Teany
Tea café, restaurant and beverage distributor
title: "Teany" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["tea-brands-in-the-united-states", "energy-drinks", "moby", "restaurants-established-in-2002", "2002-establishments-in-new-york-city", "2015-disestablishments-in-new-york-(state)", "defunct-restaurants-in-manhattan"] description: "Tea café, restaurant and beverage distributor" topic_path: "technology/web" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teany" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Tea café, restaurant and beverage distributor ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Teany cafe |
| logo | Teany 90 Rivington St jeh.jpg |
| logo_size | 250px |
| founded | May 2002 |
| defunct | October 2015 |
| founder | Moby and Kelly Tisdale |
| location | 90 Rivington Street |
| New York City, NY | |
| industry | Restaurants |
| Retail tea | |
| Retail beverages | |
| products | tea, vegan food |
| owner | Kelly Tisdale |
| homepage | teanynewyork.com |
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| name = Teany cafe | logo = Teany 90 Rivington St jeh.jpg | logo_size = 250px | type = | genre = | founded = May 2002 | defunct = October 2015 | founder = Moby and Kelly Tisdale | location_city = | location_country = | location = 90 Rivington Street New York City, NY | locations = | area_served = | key_people = | industry = Restaurants Retail tea Retail beverages | products = tea, vegan food | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | owner = Kelly Tisdale | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = teanynewyork.com | footnotes = Teany, sometimes stylized as TeaNY or teany, was a tea café, restaurant and beverage distributor in New York City founded by electronic musician Moby with ex-girlfriend, Kelly Tisdale. The Teany Café opened in 2002 on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York at 90 Rivington Street and closed in 2015.
The cafe was known for its assortment of teas, vegan options, and its decor, most of which was designed by Moby himself. Teany also featured, during the first few months of its opening, the raw food specialty, Go-Go Greens, by vegan celebrity chef, Elijah Joy. Teany made a brief appearance in Moby's 18 B Sides + DVD. In January 2006, Teany was refocused as more of a traditional tea house and offered less food. Kelly took on a larger role on the business side of Teany with Moby taking a smaller one.
On June 19, 2009 a fire caused minimal damage to the tea house. Nobody was hurt and, according to Moby's online journal, it was Kelly's decision whether the cafe was going to be rebuilt or not. The tea house reopened in May 2010, briefly rebranded as Teany-ssimo, later reverting to the original name. Teany was shuttered for good in December 2015.
The beverage company distributed tea–juice mixtures to a number of shops around New York and New Jersey. In 2005, UK-based suburb secured an exclusive deal to sell Teany beverages and tea at its stores in Manchester and London.
The company allowed liberal pronunciation of the brand name, proclaiming, “you can pronounce it however you like. tea-knee. tee-nee. tea-enn-why,” and going on to state that Moby and Kelly themselves pronounce it “teenie”.
References
References
- Freydkin, Donna. (June 25, 2002). "It's a Teany cafe, and Moby likes it that way". USA Today.
- Kludt, Amanda. (19 June 1009). "Disaster Report: Late Night Blaze at Moby's Teany". Eater NY.
- Perler, Elie. (2015-12-18). "Former Moby Haunt TeaNY on Rivington Street Closes for Good After 13 Years". Bowery Boogie.
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