New tea house will offer more than tea

The Dragon’s Cup is the newest tea house in Athens, to open March 1 and replace GGs BubbleTea.

“I was looking for [a name] that really crossed cultures,” said lifelong Athens resident Dylan Armstrong, justifying the name of her new restaurant. “I have yet to run into a culture that does not have dragons in their folklore.” Although the name and ownership of the business at 19 South Court Street are different, the source of startup capital is not.

19 South Court has a tradition of failed businesses, the most recent of which is GG’s BubbleTea. GG’s former owner, John Baird, was looking to sell the shop before Armstrong, a self-proclaimed herbalist and tea-mixer, convinced Baird he should invest in her instead. Armstrong said he gave her a $10,000 startup fund, plus all the shop’s equipment and furniture to jumpstart her new business.

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