A while ago, my friend KN and I spent a wonderful Saturday wandering around Charlottesville downtown and ate lunch at the Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar. It’s a very strange and bizarre kind of place that serves over 50 different kinds of tea, mostly vegetarian options, and it turns into a hookah bar at night. Yep. Very interesting.
And I discovered that the restaurant certainly lived up to all that I imagined it to be. They have this giant fake tree growing in the middle of the place with lots of carved nooks for old books. There’re also lots of pillows so you can choose to take off your shoes and sit on the ground or to be less fun and sit at regular tables. Although I chose to sit at a table because the pillows looked icky.
KN and I shared a pot of tea, which might have been the jasmine pearls, but my memory fails me. Then she ordered the PMT sandwich with pesto, mozzarella, and tomatoes, while I ordered the Tunisian tuna with a spicy harrissa sauce.
Both sandwiches came with a side salad too. My sandwich, sadly, was a disappointment, as the tuna was dry and the sauce too spicy. I love spice, but for some reason, that combination in the sandwich was way overpowering, and I couldn’t finish it. I tried a bite of the PMT, which was a lot better. Hahah Maybe I’ll get that one next time. The tea, however, was the best part. There were so many different kinds to choose from, but ask for their recommendations and they’ll point you to the right direction.
Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar
414 E Main St.
Charlottesville, VA 22902
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