Té Company

Nice tea parlor on the first floor of an apartment building. Very knowledgeable staff about all the ins and outs of Taiwanese tea. The space is very small so it could get crowded at times.

Read about this place online and decided I wanted to check it out. We walked here from our hotel (about 20 min) and it was a little hard to find but once inside it is like a little slice of heaven. Quite, quaint and inviting.

The tea was very calming and suited the environment well which was a nice change of pace for busy/loud Manhattan.

The cookies are amazing!!!!

If Saveur Magazine didn't promise "NYC's best cookie," we would have walked right past this small tea house in Greenwich Village. Saveur, thank you a million for not letting us pass it!

Te Company is a small, but perfect tea house in the heart of Greenwich Village. It opens at 10:30AM and it's easy to miss as the sign is very small and it looks like it's on the first floor or a brownstone.

The owner is super friendly and invites you to sit at one of the few tables by the window. As you sit, you're offered cold water and a very cool looking menu of their specialty teas. Per the owner's recommendation, we ordered the smoked oolong tea and it was perfect.

Of course we had to order their famous cookies. It's a simple butter cookie with hazelnut flour, a layer of pineapple-rosemary jam and Japanese chili paste, sprinkled with coarse salt and lime zest. It's $3.50 and worth every penny. As a lover of chocolate chip cookies, I was nervous to try it, but it certainly rivals the best chocolate chip cookie I know (Which can be found at Levain Bakery in the Upper West side in case you're curious).

If you want a really, really, really amazingly unique cookie and a "hidden gem" experience, make Le Company a NYC priority!

Super cute tea shop with awesomeeeeee finger-lickin' good pastries!!!

I don't know of another tea place that has such high quality and wide variety of Chinese teas. It's super cute place. Not a lot of seats so you might have to just get stuff to go!

Must try any of their pastries, they're all really really good. You won't go wrong with any of them. A lot of times its seasonal depending on what the chef can get at the local markets.

A tip for those going your first time - you might miss it, there's no obvious signage outside, there's just a little teapot sign. :)

A wonderfully tranquil tea drinking experience, I enjoyed the ambience as much as I did my roasted Green Sanctuary oolong tea and pineapple linzer cookie (I ended up eating two).

Té Company is a cozy space slightly tucked away in an apartment building in the West Village. It has four tables and an armchair that together only accommodate a total of about 10 to 12 people. This adds a sense of intimacy and calm to the experience although it results in table sharing during busy spells. The decoration is minimalistic and the attention to detail is obvious. I love the tea menu containing a detailed yet endearing description of each tea, and the tea pots and tea cups are quite beautiful.

The tea was delicious and the pineapple linzer cookie was unlike any cookie I had eaten before. I enjoyed slowly sipping my tea while reading a book at the table under the window while jazz played in the background. A Saturday afternoon well spent.