Tea Shops & Retail

Downtown · Jackson

A Mississippi-born specialty tea shop in downtown Jackson inside One Jackson Place, pairing loose-leaf teas with pastries, gifts, and charming novelties. The shop brews tea fresh in-store and specializes in caffeine-free herbal and apothecary wellness blends alongside signature black and green teas, custom blending, and bottled iced tea.

Salamanca · Hobart, Tasmania

Tea bar and shop inside the Salamanca Arts Centre on Hobart's waterfront, pouring Chinese teas, Japanese ceremonial matcha and gyokuro, and award-winning Tasmanian blends. Tea mocktails use seasonal local ingredients, and the shop stocks teaware. Walk-ins only; workshops cover the six types of Chinese tea, the Gongfu tea ceremony and tea meditation.

Mitchell · Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Canberra tea merchant with more than 170 loose-leaf teas and a teahouse-cafe in Mitchell (entrance on Hoskins Street), open daily 8am to 5pm with the kitchen closing at 4:30pm. High tea is served only at the Mitchell teahouse and is booked online with a deposit; weekday high teas are booked by phone. A second Adore Tea boutique operates in Phillip (Woden).

Niles

Victorian steampunk-inspired tea shop and tea room on Main Street in Niles, blending its own teas in-house across black, green, white, and herbal categories. Seated afternoon tea is served with petite pastries on tiered stands, and the menu rotates seasonally.

Bar Harbor

Retail tea shop on Bar Harbor's Main Street, blending all-natural teas in small batches in Maine since 2006. Sells loose-leaf and bagged blends alongside teapots, kettles, Dunoon fine bone china, and matcha and chaga products.

RHS Garden Harlow Carr · Harrogate, UK

Bettys Harlow Carr sits at the entrance to RHS Garden Harlow Carr on the edge of Harrogate, with a café tea room and shop. Bettys has announced the branch will close for a refresh from 7 September to 4 October 2026, reopening afterwards.

Town Centre · Harrogate, UK

Bettys opened in Harrogate in 1919 and this Parliament Street branch is the original of its Yorkshire Café Tea Rooms. The walk-in café serves seasonal menus, while a reservation-only afternoon tea with a pianist is served upstairs in the Imperial Room; a shop sells Bettys cakes, biscuits and teas.

The Grove · Ilkley, UK

Bettys Ilkley sits on The Grove in the Wharfedale valley, drawing shoppers from the town's boutiques and walkers coming off Ilkley Moor. The branch combines a café tea room with a shop selling Bettys bakes and teas.

High Street · Northallerton, UK

Bettys Northallerton occupies a Georgian building on the High Street of North Yorkshire's county town, with skylights and a sun-trap terrace at the rear. It pairs a café tea room with a Bettys shop.

St Helen's Square · York, UK

Bettys York has traded on St Helen's Square since 1936, with interiors inspired by the Queen Mary ocean liner. The walk-in café serves seasonal menus and evening dining, and a reservation-only afternoon tea with a pianist is served in the Belmont Room.

Main Street · Fredericksburg

Women-owned tea bar on Fredericksburg's Main Street founded by Chef Christin Day, pairing single-origin teas and small-batch herbal blends with treats from local Hill Country artisans. Bookable experiences include the Fredericksburg Peach Tea Experience, tea-and-treat towers, and weekly tastings ($18–$24), each reserved with a $10 per-guest deposit applied to the total.

Billings

A loose leaf tea and herb shop on Broadwater Avenue in Billings with a sit-down tearoom and an outdoor patio built from salvaged decades-old lumber, complete with flowering baskets and a waterfall. The shop stocks black, green, herbal, oolong, rooibos, white, and yerba mate teas along with tea accessories, and the tearoom features rich plank floors, reclaimed shelving, and a collection of unique teapots. Bridal showers, birthday parties, and other events can be booked in the shop or on the patio.

Castleberry Hill · Atlanta

Atlanta tearoom of the Brooklyn-born specialty tea company, located in Castleberry Hill with over a dozen teas, coffee, small bites, ample indoor seating, and modern decor. Serves cups to-go, pots for on-site sipping, and packaged loose-leaf pouches and tins for home. Afternoon and high tea experiences are offered for groups from two to twenty.

Leura · Blue Mountains, New South Wales

Tearooms and teapot museum in the Blue Mountains village of Leura, home to a private collection of more than 11,000 teapots spanning five centuries. The house speciality is Devonshire Tea; the Traditional High Tea is delivered silver service on fine bone china, with the last sitting at 4pm. Open seven days, 10am to 5:30pm, with a retail emporium of antiques and boutique teas.

Quartier Latin · Montreal, Quebec

Camellia Sinensis is Montreal's reference tea merchant, with its original boutique on rue Emery in the Quartier Latin and a second shop at Jean-Talon Market. The team sources directly from producers in China, Japan, Taiwan, India and beyond, and runs a Tea School with workshops on tea ceremonies and infusion techniques. Its Quebec City sister shop adds a seated tea room.

Saint-Roch · Quebec City, Quebec

Camellia Sinensis' Quebec City shop on rue Saint-Joseph in Saint-Roch pairs the merchant's direct-sourced catalogue with a tea room space for seated service. The selection spans China, Japan, Taiwan, India and other origins, chosen each season by the company's tasters who travel to the gardens. Teaware and Tea School workshops round out the offering.

Pasadena

Chado Tea Room curates over 150 teas and blends from around the world and serves afternoon tea at its Pasadena location. The company also operates tea rooms in Downtown LA, Hollywood, and Torrance.

