Editing Teany

{{short description|Tea café, restaurant and beverage distributor}}
{{distinguish|teeny (disambiguation){{!}}teeny}}
{{Notability|Corp|date=December 2022}}
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{{Infobox company
 | 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<br />New York City, [[New York (state)|NY]] 
 | locations        =
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 | key_people       = 
 | industry         = [[Restaurant]]s <br />Retail [[tea]]<br />[[Retail|Retail beverages]]
 | products         = tea, [[vegan]] food
 | services         = 
 | revenue          = 
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 | net_income       = 
 | assets           = 
 | equity           = 
 | owner            = Kelly Tisdale
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 | homepage         = [http://www.teanynewyork.com 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.<ref>{{cite news |last=Freydkin |first=Donna | url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/music/2002/2002-06-25-moby.htm | work=USA Today | title=It's a Teany cafe, and Moby likes it that way | date=June 25, 2002}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kludt|first=Amanda|date=19 June 1009|url=http://ny.eater.com/archives/2009/06/disaster_report_late_night_blaze_at_mobys_teany.php|title=Disaster Report: Late Night Blaze at Moby's Teany|work=Eater NY|access-date=1 January 2015}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |last=Perler |first=Elie |url=http://www.boweryboogie.com/2015/12/former-moby-haunt-teany-on-rivington-street-closes-for-good-after-13-years/ |title=Former Moby Haunt TeaNY on Rivington Street Closes for Good After 13 Years |work=Bowery Boogie |date=2015-12-18 |access-date=2017-02-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702051455/https://boweryboogie.com/2015/12/former-moby-haunt-teany-on-rivington-street-closes-for-good-after-13-years/ |archive-date=July 2, 2022}}</ref>

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”.{{citation needed|date=November 2011}}

== References ==
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.moby.com Moby's website]
* {{Cite web
  | title = Moby Explains Differences Between Teany And Nyla
  | work = popdirt.com
  | date = July 15, 2002
  | url = http://popdirt.com/moby-explains-differences-between-teany-and-nyla/5899/
  }} <!-- Note ref in article to as-yet unlocated Reuters article -->
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120206001654/http://www.ukula.com/TorontoArticle.aspx?SectionID=5&ObjectID=1604&CityID=3 UKULA Profile of Teany]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090218232942/http://www.teanybeverages.com/ Teany Beverages]
* {{Cite web
  | last = Haney
  | first = Kristen
  | title = Moby's Cafe Expansion
  | work = Veg News Daily
  | publisher = Veg News
  | url = http://www.vegnews.com/web/articles/page.do?pageId=1738&catId=8
  | access-date = March 4, 2011}}

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