A tea shop in Cambridge’s Harvard Square that’s been around for more than 20 years will close down later this month, making it the latest in a series of longtime businesses to bow out of the square as new businesses — often out-of-town chains — move into the neighborhood. Tealuxe (0 Brattle St.) will close on December 23, ending a run that began in 1996 when founders Bruce Fernie and Katherine Walsh strived to create a tea shop in the vein of a Parisian cafe.

In its 22 years in business, Tealuxe has served thousands of teas to the neighborhood, offering loose leaf teas for purchase along with an in-house cafe menu of hot and cold teas, bubble teas, chai, matcha, hot chocolate, and more. The shop also sells tea paraphernalia, including brewing tools, teapots, tea storage containers, and cups. In 1999, Tealuxe opened another location in Back Bay, which closed in 2010. It also has an outpost in Providence, Rhode Island, at 231 Thayer St.

Tealuxe will close around the same time as Crema Cafe (27 Brattle St.), a 10-year resident of Harvard Square, which was forced into its upcoming closure after the owners were unable to renegotiate a lease with the building’s new owners. (New York-based coffee chain Bluestone Lane will take its place.)

Two years ago, Brattle Street also saw the closure of longtime coffee shop Algiers (40 Brattle St.), which transferred to the hands of Alden & Harlow and Waypoint’s Michael Scelfo, who will open the Longfellow Bar in the space soon.

• Change Brewing in Harvard Square: Tealuxe to Close by End of Month [HC]

• Tealuxe [Official Site]