Wadmalaw Island

North America's oldest tea garden, growing tea on acres of fields on Wadmalaw Island outside Charleston. Visitors can take free factory tours and ticketed trolley tours through the tea fields and greenhouse. The gift shop carries American-grown Charleston Tea Garden and American Classic teas alongside apparel, housewares, and specialty foods.

Dupont Circle · Washington

A DC tea institution that spent 25 years as a Georgetown tea house before relocating to a bright, intimate shop-and-gallery space in Dupont Circle. Ching Ching Cha specializes in teas hand-sourced from mainland China, Taiwan, and Japan alongside herbal options, and carries an extensive collection of Yixing teapots, artisan pottery, and handcrafted gifts from across Asia. Note that the current location is retail-focused and no longer serves food.

South William Street · Dublin, Leinster

Independent Dublin loose-leaf tea and direct-trade coffee house with a flagship on South William Street and a second shop on Blessington Street on the northside. Both locations operate as retail shops and cafés, with black teas such as Assam and Earl Grey alongside herbal and seasonal blends.

Cambridge

A minority- and woman-owned Cambridge tea house on Massachusetts Avenue that has been serving high-grade loose teas since 2002. The selection ranges from Keemun and Sencha to house specialties like handcrafted ginger tea, alongside cafe fare. The shop offers catering, online ordering, and event hosting for small groups.

Burlington

Bohemian tea room and loose-leaf shop serving Burlington for 19 years, recently relocated from Church Street to South Winooski Avenue. Pours more than 100 direct-sourced teas — from Yin Zhen white and Feng Huang Dan Cong oolong to matcha and pu-erh — with gluten-free and vegan sweets and light fare, plus handcrafted teaware; the owners visit tea fields annually to source.

Sandwich

A historic tea room and wine bar in downtown Sandwich on Cape Cod that has hosted guests since 1920. The menu is British-inspired, with an afternoon tea menu, a loose tea selection, and tea and wine cocktails, plus Sunday brunch specials. Its tea emporium stocks an extensive range of imported fine teas.

North End · Halifax, Nova Scotia

Eastern Tea Bar is a family-owned loose-leaf tea house on Gottingen Street, founded in 2019 to bring small-batch teas and matcha sourced directly from farmers to Atlantic Canada. The shop doubles as a tea room and vintage market, and books British-style afternoon tea parties for up to 15 guests with Nova Scotia scones, a seasonal danish, cucumber and dill finger sandwiches, clotted cream and local jams. A second location operates on Main Street in Mahone Bay.

Lake Anne Plaza · Reston

Neighborhood tea shop and cafe on Reston's Lake Anne Plaza, combining a retail wall of loose-leaf teas, tea bags, and accessories with a cafe serving tea and snacks. The shop also hosts private afternoon tea parties and events, and offers wholesale tea to local businesses.

Waldo · Kansas City

Emilie's French Teas is a French tea room and shop in Kansas City's Waldo neighborhood, owned by Emilie Jackson. Guests can sit for freshly brewed premium French loose-leaf teas and pastries or shop teas and tisanes to take home, and the room hosts afternoon teas, classes, and private events.

Ballard · Seattle

Ballard tea shop focused on Taiwanese teas, particularly oolongs in light, roasted, vintage, and red styles, alongside black, puer, green, and white teas. The shop runs weekend tea classes at its separate tea studio in Woodland Park.

Upper West Side · New York

A second-floor 'hidden tea sanctuary for gongfu tea' on the Upper West Side serving high-quality Chinese teas with traditional teaware. Floating Mountain hosts gongfu tea ceremonies, tea classes, one-to-one tea study, and events, alongside a gallery of handmade ceramic art from contemporary artists. Table reservations are available online.

South Wedge · Rochester

Rochester tea shop at the corner of South Avenue and Gregory Street specializing in expertly sourced organic loose-leaf teas and herbal blends from fine tea gardens around the world. The selection spans Darjeeling, black, green, white, yellow, oolong, pu-erh, matcha, chai, and herbal teas, alongside teaware and accessories. The shop publishes an in-house tea service menu and offers tea classes.

Millerton

The Hudson Valley home shop of Harney & Sons, located near the company's Millerton headquarters. The store carries 250 varieties of tea and includes a tea bar serving drinks, scones, sandwiches, and other treats, with the tea bar closing an hour before the shop on most days. Tea tastings are offered with limited availability.

SoHo · New York

The Manhattan flagship of the Harney & Sons tea company, open since 2010 on Broome Street in SoHo. The shop stocks roughly 250 varieties of tea across white, green, oolong, black, and herbal categories, with matcha featured prominently. It closes on major holidays.

Chinatown · Toronto, Ontario

ICHA Tea opened its Spadina Avenue shop in 2017 as a haven for exploring authentic Chinese tea, with a curated selection of premium teas prepared by traditional brewing methods. Behind the front counter sits an intimate tea bar for seated traditional tea service, with takeaway and retail loose-leaf also available. Sister locations operate on Queen Street West and in North York.

College Park · Orlando

Orlando's organic tea cafe in College Park, serving whole-leaf loose teas alongside a vegetarian and vegan food menu. Offers tea retail, gift boxes, catering, and tea party packages for groups, with the space available for private events on Sundays.

Edmond

An Edmond tea room and eatery serving breakfast and lunch Tuesday through Saturday, with an attached gift store. Walk-in seating is available, and parties or held weekday tables are booked by phone during business hours. The venue also hosts private parties and events.

Friendly Area · Eugene

Eugene tea shop specializing in Taiwanese oolong and puer, sourced directly from Taiwanese family farms through relationships built over two decades. The founder spent six years in Taiwan working with fourth-generation mountain tea farmers, and the shop offers in-store pickup at its Friendly Street location.

