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The city guide · SpainTea shops inAlicante.
Alicante keeps its tea in the Mercado Central: two counters under the same roof on Avenida Alfonso X El Sabio, one of them a Murcian tea-and-coffee house with a list that runs from yellow tea to yerba mate. A block away, the specialist chain Tea Shop has a store on Calle Pintor Cabrera and a second inside Plaza Mar 2, and a bulk grocer on Calle Serrano weighs out herbs by 50 g. Prices below are in euros with VAT included, read on each shop's own site; the market counter sells in 125 g bags and Tea Shop from 100 g up to a kilo.
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- 01Loose-leaf specialist
Salzillo tea and coffee
Mercado Central
17 prices listedSalzillo tea and coffee
Avda. Alfonso X El Sabio, Mercado Central, 03004 Alicante
Eleven origins in 125 g bags from a counter inside the Mercado Central, including a yellow tea and loose yerba mate — both rare on a Spanish shelf.
In storeShips onlineMon–Thu 08:00–14:30 · Fri–Sat 08:00–15:00 · Sun closed
Read the full shop note
The Murcian tea-and-coffee house keeps a counter inside the Mercado Central, and its list is the widest in the city: eleven origins sold in 125 g bags, including a yellow tea at 8,70 €, an Oolong Fancy Dragón Negro at 23,17 €, a Snow Bud white at 23,17 €, Pu Erh at 7,25 €, Gunpowder at 5,81 €, English Breakfast and Lapsang Souchong at 6,53 €, Darjeeling Himalaya at 7,25 € and a first flush at 15,95 €. A Pai Mu Tan comes in a smaller 60 g bag at 6,94 €, and there is loose yerba mate at 3,64 € — rare on a Spanish shelf. Open mornings only, closed Sundays.
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Website: cafes-salzillo.es 
02Loose-leaf specialistTea Shop
Calle Pintor Cabrera y CC Plaza Mar 2
15 prices listedTea Shop
Calle Pintor Cabrera, 29, 03003 Alicante
Two Alicante stores of the Spanish tea specialist, and the only shelf in the city where the single origins carry their leaf grade on the label.
In storeShips onlineRead the full shop note
The specialist chain has two Alicante stores, one on Calle Pintor Cabrera 29 and one inside the Plaza Mar 2 centre, and it is where to go for named single origins: a Kenya Marinyin at 7,50 € for 100 g, an Assam Maud at 9,50 €, a Darjeeling first flush and a Ceylon Quality Blend at 16,50 €, Sencha and organic Gunpowder at 8,99 €, a Japan Hojicha at 17,50 €, a Tie Kuan Yin oolong at 9,99 €, a Pai Mu Tan white at 13,99 € and a matcha blend at 10,75 €. A Milky Oolong comes in 50 g at 14,98 €; everything else starts at 100 g and goes up to a kilo.
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Website: teashop.comThe everyday option
4 prices listedDelizies
C/ Serrano 15, 03003 Alicante
A bulk shop on Calle Serrano, a few minutes from the market, that sells herbs and spices by weight in 50 g portions: sweet chamomile at 7,92 €, hibiscus flower at 4,74 €, lemon balm leaf at 7,80 € and valerian root at 7,25 €. There is no leaf tea here, but it is the place in the centre for a single herb bought loose. Open mornings and afternoons on weekdays, mornings on Saturday.
In storeShips onlineMon–Fri 09:30–14:00 & 17:00–20:30 · Sat 09:30–14:00
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Website: delizies.com
Prices keep each product’s listed currency and pack size. Check current prices and hours with the shop.
A good cup, closer than you think
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La Aromata
Mercado Central, Avda. Alfonso X El Sabio · Av. Alfonso X El Sabio 10, Local 28, Alicante
Website: laaromata.comThe other tea counter of the Mercado Central, with a full loose-leaf tree — white, green, black, red, blue, matcha, decaffeinated — plus rooibos, infusions and coffee.
Ask for prices in storeImagina Té & Cakes
Calle Segura, centro · C/ Segura, 14, 03004 Alicante
Website: imaginatealicante.esA long-standing city-centre tea shop that sells leaf by weight and teaware over the counter, alongside a pastry workshop and its courses.
Ask for prices in storeA Granel Alicante
Avinguda Benito Pérez Galdós · Avinguda Benito Pérez Galdós, 74, 03005 Alicante
A bulk-food shop near the station that weighs out spices, teas and infusions to order.
Ask for prices in storeA little local knowledge
Before you head out.
Currency, grams & tea bags
Each price keeps its original pack size. A box of bags and a pouch of loose leaf aren’t a like-for-like comparison.
Check the right location
Hours and visiting conditions can differ between branches. Use the address and details for the location you plan to visit.
Pickup and appointments
Some sellers operate pickup offices or showrooms. Read the shop note and check its visiting conditions before setting out.
A guide with a point of view
Tea specialists lead the discovery. Other retailers keep their own category, for familiar blends and everyday essentials.
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