Pillion Tea

Pillion Tea is a fully alcohol-free tea house on West Biddle Street in Mid-Town Belvedere, open since March 2019 and built around loose leaf sold by the ounce — Keemun Hao Ya, Iron Goddess of Mercy, Yunnan Gold, and compressed sheng pu-er cakes from Ai Lao Shan and Yi Wu. The drinks program runs well past steeped tea: the shop makes its own syrups and even a housemade non-alcoholic rum, which anchors a seasonal mocktail of sticky rice pu-er shaken with coconut milk and salted banana simple syrup. House sodas pair fresh seltzer with tea and fruit syrups — Rooibos Cream Soda, Blueberry Matcha, Hibiscus & Rose Spritzer, and the Lucky Piña built on Karigane green tea and yuzu-pineapple syrup. The caffeine-free Desert Rose Latte (honeybush, spice syrup, vanilla bean, rosewater) is an homage to the family farms in South Africa, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Sri Lanka, and Afghanistan whose ingredients are featured in the cup. It is a daytime room rather than a night spot: closed Sunday and Monday, with a late Friday close at 7pm.

“Pillion Tea opened its doors earlier this month, offering local Wight Tea Co. varieties, craft sodas, and sweet pastries like cherry scones and lemon-strawberry pound cake.”

— Lauren Cohen, Baltimore Magazine

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Non-alcoholic brands they serve

House-crafted NA cocktails

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