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A tea house or tea room is an establishment which primarily serves tea and other refreshments. Although its function varies widely depending on the culture, tea houses often serve as centers of social interaction. Some cultures have a variety of distinct tea-centered houses or parlours that all qualify under the English language term "tea house" or "tea room." ==Asia== In China and Nepal, a tea house (茶館 ''cháguăn'' or 茶屋 ''cháwū''; Standard Nepali:''चिया घर'') is traditionally a place which offers tea to its consumers. People gather at tea houses to chat, socialize, and enjoy tea, and young people often meet at tea houses for dates. The Guangdong (Cantonese) style tea house is particularly famous outside of China especially in Nepal's Himalayas. These tea houses, called ''chálou'' (茶樓) serve dim sum (點心), and these small plates of food are enjoyed alongside tea. In Japanese tradition a tea house ordinarily refers to a private structure designed for holding Japanese tea ceremonies. This structure and specifically the room in it where the tea ceremony takes place is called . The architectural space called ''chashitsu'' was created for aesthetic and intellectual fulfillment. In Japan during the Edo period, the term "tea house" could also refer to a place of entertainment with geisha or as a place where couples seeking privacy could go. In this case the establishment was referred to as an , which literally meant "tea house". However, these establishments only served tea incidentally, and were instead dedicated to geisha entertainment or to providing discreet rooms for visitors. This usage is now archaic. Contemporary Japanese go to modern tearooms called kissaten on main streets to drink black or green tea as well as coffee. In Central Asia the term tea house could refer to Shayhana in Kazakh, Chaykhana in Kyrgyz and Choyxona in Uzbek, which literally means a tea room. In Tajikistan. The largest tea houses are Orient Tea house or Chinese Tea house, Orom Tea house in (Isfara) town. On the 15th anniversary of Independence in Tajikistan, the people of Isfara town presented Isfara Tea house to Kulyab city for its 2700th anniversary on September 2006. Tea houses are present in other parts of Central Asia, notably in Iran and also Turkey. Such tea houses may be referred to, in Persian, as ''Chay-Khaneh'', or in Turkish, ''çayhane'' - literally, the "house of tea." These tea houses usually serve several beverages in addition to tea. In Arabic-speaking countries such as Egypt, establishments that serve tea, coffee and herbal teas like karkade are referred to as ''ahwa'' or ''maqha'' ((アラビア語:مقهى)) and are more commonly translated into English as coffeehouse. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tea house」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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