With a “prideful but accessible” approach, Chado offers an authentic high-tea experience without the oft-associated posturing. The highlight is their “blooming teas”, a compact ball plopped into a glass teapot that gradually blossoms, unfurling and flexing until it has occupied the entire teapot, steeping into an intoxicating fragrance. And don’t be alarmed by the tanuki statues: traditional sculptures of raccoon-dogs with comically large testicles.