Beverly

The Cabot Street sister location of Salem's Jolie Tea Company, a Parisian-inspired tea salon on Boston's North Shore. It offers the same tiered high tea service and an extensive loose-leaf tea selection sold by the ounce. Online high tea reservations are taken with a per-person deposit, and same-day reservations are available by phone.

Salem

A Parisian-inspired tea salon on Derby Street in Salem serving high tea daily during open hours, with over 300 loose-leaf teas available by the ounce. Four tiers of high tea service are offered, from the Jolie High Tea at $36 per person to the Catherine, Parisian, and Garden High Teas at $48. Banquette seating accommodates parties up to 20, with a private salon room for small groups.

Old Fourth Ward (BeltLine) · Atlanta

Cozy tea cafe and retail shop on the Atlanta BeltLine between Old Fourth Ward and Inman Park, offering loose-leaf teas, locally roasted coffee, desserts, books, and gifts. The loose-leaf selection spans black, green, white, herbal, and fruit teas, and the shop hosts tea tastings and afternoon tea experiences.

Greenpoint · Brooklyn

Flagship Brooklyn tea shop and tasting bar from Kettl, a company that imports exceptionally fresh Japanese teas direct from producers. Staff guide visitors through matcha, sencha, gyokuro, and hojicha selections at the Greenpoint shop. A dedicated matcha-focused sister location, Kettl Matcha Sen Mon Ten, operates nearby at 38 Norman Avenue.

Pearl Street Mall · Boulder

A Boulder-founded tea house celebrating 20 years, with its flagship on the Pearl Street Mall and five other Colorado locations. Stocks what it bills as Colorado's largest tea selection — more than 250 varieties spanning green, white, oolong, black, pu-erh, chai, herbal, rooibos, yerba mate, and blooming art teas.

Downtown · Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Lady Baker's Tea is Charlottetown's own loose-leaf tea blender, operating from The Abbey on the lower level of the Kirk of St. James on Pownal Street. Its blends are the house teas poured at afternoon teas across the Island, including Dalvay by the Sea and The Great George. The shop is retail-focused, with weekday hours and summer Saturday openings.

Downtown Missoula · Missoula

A downtown Missoula tea shop and tea bar where visitors can sample from more than 200 small-batch loose leaf teas, sourced through direct farm partnerships around the world and blended in Montana. The shelves cover single-origin, black, green, botanical, matcha, and functional blends alongside a full range of teaware. The company's motto is "Sourced. Blended. Shared."

Lyndon · Louisville

A dedicated loose-leaf tea shop with an in-store tea bar where any tea on the menu can be smelled and ordered freshly brewed by the cup or by weight to take home. The selection spans over 120 teas and herbals across black, green, white, oolong, puerh, chai, rooibos, and herbal categories, with a rotating Tea of the Day and seasonal lattes.

Highland Park

Established in 2012 in Highland Park, Madame Zuzu's is a tea house, café, and vinyl record shop with a live performance stage — 'where music meets ritual.' The shop serves and sells hand-selected premium teas, including aged pu-erhs, ceremonial-grade matcha, and house blends curated by owners Billy Corgan and Chloé Mendel.

Verdun · Montreal, Quebec

Cha Noir has been a tea house and salon de thé on Wellington Street in Verdun since 2003, stocking close to 125 loose-leaf teas and herbal blends. The range covers white, green, oolong, matcha, black, pu-erh and scented teas plus wellness blends, with a large selection of teapots and accessories. It sits between 1st and 2nd Avenue with free street parking nearby.

Covent Garden · London, UK

Mariage Frères, the Paris tea house founded in 1854, runs its first London flagship on King Street in Covent Garden across four floors, with a tea counter, a restaurant and tea room, and a tea museum. The restaurant and tea room serve daily from 12pm to 7pm (the tea counter opens 10.30am to 7.30pm), with tea-infused savoury dishes, Parisian scones with tea-infused chantilly, tea-infused patisseries and tea-time sets, all brewed from the house's range of black, green, white, blue and rooibos teas such as Marco Polo and French Breakfast Tea. The shop offers counter sales, dine-in or take-away and private events.

Bellaire

Bellaire's first and only tea room, serving a traditional afternoon tea ($45/person) with bottomless organic teas from a list of 45+ premium blends, presented on tiered trays. A 'Tipsy Tea' upgrade adds bottomless mimosas, wine, or cava, and seasonal themed SpecialTEAs start at $60. Also sells loose-leaf teas and tea accessories, with a private room seating up to 24 for showers and parties.

Camden Town · London, UK

Mei Leaf, established in London in 2006 (formerly chinalife), runs a teahouse on Camden High Street dedicated to what it calls 'true tea': a tea shop and tea bar where every pure tea in its range can be tasted gong fu style, alongside house tea concoctions mixed at the bar, with a seated area and take-away. The range covers white, green, matcha, yellow, oolong, black, raw and ripened puerh and tisanes sourced from small producers in the East, plus gaiwans, teapots and other teaware. The teahouse shares its space with a Chinese medicine clinic and herbal skincare shop, runs events and workshops, and is closed on bank holidays; reservations are taken for parties of six or more.

Old Montreal · Montreal, Quebec

Ming Tao Xuan is a long-standing Chinese tea house in the heart of Old Montreal, a comfortable salon with a warm, Zen décor where fine loose-leaf teas and Yixing clay pots are sold. Its shelves run from jasmine dragon pearls through oolong and pu-erh to buckwheat tisane, alongside traditional teaware. Listings note that seated tea service has been paused since the pandemic, so the shop currently operates primarily as a retail tea house.

