would a tea house work?

[content]

i am thinking about opening a tea house in the philadelphia area. sell a bunch of different kinds of tea. maybe sushi or some light food. sitting on pillows on the ground. cris or squarepusher thumping in the background. think it would work?

[FiST]

i'll have a green tea with jasmine please, with a slice of afx.

[content]

all i need now is funding. any investors

[pille'ocheoni]

hehe, good idea, but you have to sell bubble tea. with the big tapioca pearls. thats a have too. advertise in the local mags and buisness papers. there are sections for investors. come up with a design presence first to present, and organize a business plan or business model. then you cant be denied.

i helped a freind do a simlar thing last year, and its a sucess in clemson, SC.

so good luck man!

[komakid]

i would go to that tea house !

[emef]

Originally posted by content
all i need now is funding.

is that all? just the funding lol

[marcel]

lol

[Lady E]

isnt a tea house US gay slang for male knocking shop, brothel, etc?

i seem to remember reading an anthropologist's study of chicago tea houses in the 1940s or something at university.

ive got a lesbian and gay studies reader that might mention it. i shall check.

[grobelaar]

Sounds great... I'd love to run a cafe... cooking food, making tea and drinks, listening to music, meeting people - it'd be great...

Although I'm of the opinion that here in the UK, we have the 'squeeze' it means all the margins are so tight - that anyone embarking on such a venture has to be some raving capitalist... rushing poeple in and out - shooing them out if they've finished their drinks so you can get more punters... while you sell them some cheap ass pottery at a huge mark-up that has been made by slave urchins in outer Mongolia or something...

You'd have to have Gabber on the sound system (just a little bit too loud), and lace the drinks with military grade amphetamine, to get them out the door quicker and ensure they came back next day...