update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information . may 2016 not to be confused with teeny . teany cafe industry restaurants retail tea retail beverages founded may 2002 founder moby and kelly tisdale headquarters 90 rivington street new york city ny products tea vegan food owner kelly tisdale website teanynewyork.com teany sometimes stylized as teany or teany was a tea caf restaurant and beverage distributor in new york city founded by electronic musician moby with ex girlfriend kelly tisdale . 1 the teany caf opened in 2002 in the lower east side of manhattan new york at 90 rivington street and closed in 2015 . the cafe is known for its assortment of teas vegan options and its decor most of which was designed by moby himself . teany has 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 . 2 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 . the beverage company distributes 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 allows 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 . citation needed references edit it s a teany cafe and moby likes it that way . usa today . june 25 2002 . disaster report late night blaze at moby s teany . eater ny . retrieved 1 january 2015 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to teany . moby s website moby explains differences between teany and nyla . popdirt.com . july 15 2002 . ukula profile of teany teany beverages haney kristen . moby s cafe expansion . veg news daily . veg news . retrieved march 4 2011 . coordinates 40 43 13 n 73 59 20 w 40.72028 n 73.98889 w 40.72028 ; 73.98889 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title teany & oldid 737783610 categories tea brands in united statesenergy drinksrestaurants in manhattanmobyrestaurants established in 20022002 establishments in new yorkhidden categories wikipedia articles in need of updating from may 2016all wikipedia articles in need of updatingall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from november 2011commons category with page title same as on wikidatacoordinates on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 5 september 2016 at 01 25 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view