Ballard · Seattle

Ballard tea cafe serving and retailing a large selection of loose leaf teas, botanicals, and blends across black, green, oolong, white, herbal, rooibos, and yerba mate varieties. The shop emphasizes single-estate premium teas with a particular focus on matcha offerings, plus artisanal teaware.

Kennett Square

Self-described "Mad Little Tea Shop" on State Street in downtown Kennett Square, open seven days a week. The shop retails loose-leaf teas including featured seasonal blends, best sellers and functional mushroom teas.

Columbia

A tea room and tea merchant in Columbia, Tennessee, styled as Old World sophistication wrapped in Southern charm. Afternoon tea is served Monday through Saturday by advance reservation, with three-tier towers of house-made scones, savory bites, finger sandwiches, and sweets alongside a pot of hot tea and the signature iced Nashville Fruit Tea.

Stratford

A Stratford tearoom and loose-leaf tea shop stocking black, green, oolong, white, pu-erh, rooibos, and herbal varieties. High tea is served by reservation, and the Oasis Room hosts private events. The shop also sells teaware, tea-infused chocolates, and gift boxes, and runs virtual tea tastings.

Barnes · London, UK

Orange Pekoe is an award-winning neighbourhood tea room and tea merchant in Barnes, founded in 2006 around hand-picked loose-leaf teas from around the world. It serves breakfast and lunch (kitchen until 3 pm) and an afternoon tea, alongside house blends such as Breakfast, Afternoon, Earl Grey and Citrus Grey and single-estate teas sold to take home.

La Jolla · San Diego

A San Diego specialty tea company established in 2017 that sources teas directly from farmers and creates original blends. The La Jolla shop focuses on quality loose-leaf teas, teaware, and educational tea experiences including Japanese tea ceremonies.

Leith · Edinburgh, UK

PekoeTea is a loose-leaf tea specialist founded in 2008 by Jon and Esther Cooper, trading from a tea shop and studio on Leith Walk. Visitors can browse the range and drink any tea, expertly made, at the custom-built tea bar. The range includes house-blended flavoured teas, matcha, teaware, Scottish-grown tea from Kinnettles Tea Garden and a whisky-infused collection.

Lowe Mill ARTS & Entertainment · Huntsville

The very first Piper & Leaf shop, located inside the Lowe Mill arts complex in Huntsville. The Alabama artisan tea company serves its handcrafted brews and pastries on site and blends its teas with as many local ingredients as possible, with additional North Alabama locations downtown at Constitution Park, in Madison, and at its Lacey's Spring farm headquarters.

Northwest District · Portland

Tea house on Portland's NW 23rd Avenue, formerly known as Tea Chai Te, serving loose leaf teas and chai. The company also operates a Sellwood location in a historic 1920 Seattle Pacific Railroad caboose and a Eugene location opened in 2021.

Mayfair · London, UK

Postcard Teas is a specialist tea shop off New Bond Street that calls itself the pioneer of tea provenance, sourcing single-origin teas from small producers in China, India, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam. The shop stocks regional oolongs (Wuyi, Phoenix, Anxi), aged puerh and 'Auld Tree' teas, plus ceramics from the Asahiyaki kilns and Kaikado caddies, and runs a bookable Tea School. Closed Sundays and bank holidays.

Chinatown · San Francisco

An artisanal tea company established in 1985 in San Francisco's Chinatown, working directly with farmers and craftspeople in China and Taiwan. The shop emphasizes provenance, variety, season, and craft across its range of loose-leaf teas and traditional teaware.

Downtown · Spokane

Downtown Spokane tea house and headquarters set in a former speakeasy, blending more than 50 teas in house. Visitors can order tea flights in the dining room, browse the retail shop, or try tea-based mocktails at the speakeasy tea bar, with a daily mocktail happy hour from 3 to 6 PM.

Broadway · Saratoga Springs

Women-owned tea shop on Saratoga Springs' Broadway, open since 2015, with an on-site tea bar and a dedicated honey room. The shop carries more than 50 loose-leaf teas from eco-conscious, fair-trade farms and over 35 caffeine-free herbal tisanes, all available hot at the tea bar to stay or to go. The honey room features a rotating selection of 15 to 20 raw and infused honeys and honeycombs for tasting.

Tucson

Tucson loose-leaf tea house serving teas from around the world for over 15 years, with four locations across the city including the original near the University of Arizona. Pours signature drinks alongside a wide loose-leaf selection spanning black, green, oolong, pu'erh, white, and herbal teas.

Providence

A minimalist-style tearoom and creperie on Broadway in Providence with over 60 premium loose-leaf teas sourced globally, organized by intention from Energize to Indulge. The kitchen serves sweet and savory made-to-order crepes plus tea-infused baked goods, cocktails, and breakfast sandwiches. Vegan and gluten-free options are available, and teas are sold in bulk.

Chinatown-International District · Seattle

Family-run tea shop in the Chinatown-International District specializing in high-mountain Taiwanese oolongs sourced from high-altitude tea estates. The shop describes itself as an informal tea gathering place rather than a formal tea house, and carries black, green, jasmine, white, and pu-erh varieties.

Uptown · Minneapolis

A Minnesota tea institution since 2002 (formerly The Tea Garden), Sencha Tea Bar's Uptown Minneapolis shop serves handcrafted bubble tea, tea lattes, and a deep loose leaf menu hand-selected from international growers by its Tea Masters. The company also runs tea bars in Saint Paul, Woodbury, and Madison, Wisconsin.

