Tea Leaves
Tasseography
An old European and Middle Eastern practice of reading loose leaves left in the cup. Whether or not you believe in it, it's part of why loose-leaf tea has stuck around this long.
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Coffee · Tea · Crystals
There's a light on in the caravan.
Exotic tea and fortune-telling coffee, crystals, tarot, and small talismans — gathered for the curious, the seeking, and the quietly superstitious.
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Teapots & Cafetières
The vessels worth brewing in.
Cups & Goblets
Small rituals, done properly.
The World of Tea
Herbal blends, spiced chai, rarer leaves.
The World of Coffee
Beans, blends, and the ways the world brews it.
Crystals, Charms & Curios
Clear stone, charms, mala beads, and mystical odds and ends.
Tarot & Runes
For readings of a different kind.
Candles, Incense & Fragrant Oils
Set the room before you begin.
Halloween
Here for the season, then it's gone.
A little folklore
Three Old Traditions
Long before delivery vans, people looked for meaning in ordinary things — the shapes left in a teacup, the grounds settled at the bottom of a coffee cup, a clear stone held up to the light. Here's where a few of the pieces in the shop come from.
Coffee Grounds
Turkish & Greek tradition
Thick, unfiltered coffee, left to settle — the tradition behind it goes back centuries, and it's still the reason this style of coffee is brewed the way it is.
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Scrying
No leaves, no grounds — just clear stone. It's the folklore behind our crystal collection, chosen with that history in mind.
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Our story
An old caravan, a new address.
Coffee & Crystals began the way most good superstitions do — with a pot of tea, a curious mind, and a wagon-window view of the world. We're not a plain tea shop, and we're not a plain crystal shop either. We sit somewhere in the gap between the two: fortune-telling coffee for the sceptical, herbal tea for the tired, and a small collection of talismans for whoever needs one today. We like our traditions — the tea leaves, the coffee grounds, the lantern glow — but we're not precious about them. If something modern earns its place alongside the old ways, it's welcome in the caravan too.
From the reading room
Reading Material
How to Read Tea Leaves: A Tasseography Guide
A gentle introduction to tasseography — how to brew, read the shapes left behind, and what the cup's different zones are said to mean. — Harney & Sons
Read full article hereTurkish Coffee Fortune Telling: 5 Steps (with Pictures)
A step-by-step look at the Balkan and Turkish tradition of reading fortunes from the grounds left behind in the cup. — Instructables
Read full article hereHow To Read Palms: A Beginner's Guide With Pictures
The five main lines, seven mounts, and hand shapes palmistry uses to read personality and life story from your hands. — Theresa Reed, Almanac.com
Read full article hereThe Origins of Halloween: Celtic Roots, Evil Spirits and Pagan Rituals
Long before pumpkins and costumes, Samhain marked the turning of the year — when Celts believed the veil between the living and the dead grew thin, bonfires were lit to see out the old year, and doors were left open for wandering souls. — History Hit
Read full article hereThe Jaw-Dropping History of the Jack-o'-Lantern
A tale of turnips, Samhain, and severed heads — how an Irish folktale about a man called Stingy Jack, doomed to wander with only a burning coal in a hollowed turnip, became the pumpkin on every doorstep. — Irish Myths
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