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Tea Street owners plan Parker shop Mixing traditional, modern flavors is siblings’ approach BY HALEY LENA HLENA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Inspired by their cultural roots, Victoria and Patrick Lam opened a first Tea Street location in Denver’s busy Colorado Boulevard shopping district in 2018, and plan to open a second location in Parker, near where the siblings grew up. “We wanted to be part of a smaller community, where it felt like we could have a bigger impact,” said Victoria. The Lam’s anticipate their new shop, located at 16522 Keystone Blvd., in the Stonegate Village Center, to open late spring or summer.
Currently in the inspection phase, the siblings look to incorporate Chinese architecture to create the aesthetic of a traditional tea shop, mixed with modern design. Like their Denver location, the new spot will be among a few tea shops in Parker, such as Kung Fu Tea and Ju’s Coffee, but aims to bring a fresh and authentic taste to the area. “We don’t use any powders and the syrups that we do use, we make ourselves,” said Victoria. “We’re going to bring that same quality to Tea Street Parker and since we are in a bigger space, we may experiment with bringing even more new products.” Directly sourced from Taiwan, their premium loose-leaf tea is the center of Tea Street’s menu. That tea is paired with different flavorings, including fresh fruit. Their toppings include pudding, herbal jelly, and
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red and mung beans. One of their most popular drinks is their peach tea. In the fall, Tea Street will get palisade peaches from Grand Junction and cook them to make their own syrup for tea. Starting at $5, Tea Street’s drinks include classic teas such as Jasmine; milk teas that include coconut milk and fresh soy milk; fresh teas with flavors such as passion fruit, buckwheat and ginger and winter melon teas. The menu also includes slushies and other tea free drinks such as lemonade and Vietnamese Coffee. The Parker location will include a dumpling showroom. A dumpling machine will prepare the dough, mix the fillings made by Tea Street and fold into a thin and long shape. About 1,000 dumplings can be made
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