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[ledzepfvr]

Heard this on the news today. Would love to stop in for a spot of tea if I ever get to NYC



Physical Graffiti Site to Become Led Zeppelin-Themed Tea Shop

An iconic building in New York City’s East Village, which served as the subject of one of rock’s great album covers, is undergoing a facelift. The building at 96 St. Mark’s Place was made famous in 1975 when designer Peter Corriston and cover artist Mike Doud photographed it (and the neighboring 98 St. Mark’s Place) for the cover of Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti album. The building later served as the backdrop of The Rolling Stones’ “Waiting on a Friend” video.

Over the years, the building has housed a variety of establishments, most recently a vintage boutique. Now, the shop is being reinvented once again, in full celebration of its Zeppelin connection. The new store, Physical Graffi-tea, will be a tea emporium specializing in loose lea blends and powdered Japanese matcha. The store is scheduled to open in March.

There is no word, at this time, on any specialized custard pies, “wanton” soup or lemon squeezes. Tea for one, though, seems a likely menu choice.

http://www.gibson.co...fiti-0207-2011/

Edited by ledzepfvr, 07 February 2011 - 11:20 PM.

[SuperDave]

Thanks. I saw this online earlier today. Should be interesting, by continuing the Zep theme. Hopefully they'll do as the article suggests with some Zep related names on the menu.

[Stargroves Tangie]

Being a Zep fan, I always thought it might be a cool place to live someday. I finally went there in 2008 and while I was taking pics of the outside, an old guy came out of the building- I thought about asking him what the inside was like, did he know that it's on a Led Zeppelin album cover, etc. but didn't. He didn't look happy- probably he's been bugged about it before.

[ledzepfvr]

I love afternoon tea as do alot of folks, so hopefully this endeavor will be successful. I think they would be missing the boat if they do not branch into food items that play on the names of songs.

[Magic Fills the Air]

A Zeppelin themed tea shop sounds like a great idea for that iconic building. If I ever went to NY that's the first place I'd be visiting.

I'd probably have a 'Zeppelin special': a hotdog, followed by a custard pie, with lemonade made with freshly squeezed lemons!

Edited by Magic Fills the Air, 09 February 2011 - 09:23 AM.

[SuperDave]

Although, the title of this venue in St. Marks Place may be a bad pun (Physical Graffitea, as one of my friends suggests) we have come up with several selections (through many emails today) that could be included in the menu. Bear with me and I hope you like our ideas!

Ten Years Oolong Tea
Earls Courts Grey Tea
Babe I'm Gonna Tea Leave You
Rain Soulong Tea
Darlene Darjeeling Tea
Chai Can't Quit You Baby Tea
Four Cinnamon Sticks Tea
Chamomile-ication Breakdown Tea
I Can't Quit Wu Yi Baby Tea
Honey With Tea and Lemon Song
Living Loving Jade Tea
Whole Lotta Clove Tea
When The Tetley Bag Breaks
Houses Of The Gold Tea
Over The Hills And Yerba Mate Tea
Black Kocha Dog Tea
The Ocean Of Tea (website)
D'yer Mak'er A Pot Of Tea
Dancing Teapot Days
In My Chai-me Of Dying Tea
Kashmir-i Tea
In The Light High Tea
Russian Country Black Woman Tea
Royal Tea Orleans
Nobo-teas Fault But Mine
In The Tea-vening
Hot Dog Orange BlackTea
Morocco Mint Tea Mountain Hop
White Pinyin Summer Tea
Hot Chocolate On For Nowhere
Tea With Sugar Mama
Bron YR-Aur-ange Tea
Mis-tea Mountain Hop
Black Mountain Tea on the Side
You Shook Me Tea (British Slang...sort of)
Your Tea Is Gonna Come
What Is And What Should Never Tea
Edgewater and Tea
Continental Hyatt (Riot) Chai House Tea
Since Chai've Been Loving You
Orange Pekoe Tangerine Tea
Bron Yr-Aur Tea Leaf Stomp
Dazed And Infused Tea

More than enough to chose from. I hope some of you can think of others as well...and be creative.

Edited by SuperDave, 10 February 2011 - 12:28 AM.

[ledded1]

Well there was no evidence of anything happening with the building when I was there the weekend before last.

[Stargroves Tangie]

Although, the title of this venue in St. Marks Place may be a bad pun (Physical Graffitea, as one of my friends suggests) we have come up with several selections (through many emails today) that could be included in the menu. Bear with me and I hope you like our ideas!

