In my search for a pleasant place to enjoy a coffee or tea, I often feel like a detective. Wandering Tokyo's nooks and crannies, I diligently try to track down havens where weary souls can rejuvenate from harried schedules and the din that seems to accompany us wherever we go.
So it was gratifying when I stumbled upon something I dare say even Sherlock Holmes would have proud to discover: the British Traditional Tea Museum. Here you can commandeer a corner table, slip into a mystery novel and enjoy your tea properly: with fine china, silver spoons and plenty of tea cakes (to throw your diet out the window).
The "museum" is the brainchild of Edward Bramah, a professional tea taster and authority on teas and coffees. The founder of Bramah Museum, Cafe and Shop, located on the Thames River, Bramah has given lectures in the Britain, the United States and Japan, where he is acknowledged as being a "tea master" of traditional English tea.