Main Street Historic District · Salado

Specialty tea and fine foods shop on historic Main Street in the village of Salado, open since 2018. Carries bulk loose leaf black, green, white, oolong, chai, and herbal blends alongside teaware, porcelain teacups, jams, baking mixes, and gourmet gift collections, with gluten-free options.

Cedar Park

Calm, cozy tea lounge and boutique in Cedar Park, open since spring 2025, serving freshly steeped loose-leaf teas plus handcrafted coffee, pastries, and sandwiches. Offers tea flights and sells bulk loose-leaf teas, teaware, accessories, and gifts, and hosts tea classes and events throughout the year.

Tucson

A Chinese teahouse and importer bringing fresh tea direct from over 30 tea makers across China. The Fort Lowell Road teahouse serves and sells wulong rock teas, puer, green, white, yellow, scented, and herbal teas alongside traditional teaware.

Shab Row / Everedy Square · Frederick

Specialty tea shop in a historic mid-1800s brick row house in downtown Frederick, open since 2013 and stocking more than 300 loose-leaf teas and tisanes served hot or iced. Guests can sip in the upstairs lounge or on the outdoor patio beneath a wisteria-covered pergola. The shop also carries teaware and accessories.

Chinatown · Victoria, British Columbia

Victoria tea store and spa founded by tea master Daniela Cubelic, known for blends, tea and food pairing, tea mocktails and tea-based skincare. The Government Street shop is the flagship location and its teas are poured at several of the city's tea rooms.

Fairbanks

Fairbanks tea house and boutique offering loose-leaf white, green, oolong, black, pu-erh, herbal, and yerba mate teas alongside matcha products and teaware. The tea house serves food with a full catering menu available, and the boutique carries creamed honey and tea accessories.

Central Eastside · Portland

Steven Smith Teamaker's headquarters tasting room on SE Washington Street, where the company blends and dispatches small batches of teas and herbal infusions with cafe service on site. A second Portland tasting room on NW 23rd Avenue serves handcrafted teas, lattes, and tea flights alongside pastries.

Downtown Lafayette · Lafayette

A downtown Lafayette tea house and mercantile pouring globally sourced loose-leaf teas hot or iced, with several varieties served as lattes and mocktails. The shop pairs its tea bar with artisan goods, local coffee from Rhythm Coffee Roasters, and snacks from local makers. It describes itself as an invitation to slow down.

San Francisco

A San Francisco tea and ceramics shop offering teas of exceptional quality and character alongside handmade teaware. The collection centers on high-elevation oolongs, spring-crop green teas, and artisan ceramic vessels.

Historic Downtown McKinney · McKinney

A specialty spice and loose-leaf tea shop on the historic downtown McKinney square, part of the Spice & Tea Merchants family of stores. Shelves hold a wide wall of loose leaf teas alongside herbs, spice blends, sea salts, sugars, and teaware, and the shop stays open late on downtown McKinney's Second Saturday evenings.

Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia

Spill the Tea is a seaside tea shop and little tea room on Main Street in Mahone Bay (the former Tea Brewery address), blending artisan loose-leaf teas in-house. Hundreds of teas from around the world are stocked across black, green, white and oolong, herbal, rooibos and wellness categories, along with teapots and accessories. Visitors can sit in for a cup and stay a while.

Chinatown · Los Angeles

A Chinatown tea room dedicated to premium teas handpicked from China and Taiwan, with an emphasis on the mindful nature of slow living. A retail section features sustainability-focused local designers and craft makers.

Osgood · Fargo

The Fargo outpost of Steep Me Tea Apothecary, the Bismarck-born mom-and-pop tea company blending more than 500 handcrafted loose leaf teas from organic and wildcrafted ingredients. The south Fargo shop serves handcrafted tea drinks and sells the full apothecary line, from classic black and green teas to self-help wellness blends. It is one of the few dedicated tea shops in the Fargo-Moorhead metro.

Bismarck

A mom-and-pop tea apothecary founded in Bismarck in late 2006 and built around more than 500 handcrafted loose leaf blends using organic and wildcrafted ingredients. Beyond classic teas, the shop specializes in self-help wellness blends targeting things like allergies and fatigue, plus phyto-nutrition capsules and body care. This South 3rd Street shop is the original North Dakota location, with a sister store in Fargo.

Downtown Bozeman · Bozeman

A locally owned tea house on Main Street in downtown Bozeman pouring loose leaf teas sourced from around the world, plus tea lattes, chai, and bubble tea made with natural ingredients. The light-filled space doubles as a study and social spot and hosts community programming including monthly tea tastings and open mic nights. Locally made pastries and treats round out the menu.

Marble Works District · Middlebury

Teahouse and importer in Middlebury's historic Marble Works District, sourcing over 100 fresh loose-leaf teas from China, Japan, Taiwan, India, and Nepal. Serves tea in house and to-go with house specialties, small snack plates, and daily chocolates, and also operates as a tea and teaware wholesaler.

Nolita · New York

Hidden rear-store tearoom off Elizabeth Street specializing in premium loose-leaf teas, including Chinese and Korean green teas, oolong, and puerh, with handmade teaware from Korean artisans. Visitors can have a leisurely cup of tea, book a guided tasting, or brew gong-fu style at the table with teaware and hot water provided. In-depth Tea Journey tastings are available by appointment.