Ten Years Oolong Tea
Earls Courts Grey Tea
Babe I'm Gonna Tea Leave You
Rain Soulong Tea
Darlene Darjeeling Tea
Chai Can't Quit You Baby Tea
Four Cinnamon Sticks Tea
Chamomile-ication Breakdown Tea
I Can't Quit Wu Yi Baby Tea
Honey With Tea and Lemon Song
Living Loving Jade Tea
Whole Lotta Clove Tea
When The Tetley Bag Breaks
Houses Of The Gold Tea
Over The Hills And Yerba Mate Tea
Black Kocha Dog Tea
The Ocean Of Tea (website)
D'yer Mak'er A Pot Of Tea
Dancing Teapot Days
In My Chai-me Of Dying Tea
Kashmir-i Tea
In The Light High Tea
Russian Country Black Woman Tea
Royal Tea Orleans
Nobo-teas Fault But Mine
In The Tea-vening
Hot Dog Orange BlackTea
Morocco Mint Tea Mountain Hop
White Pinyin Summer Tea
Hot Chocolate On For Nowhere
Tea With Sugar Mama
Bron YR-Aur-ange Tea
Mis-tea Mountain Hop
Black Mountain Tea on the Side
You Shook Me Tea (British Slang...sort of)
Your Tea Is Gonna Come
What Is And What Should Never Tea
Edgewater and Tea
Continental Hyatt (Riot) Chai House Tea
Since Chai've Been Loving You
Orange Pekoe Tangerine Tea
Bron Yr-Aur Tea Leaf Stomp
Dazed And Infused Tea

More than enough to chose from. I hope some of you can think of others as well...and be creative.

Wow Super Dave! You came up with some very clever & creative names, great job!
The only one I could come up with was Out On The Tea-iles.

[SuperDave]

Wow Super Dave! You came up with some very clever & creative names, great job!
The only one I could come up with was Out On The Tea-iles.

Thanks Strargroves Tangie: Too bad I missed you two weeks ago during Dave's interviews. Hopefully another time we'll meet up!

That's a good one you came up with. Didn't think of that. It was me and a few friends of mine. We emailed these back and forth yesterday. We had some fun with it as we should. They're all Zep fans, but not hardcore like myself. But all of them would have Zep as one of their faves.

Some are reaaly good and others are ridiculous or silly but worth a laugh. I think the Tea Shop will have plenty to go on if they are original and check out this thread...

[ledzepfvr]

Dave you already came up with some good ones. Here are my additions

Green Tangerine Dream

Misty Mountain Nettle and Hops

Suck It Squeezed Lemon Pucker

Optimal Ozone Oolong

Heartbreaker Honey and Hemp

Rock N Roll Ruby Red

[SuperDave]

Ledzepfvr, very original ones. Love 'em!

I'm sure some of you can add some good ones as well!

[xdreduardx]

I was there on 4.24.2011 and the tea house has been opened for 3 days. Great little tea shop! Not much in terms of LZ memorabilia, and I was trying to get the owner to at least make a T-Shirt. Very quaint tea shop with excellent tea blends. I am in the neighborhood often, so I will submit SuperDave's Tea List to the owner, she likes LZ (along with Pink Floyd). Peace.

Edited by xdreduardx, 25 April 2011 - 06:35 AM.

[reids]

Tea For One, eh?

R

[SuperDave]

I was there on 4.24.2011 and the tea house has been opened for 3 days. Great little tea shop! Not much in terms of LZ memorabilia, and I was trying to get the owner to at least make a T-Shirt. Very quaint tea shop with excellent tea blends. I am in the neighborhood often, so I will submit SuperDave's Tea List to the owner, she likes LZ (along with Pink Floyd). Peace.

Hopefully, that means a commission or some sort of residual for me!

[MINI_Zoso]

Fantastic list SuperDave and other contributors.

What a hoot that I am sipping my favorite afternoon tea as I read about this for the first time.

King Cole, if anyone has heard of that one before.

[happiness]

Fantastic list SuperDave and other contributors.

What a hoot that I am sipping my favorite afternoon tea as I read about this for the first time.

King Cole, if anyone has heard of that one before.

I just made a cup before I started reading the posts. It's not my favorite but I got a huge box of it dirt cheap. I prefer Earl Grey.

[ZoSoJo]

I just made a cup before I started reading the posts. It's not my favorite but I got a huge box of it dirt cheap. I prefer Earl Grey.

SuperDave...SuperList!
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[ledzepfvr]

I was there on 4.24.2011 and the tea house has been opened for 3 days. Great little tea shop! Not much in terms of LZ memorabilia, and I was trying to get the owner to at least make a T-Shirt. Very quaint tea shop with excellent tea blends. I am in the neighborhood often, so I will submit SuperDave's Tea List to the owner, she likes LZ (along with Pink Floyd). Peace.

Thanks for the update xdreduardx. I was wondering about this the other day and looking to see if any new information popped up on the internet.

[SteveAJones]

I would really appreciate it if someone could provide exceptional quality photographs of the Tea Shop.

[happiness]

Fantastic list SuperDave and other contributors.

What a hoot that I am sipping my favorite afternoon tea as I read about this for the first time.

King Cole, if anyone has heard of that one before.

I saw it on sale today, only to realize I paid 20 cents more for an extra 180 tea bags from even the sale price. I have enough tea for a very serious tea party.