Calabash Tea & Tonic

Washington, DC, United States

4.8

25 reviews

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Specialties

Healing tea blends, pour-​over coffee, herbal tonics, kombucha on tap. Brunch served all day: Quiches, exotic vegetarian cuisine, veggie sushi and samosas & soups, gluten-​free options. Sweet potato pie, lavender infused cookies, muffins.

History

Established in 2012.

The seed for Calabash was planted two doors from the world famous Apollo Theatre in Harlem, NY with the opening of ‘Pyramid Tea & Herbal’ in 1976. As the counter help at Pyramid, her parent’s healthfood shop & juice bar, Sunyatta trained as a 5th generation master herbalist and later as a Naturopath — learning the medicinal value of global teas, foods & spices. Since being able to peek over the shop counter, she has served NYC residents alongside health-​seeking celebrities. For many decades Sunyatta accompanied her Syrian-​Jamaican/​Cuban family on spice buying adventures, while daydreaming of outfitting Pyramid with the fabrics & décor of these exotic destinations.

Slipping ‘green cuisine’ out of Birkenstocks and sliding it into stilettos, the majority of our 100 tea & coffee blends and vittles are rooted in our grandmothers’ time-​tested, aphrodisiac recipes. Hey, why should naughty congressmen have all the fun in DC?

Meet the Manager

Rockie R.

Manager

Rocki has never met a tea she wouldn’t try.

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