Rosedale · Toronto, Ontario

Tao Tea Leaf is an award-winning full-service tea store founded in 2009, with its flagship on Yonge Street and additional counters at Union Station and Square One. The shop specialises in loose Chinese teas such as Long Jing, Da Hong Pao and Tie Guan Yin alongside green, white, oolong, pu-erh and herbal teas from Japan, India, South America and Africa, many USDA-certified organic. It offers Chinese tea ceremony and private small-group tasting sessions plus teaware.

West Village · New York

Intimate West Village tearoom from a company established in 2012 that specializes in oolong teas sourced directly from Taiwanese tea farmers. The tearoom serves Taiwanese loose-leaf teas alongside handmade sweet and savory tea snacks, including the signature pineapple linzer cookie. Service is walk-in only; when the small room fills, staff text guests when a table opens.

Las Vegas

A specialty loose-leaf tea shop and tasting room on Spring Mountain Road focused on traditional, unflavored teas sourced through direct relationships with small farms, primarily in Taiwan and China. Offers private tea tasting experiences, educational events, and handmade teaware including gaiwans and teapots. Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday are by appointment only.

West Cape May

Loose-leaf tea shop established in 2002 in Victorian Cape May, founded to give visitors and locals a place to discover and buy from a large selection of loose teas. The range spans black, green, white, oolong, rooibos, chai, Assam, Darjeeling, herbal and dessert teas, sold in 2 oz bags with boxed options available.

Stratford, Ontario

Tea Leaves is a premium loose-leaf tea shop and tasting bar in Stratford run by certified tea sommelier Karen Hartwick. Guests taste through a meticulously selected range of teas from around the world with expert guidance suited to both novices and seasoned drinkers. The shop currently operates by appointment; contact ahead to arrange a visit.

Sister Bay

Open since July 2013 in the upper level of Sister Bay's Country Walk Shops, Tea Thyme carries over 150 blends of loose and packaged fine teas — including local favorites like Door County Cherry — plus an extensive selection of British goods and foods. The shop is retail-only (its sit-down tea room closed in 2019) with seasonal hours; call ahead outside peak season.

Salt Lake City

Salt Lake's only tea and wine café, pouring more than 85 varieties of premium loose-leaf tea alongside wine, espresso, and build-your-own charcuterie boards. A neighborhood gathering spot with a dog-friendly heated patio, positioned as a social alternative to the typical bar scene.

Indianapolis

Black-owned tea cafe owned since 2017 by four-time Olympic gold medalist and WNBA legend Tamika Catchings, serving premium loose leaf teas sourced from around the world alongside cafe beverages and food. Operates a flagship on University Boulevard and a Community Cafe on North Illinois Street, with local art displays and a partnership with the Catch the Stars Foundation.

Kerrytown · Ann Arbor

Tea shop and tearoom in Ann Arbor's historic Kerrytown District carrying more than 150 loose-leaf teas from around the world. The attached tea bar and tearoom serve Full English Tea, tea cocktails, and French macarons, alongside custom pastries, specialty cakes, and teaware.

Penn Quarter · Washington

Founded in 1996 and celebrating 30 years in 2026, Teaism is DC's original modern tea house, serving healthy Asian-inspired meals alongside high-quality loose-leaf teas. The Penn Quarter flagship includes an adjacent tea shop, with sister locations at Dupont Circle and Lafayette Park. The menu spans loose-leaf blacks, greens, and chai plus casual all-day dining.

Park Ridge

A Park Ridge loose leaf tea shop and tea room operating since 2008, stocking white, green, oolong, black, puer, herbal, and matcha teas alongside teaware. Afternoon tea is served by reservation Friday through Sunday from 11:30 AM to 2 PM, and the shop runs a tea tasting club for regulars.

Berkeley

A Berkeley fine tea retailer and tasting room specializing in premium loose-leaf teas and traditional teaware. Tea tastings are offered anytime during open hours.

St. Anthony

TeaSource's St. Anthony Shopping Center store is the flagship retail location of one of the Twin Cities' longest-running tea importers, selling bulk pre-packed teas across every category alongside a limited menu of to-go hot tea, iced tea, and chai. Retail only — there is no indoor seating or sit-down service.

Downtown / University of Tampa · Tampa

TeBella Tea Company's tea bar sits in the atrium of Oxford Exchange, a historic building with arched wood-paneled hallways and marble floors just outside downtown Tampa. The bar pours roughly 45 rotating seasonal loose-leaf selections, and the Oxford Exchange restaurant hosts a full afternoon tea every weekend in its glass conservatory.

Central Avenue · St. Petersburg

The St. Petersburg outpost of Tampa-based TeBella Tea Company, a specialty loose-leaf tea retailer on Central Avenue. Sells the company's handcrafted blends and premium loose-leaf teas, one of four TeBella locations across Tampa Bay and Sarasota.

Asiatown / Alief · Houston

One of Houston's rare traditional tea import shops on Bellaire Boulevard in Asiatown — no flavored teas or boba, just quality imported Chinese teas and tea wares. An in-house herbalist is available to consult on health issues, and the shop offers tastings of its premium loose-leaf selection.

Empire Centre · Richmond, British Columbia

Richmond branch of the Hong Kong tea house founded in 1988 by tea specialist Chan Kwok Yee, with a Canadian retail presence since 1996. Specializes in aged and new pu-erh cakes, oolong, white and green teas, and runs tea courses introducing Chinese tea culture.

Notting Hill · London, UK

A traditional Chinese tea room and shop in the Portobello Green Arcade, panelled in wood and lit for an authentic tea-house feel. It stocks green, white, oolong, puer, dark and herbal loose-leaf teas with Yixing and Chaozhou teapots, and runs private gong fu tea tastings, classes and group tea events. Open Wednesday to Saturday.

