OK the place you may want, which I did not visit yet is called
Yan's tea house
Schopen St no 5, Jerusalem open from 5 pm tel 02 5612054
It may have those middle eastern herbs/teas you are looking for


"Aeyal Gross" > wrote in message
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> The Chinese tea house I mentioned you want to give a try- I am not sure if
> it is still operating! But try...
>
> Many north African restaurnts will serve tea like this, or different
> blends under name like "Tunisian tea" etc. There is no speciality tea
> house that will, except maybe one in Jerusalem that I heard of - I'll
> check the details.
>
> Also, in most restaurants and cafes in Israel you can get tea (from
> teabags) with fresh mint leaves (called "nana") added.
>
> There is a new "proper" tea house in Jerusalem that is mentioned in the
> thread - I have yet to visit it, and a new one in Tel Aviv, which I also
> have yet to visit.
>
> Aeyal
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> "Patrick Heinze" > wrote in message
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>> Aeyal Gross schrieb:
>>> by "oriental tea" you mean?
>>> Let me know what exactly you are after and I''ll try and help...
>>
>> ah...sorry for that. What I had in mind were tea shops / rooms that that
>> offer tea as it is traditionally served in the region. I am vaguely
>> familiar with mixtures of blacks and greens with mint teas - mostly
>> drunken inedible sweet, but wondered whether the /local/ tea culture had
>> more to offer.
>>
>> Thanks for the links, btw. I think I'll give that Hua To Tea House a try.
>>
>> Patrick
>> --
>> "But please remember: this is only a work of fiction.
>> The truth, as always, will be far stranger"
>>
>> Arthur C. Clarke, 2001 - A Space Odyssey
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