured, spicy and mild. I decided, even if I do not drink tea ever and am not inclined towards it, these flavoured teas wouldn?t harm. And anyway, I was curious to taste the Green Apple, Vanilla and Guava flavoured teas. Wouldn?t you be?

Rarely have I seen the place crowded. It is always scantily populated. The maximum I saw was on this Sunday late afternoon when around 6 tables were full. It was disappointing to see people coming here just for the sake of food, and not for conversations. Yes, they do have enough food to offer ? pastas, buns, pizzas, sandwiches and shakes ? but this clearly is no reason why one should be solely coming here. This place has actually much more to offer than just food. This joint is a facilitator for thinking, mulling or communicating.

So far, I have tried that Hot Chocolate drink and Vanilla Tea; both were amazing. The sandwiches and pizzas are presented well and were reasonably good. The teas are rated at around ?Sixtea? to ?Ninetea?. The service can be slow, the untrained waiters can mix up orders but that?s ok when you come here with lot of time in hand.

Come here on a quiet afternoon or a lazy Sunday morning. Bring your own book or leaf through the pages of the magazines kept in a corner. The TV is muted and music system is always turned low. It won?t disturb your reading or t?te-?-t?te. Ring the bell if you need something.

And who knows, the staff may just gift you a pack of one of their speciality teas. We got Peppermint Tea.

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Location: Jetalpur Road, Vadodara.

Source: http://travelrage.wordpress.com/2012/08/21/varietea-a-place-for-conversations-and-tea/

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