A tea-room franchise founded in Prague, Dobrá Tea has two New England locations: a cozy one on Exchange Street in Portland, Maine, and this one in downtown Burlington, Vermont, recently relocated to its current home after nearly two decades on Church Street. Each Dobrá is owned and operated individually and showcases plenty of local products, but they also share loose-leaf sourcing, rigorous training, and design aesthetics, ensuring a high-quality array of international teas at each bohemian-styled locale. The menu is arranged by country, with teaware and service style often reflecting different regions’ traditions. (A Dobrá in Northampton recently closed, unfortunately, though that city still boasts a particularly large coffee scene.)

After a Trail Around Middlebury (TAM) day hike, warm up at Stone Leaf Teahouse in downtown Middlebury, Vermont. Tucked off Main Street in the historic Marble Works District, just a five-minute walk from the town’s central waterfall, this cozy storefront offers an array of teas from around the globe. Head inside to shop loose-leaf options, sip a cup of dark oolong Da Hong Pao outside on the petite patio, or join a virtual tasting — which includes tea shipping in the ticket price — to dive into topics like growing regions or harvesting methods from home.

Homegrown Herb & Tea, a quiet neighborhood gem with generous clay mugs and a pair of snug window seats, lives halfway up Munjoy Hill, the neighborhood farthest east on Portland, Maine’s peninsula. Proprietor Sarah Richards hand-blends and steeps organic ingredients to-order to make ayurvedic blends like Kapha Kick — a stimulating tisane of woody damiana shrub, spicy ginger, warming cardamom, and local apples — and wellness drinks like the Boston Flu, a belly-soothing combination of sweet and earthy herbs including agrimony (thought to aid digestion), aromatic fennel, and calming chamomile.

Settle in for a British-inspired cuppa with the Cozy Tea Cart, which offers cream tea and afternoon tea services in New Hampshire. The former, available Wednesday through Saturday at the company’s casual location in Brookline, New Hampshire, includes scones served with Devonshire cream. The latter, a reservation-only event featuring a seasonal menu, occurs infrequently at the Colonel Shepard House in nearby Milford. Owner Danielle Beaudette — who was one of the first 15 people in the U.S. to become a certified tea specialist through the Specialty Tea Institute in New York — curates a generous selection of high-quality teas from around the world.

Steps away from Notch Brewing’s session-beer-focused taproom in Salem, Massachusetts, get a different kind of buzz at Jolie Tea Company. Outdoor seating provides people-watching opportunities on Derby Street, or you can settle onto a plush teal bench seat inside for a flight of teas beautifully paired with a trio of macarons. The chic shop also serves high tea by reservation or to-go and cocktail-inspired iced teas like the green fairy — a vibrant green tea akin to absinthe with subtle notes of anise — in coupe glasses alongside a full carafe. With 300 teas and dozens of treats from which to choose, Jolie is a welcome respite after touring Salem’s top attractions like the nearby House of Seven Gables.

Open Door Tea in Stratford, Connecticut, is as welcoming as the name suggests, with lots of events, outdoor seating, and comfy options like upholstered armchairs inside the roomy, recently expanded shop. The tea comprises a global mix of single-origin and signature blends branded with twee animal illustrations — like the robust New England Breakfast repped by raccoons — and served in French presses or in latte form. Don’t miss house-made baked goods, from scones and gluten-free muffins to cheesecakes, cookies, and lemon bars, as well as brunch fare like a kielbasa and sauerkraut sandwich on a pretzel roll that nods to owner Kasia Lindeberg’s roots in Poland.

Tea is among the traditional Chinese medicinal therapies offered at Arogya, a holistic health center in Westport, Connecticut, which is known for attractions including Compo Beach and top-notch restaurants like the Cottage and Allium Eatery. Shanghai-born Wei Bertram, Arogya’s founding director, is a tea importer, educator, and translator. Her selection of organic and wild-harvested teas focuses on Chinese varieties, like Yunnan Province’s naturally fermented and aged Liji Gu Zhuang pu’erh, of which Arogya is the exclusive U.S. distributor.