Tea or High Tea: A Visit to Tipple + Rose Tea Parlor and Apothecary

By Peggy Berg
Tea or High Tea? Yes, please!

Tipple + Rose Tea Parlor and Apothecary offers tea and high tea, and there is a difference.

Tea is that lovely beverage you sip hot or cold. Tipple + Rose has 84 varieties and there is a menu with details like ingredients and caffeine levels, plus there is a sniff-bar to give you a preview before you make your final choice. Seasonal teas will be a coming attraction, and chai will be a unique house blend made on site. A special hot water machine adjusts the temperature to optimize the flavor of each individual tea. And all teas can be iced. Tea is available to take home, sit and sip, or enjoy with a scone, slice of cake, or sandwich.

High tea is a ritual: it’s a cultured midday offering of special savories, like cucumber tea sandwiches, quiche, scones with clotted cream and lemon curd.  An assortment of treats comes on a 3-tiered cake stand and is served with tea. For occasions when you want to savor high tea, Tipple and Rose serves from 2:30 to 5:30, but reservations are required. They need a little notice to make all those delectable bites fresh.

Whether you come for tea or high tea, the scones are homemade and delicious. An assortment of cakes from Southern Sweets is ready to serve by the slice for dessert or after theater. Quiches and sandwiches are also homemade and offered for brunch and lunch. Breakfast, elevenses, lunch, afternoon delights, and evening dessert are available. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 9 am to 9 pm.

The Apothecary aspect of the shop includes special bath and tea items and vintage mercantile. Doria calls it comestible gifting, so enjoy for gifts or indulgence.

The proprietors of Tipple and Rose, Doria Roberts (pictured) and Calavino Donati, met in Virginia-Highland and are delighted to have moved back into the neighborhood recently to live and build their new business. Meet Doria as she talks about the essential ingredients for an ideal neighborhood store on TEDX.

Tipple and Rose Tea Parlor 806 North Highland Avenue near Greenwood; 678.705.7995

Peggy Berg is a VHCA Board Member.