At a tea shop on Hang Giay Street, every morning there is a group of elderly people who come to chat about life.

At a corner of Hang Vai street, a sugarcane juice shop also sells tea and pipe tobacco. Many people say in Hanoi you can see a tea shop every step.

Across the streets, roads, and alleys, everywhere you can also catch sight of iced tea drinks.

A sidewalk tea shop is only equipped with several plastic tables and chairs.  Thisis an iced tea shop on Bat Dan Street.

This ice tea shop on Hang Dieu Street with just thermos, a teapot, a candy jar, tobacco pipe, several soft drink bottles and several chairs. Tea shops are places where people chat and share information about everything in life.

Some workers gather at an iced tea shop in Hang Chi alley to watch news on a tiny TV.

An old woman who has sold iced tea at O Quan Chuong Gate for decades. She said she does this job for fun and to hear stories of others.

Sidewalk tea shops have become part of Hanoi’s culture.

A tea shop on Hang Chieu Street, with chairs like pieces of sponges.

An old man rests at a tea shop on Hang Luoc Street. Iced tea is not a noble drink but it is everywhere in the country.

A tea shop on Gam Cau Street.

The simple equipment of a tea shop.

A tea shop on Nguyen Quang Bich street.

Mr. Huan, 83, has been an iced tea seller for dozen years.

A kid drinks green tea at a tea shop on Hang Tre country. Iced tea is for all people of all classes.

Iced tea is simple but it is the nostalgia of Hanoians who live far from home.