Nice and reasonably priced tea and coffee seller in central Oxford. Teas are very reasonably priced, and there’s a good selection of tea equipment too. Fairly large selection of teas, some interesting blends.
This is an awesome tea shop, almost within view of Warwick Castle. It sells a large number of teas, both single-estate and blends, black, rooibos, green, white and oolong. It has a mix of really fun blends (particularly maple toffee tea and some lovely rooibos blends) and some decent quality unblended tea (the Keemun Panda is a fantastic quality cheaper Keemun, almost as good as a Mao Feng but a fraction of the price), and it has some rarer teas too, like a flowering oolong. It’s a lovely place to wander around, and staff are very friendly. Visit it if you can.
This is a nice little loose-leaf tea shop. It sells most of the “standard” teas you’d get anywhere else, along with a few rarer ones. It is very reasonably priced indeed, and the staff are really nice. Worth a look.
This tiny shop was the first ever Twinings shop, and is now something of a tourist trap, but it’s actually a good place to buy some tea. Interesting history aside, they have more types of bagged tea than you can shake a stick at, and a good selection of loose leaf teas, many of which you can try. Staff are knowledgeable and friendly, and it’s a really fun place to go. I bought a wonderful Keemun Mao Feng which was pricey but worth it. They stock all types of tea.
This is a nice and slightly more up-market tea seller in London. It’s around the corner from postcard teas, so perhaps worth checking out at the same time. The East India Company were the first to import tea to England, and are still going now. They have a good selection of all types of tea, and some are available to taste. They tend to have some rarer teas, and prices are not particularly cheap, but it’s worth a look and is nice to wander around.
This is a very serious tea shop, on the edge of Chinatown, dealing only in high quality loose-leaf tea and other Chinese medicinal herbs etc. The staff speak Chinese and English and will be happy to show you the teas (about 20 types), all of which are loose leaf and high quality. They are a bit pricier than other places, but the quality is also much higher. The Yunnan Dian Hong is absolutely lovely, and the Fujian black also looks wonderful (but was too expensive for me to try…). As with most Chinese shops, they call black tea red tea, and Pu’erh tea black tea, so be warned. They also stock mostly greens and oolongs etc., as keeping with many Chinese shops. It’s a real experience shopping here, and just like going into a similar shop in China.
This is a really fun modern cafe in Marylebone just off the high street. You can grab a chair and try one of their own-brand blends, or buy loose leaf tea to take away and enjoy at home. They have a good selection of teas, mainly all blends, but some really interesting and nice ones. Well worth a visit.
This is a long-established and fairly well-known tea and coffee seller in the heart of the West End. They sell a huge amount of teas (100+) and the prices are very reasonable indeed. The shop is tiny, and also sells coffee and related products. A good selection of blacks, rooibos, oolong, green etc. Well worth a trip. Also sells some bagged tea.
I love this cafe. It must be the happiest cafe in Birmingham. It’s in the heart of Chinatown, and the customers are mainly Chinese as are the staff, but they also speak good English. Lots of types of bubble-tea here (although you can also have the bubble tea without bubbles and with jelly pieces instead which is much more fun) and there are also lots of Milk Teas and even English Breakfast etc., and ice teas. They have a good selection of unusual Chinese snacks too, and the atmosphere is happy and quirky. Long opening hours and reasonable prices make this one of my favourite places in Birmingham.
This is a nice loose-leaf tea shop (the only one in central Birmingham?) hidden away in a lower level of this shopping centre. It sells over 100 types of tea (lots of blends, black, green, oolong, some white, rooibos, some herbals) including some very interesting blends (Swedish/Stockholm blend is a lovely black tea blend, and rooibos creme caramel is also very nice, as is south sea magic) which you can buy in teapot and have a seat to drink, or take away in 100g bags or 25g samples. No food in the cafe part of the shop, but you can bring in your own lunch and eat it while having tea, which is a nice touch. Also sells a good selection of tea pots etc. and staff are very friendly and knowledgable. Worth a trip.