Chinatown · Vancouver, British Columbia

Chinatown tea shop founded in 2002 by Daniel Lui, who travels to China each spring harvest to source pu-erh, oolong, green, white and black teas and Yixing teaware. The shop doubles as a gathering place where visitors sit at the owner's tea desk to taste the latest teas and talk tea and Chinese antiques.

Brookline

Longtime New Hampshire tea purveyor with more than 150 loose-leaf teas, now operating a hybrid model of retail, tea lectures, and tastings. In-store shopping runs on select dates each month, Flight of Tea pairings continue on scheduled dates, and tea education is offered through its The Learning Leaf programming.

North Dallas / Midway Hollow area · Farmers Branch

A destination tea shop and tasting room operating for over two decades, carrying more than 100 teas including Mariage Frères of Paris plus roughly 50 coffees. Proprietor Kyle Stewart performs gong fu cha, the traditional Chinese tea ceremony, and the shop hosts Saturday open tastings and private tea-tasting experiences. Also stocks drinkware and gourmet items, with curbside pickup available.

St James's · London, UK

Fortnum & Mason's tea salon on the fourth floor of its Piccadilly store serves the house afternoon tea of precisely cut sandwiches, freshly baked cakes, scones and Fortnum's teas. Classic, Savoury and High Tea menus are offered, plus a Caviar Tea Experience, with sittings lasting around one hour and forty-five minutes. Reservations run through SevenRooms or the store's reservations team.

Historic Downtown Covington · Covington

An English-style tea room in historic downtown Covington serving breakfast, lunch, and full cream teas with house-made scones, clotted cream, and lemon curd. The shop stocks over 200 tea varieties and offers indoor and outdoor dining. Reservations are recommended, and groups larger than eight should call ahead.

Lincoln

The Green Leaf Tea Company is Lincoln's largest locally owned loose-leaf tea store, stocking black, green, white, oolong, pu-erh, matcha, rooibos, and herbal blends, many certified organic. Alongside retail, the shop serves drinks and scones on-site and hosts scheduled high tea events.

Downtown · Anchorage

Downtown Anchorage cafe and gift shop in the historic Kimball Building, serving tea including its samovar tea and seasonal house blends alongside coffee and baked goods. The shop maintains a dedicated tea selection with brewing guidance and was named Best Gift Store 2024. Hours shown are cafe hours; the retail shop stays open later.

St. Louis

The London Tea Room is St. Louis's authentic British tea room, serving afternoon tea, high tea, and a children's Wee Tea alongside more than 90 loose-leaf teas. Each seated service pairs a pot of premium loose-leaf tea with freshly baked scones, cream and jam, savoury finger sandwiches, and sweets, and an in-house bakery offers baked goods for takeaway.

Anoka

Billed as 'Minnesota's House of Curiosities & Tea Parlour,' the Mad Hatter has served high tea since 1999 inside the historic 1857 Woodbury House on the Rum River in Anoka. Alice in Wonderland-themed experiences include the Queen of Hearts High Tea and Cheshire Children's Tea, with the walk-in Rabbit Hole Café (opened summer 2025), a Wonderland Boutique, and private event spaces on site.

Burgate · Canterbury, UK

The Moat Tea Rooms opened in 1998 inside a 16th-century building within Canterbury's city walls on Burgate. It serves homemade sandwiches and cakes alongside a range of more than 40 loose-leaf teas that it also sells as a merchant, plus freshly ground coffee.

Kensington · Calgary, Alberta

Independent Kensington tea boutique stocking organic loose leaf black, green, oolong, white, pu-erh and herbal teas plus cast iron and ceramic teaware and matcha equipment. Hosts private tasting events, tea and chocolate pairings and seasonal blends.

Upper Kirby · Houston

Billed as Houston's only totally organic tea house, this cozy Upper Kirby shop pours and sells premium certified-organic, mostly fair-trade garden-direct teas. The selection spans green, black, oolong, white, pu-erh, chai, and herbal blends, with weekly tea tasting events and a full online store.

Downtown Sioux Falls · Sioux Falls

An independently owned and operated spice and tea shop on Phillips Avenue in downtown Sioux Falls, run by Tami and Vernon Brown. The store carries loose leaf teas alongside more than 85 handcrafted seasonings hand-mixed in store daily, plus salts, sugars, and gifts. A tea bar lets customers sample brewed teas while they browse.

Downtown · New Braunfels

Downtown New Braunfels tea room offering themed afternoon teas with sweets and savories, plus private tea parties. The shop side carries loose leaf teas alongside dresses, jewelry, and home goods. Full afternoon tea runs about $40 per person.

Historic District · Savannah

Purveyor of fine leaf teas in Savannah's Historic District, begun as a Broughton Street tea restaurant in 1996 and since evolved into a tea speakeasy and loose-leaf tea shop. Carries white, green, oolong, black, pu-erh, and herbal tisanes along with teaware and gifts, including antique teapots, cosies, strainers, and cups.

Seneca Center · Morgantown

Family-owned tearoom and tea shop in Morgantown's historic Seneca Center, open since 2013. Serves traditional afternoon tea alongside sandwiches, soups, quiche, scones, and fresh-baked sweets, and stocks more than 230 premium loose-leaf teas with teaware in its retail shop; reservations are strongly advised for weekends and groups over six.

Omaha

The Tea Smith is a longtime Omaha specialty tea merchant dedicated to artisan-quality loose-leaf teas and accessories, operating from Tower Plaza at 78th and Dodge. Its selection spans matcha, oolong, black, and herbal blends, with brewed drinks and brewing equipment available in-store and online.

