Great Cooks on Eight and The Tea Spot are the beloved brainchildren of Esther Benaim and Maggie McKeown, and as siblings they have much in common. Both offer lunch, private cooking classes, and a myriad selection of teas blended by Myriam Noval, the Dalai Lama’s tea titan. Lululemon devotees like the Post Yoga/Arthritis tea, a zen mix of licorice, ginseng and cat’s claw, while francophiles order the Provence Rooibos, a mélange of rosehips, lavender and blueberries. At Great Cooks, Bay Street professionals peruse the Great Wall of Tea in a sunny space offering spectacular views of the city. Downstairs, in the quirky basement café, sweet tooths try the weekly tea and dessert match—a chocolate fudge tart and the caramel-infused Tibetan Tiger, perhaps. Tea-totallers stock up on Villeroy & Boch teapots, measuring spoons and other paraphernalia, in order to master the perfect cup at home. The Tea Spot is closed Saturday and Sunday; Great Cooks is closed Saturday and Sunday in summer, Sunday year-round. Great Cookson Eight, 8th flr. The Tea Spot, lower level.