Ado Tea House

Ado (the name means 'my own way') is a small tea house tucked at the end of a Mullae alley, inside a cement building that still shows its ironworks past. There is no real signboard, only potted plants, a poster stand and warm light glowing through the glass front, so it feels more like a tiny gallery than a cafe. You can order in two ways. Pick from the regular list of seven teas, served single or as a set, or try the 'tea prescription': fill in a short questionnaire about how you feel today and the staff suggest a tea to match. You choose your own cup from a shelf of different teacups, and hot water comes in a thermos you can keep refilling, so one pot of leaves can be steeped several times to taste how the flavor changes. Small desserts such as hojicha tiramisu are on the menu too. The ground floor is for walk-ins at a bar counter, while the upstairs attic is a reservation-only floor-seating room for one group at a time. Loose tea is sold to take home, wrapped like a pharmacy packet with a handwritten note.