Tenney-Lapham · Madison

Formerly known as Macha Tea Company, The Teasider is a Madison tea shop that got its start in 2007 in a little house on Monroe Street before relocating to the E. Johnson Street neighborhood in 2016. It focuses on high-quality looseleaf teas — white, green, oolong, black, pu-erh, and herbal — plus teaware, with to-go beverages and nationwide shipping.

Ballston Spa

The original village location of The Whistling Kettle, a tea restaurant and premium loose-leaf tea shop founded in 2004, minutes from Saratoga Springs. It serves an afternoon tea service alongside soups, scones, salads, and sandwiches, with a deep loose-leaf list available hot or iced and sold by the tin.

Downtown Troy · Troy

Tea restaurant and premium loose-leaf tea shop operating since 2004, with its Troy café on downtown's Broadway. The menu pairs an extensive loose-leaf tea list with an afternoon tea service built from soups, scones, salads, and sandwiches, served hot or iced. Sister locations operate in Ballston Spa, Schenectady, and Albany.

Cameron Village · Raleigh

Specialty loose-leaf tea shop in Raleigh's Village District carrying one of the largest collections of premium tea in the region, with an inventory exceeding 250 varieties. Stock includes more than 50 organic herbs and herb blends, tea accessories, gift samplers, and local honeys. The selection features more than 30 World Tea Expo winners.

Forest Park

A longstanding west-suburban tea merchant on Madison Street in Forest Park with an extensive selection of black, green, oolong, white, and herbal teas plus matcha and iced tea blends. The shop also carries teapots, infusers, mugs, and tea gift sets.

South Kensington · London, UK

Tombo is a Japanese café and tea retailer on Thurloe Place, opposite the South Kensington museums, built around matcha, Japanese teas and traditional teaware. The café serves matcha and hōjicha drinks and Japanese food, and the shop sells curated teas, ceramics and Japanese lifestyle goods.

Chinatown · Vancouver, British Columbia

Vancouver's first Chinese tea shop, established in Chinatown in 1981 and now in its 45th year. Stocks more than 200 premium Chinese teas and over 500 teaware items including Jingdezhen porcelain, and offers bookable Art of Tea Making sessions and in-store tastings.

Uptown 23rd · Oklahoma City

An Oklahoma City loose-leaf tea house at 23rd and Walker pouring a large rotating selection of teas to drink in or take home by weight. The shop also wholesales to more than 50 restaurants, coffee shops, and breweries, with staff trained through the Specialty Tea Institute.

Dupont Circle / Embassy Row · Washington

Specialty Chinese tea shop inside The Ven at Embassy Row hotel on Dupont Circle, pouring premium loose-leaf teas sourced directly from the owners' own tea mountains in China. The shop serves hot and chilled tea and signature tea-set service, and retails oolong, black, white, green, and herbal teas alongside teaware.

Downtown · Vancouver, British Columbia

Downtown Chinese teahouse established in 2017, pouring green, white, oolong, black and vintage, raw and ripe pu-erh teas to enjoy in house or take home. The space also shows artwork and cultural pieces and offers tea courses led by tea masters.

Chinatown · San Francisco

A Chinese tea shop in San Francisco's Chinatown focused on traditional tea appreciation and evaluation through taste, teaching customers brewing techniques and the health benefits of tea. Multiple storefronts operate along Grant Avenue.

Portobello · Dublin, Leinster

Dublin loose-leaf tea importer founded in December 2010, with a café and store in Portobello open seven days. The owners visit the gardens that supply them, from Darjeeling to Taiwan, and carry around 150 tea varieties across black, green, yellow, white, oolong, pu-erh and matcha. The café serves a full brunch, lunch and afternoon tea menu and roasts its own coffee.

City Centre · Cardiff, UK

Waterloo Tea's city-centre teahouse sits in Wyndham Arcade, one of Cardiff's oldest Edwardian arcades, across two floors with an upstairs room for private functions of up to 14. The menu centres on loose-leaf black, green, white, oolong, puerh, matcha and herbal teas, many single-origin, alongside coffee and tea accessories. Classic and vegan afternoon teas are served here and at the Whitchurch Road teahouse with 24 hours' notice.

East Austin · Austin

East Austin tea house from West China Tea Company, importing artisan and farm-direct Chinese teas served in the traditional gong fu cha style. Guests can sit for tea service, take classes, and shop loose-leaf teas and teaware from the company's direct-import catalog. Open into the late evening most nights as an alcohol-free gathering space.

Downtown · Halifax, Nova Scotia

World Tea House on Argyle Street, across from Neptune Theatre, is a downtown Halifax tea bar where old-world tea traditions meet modern mixology and café culture. The menu runs from standard and rare loose-leaf teas to tea lattes, tea hot chocolate, tea ciders and bowl-service matcha, with ample seating and world music. It hosts ParTEA tasting classes and gongfu tea sessions by appointment.

Chamblee

Longtime Chamblee tea house and shop in metro Atlanta sharing "the Zen Experience of tea" with more than 150 varieties of premium full-leaf teas, herbs, pyramid tea bags, and accessories. Tea is currently served to-go, with outdoor patio and zen garden seating available. Also supplies teas to Atlanta-area restaurants and coffee shops and ships nationwide.

East Austin / Springdale General · Austin

Longstanding Austin tea company (18+ years) with a tasting room in the Springdale General complex in East Austin. Serves single-origin teas from around the world, high-quality matcha, herbal blends, puerh, and house-made artisan tea drinks, with tea flights and freshly brewed pots available in-house. Also sells bulk loose-leaf tea and teaware, with a wholesale program.