Icha Tea (Queen West)

Icha’s Queen West shop is the calmer sister of the Spadina flagship: 996 Queen Street West, official phone 416-516-1327 on ichateashop.com. Same leaf-first menu — matcha, fruit-tea builds, Gongfu if you ask — in a Queen West room aimed at a slower sit than Chinatown’s student rush. Hours are not posted on the official site. First-timers: matcha latte or a seasonal fruit tea; a traditional service if you have 30–45 minutes. No reservations. This is the west-end Icha when Spadina is a wait. Trinity Bellwoods-adjacent, streetcar-easy, and still a tea house rather than a pearl mill.