Tea shops · Auckland, New Zealand
Tea and coffee purveyors since 2000, with four café-and-retail shops across Auckland and more than 230 loose-leaf teas sold from 50 g.
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The house
Tea Lovers Limited, trading as Coffee and Tea Lovers, has supplied loose-leaf tea and accessories in New Zealand since May 2000, first to the hospitality trade: the company says it provides the total tea requirements of some of Auckland's most innovative tea shops and cafés, brewing equipment included, and it appears on the supplier list of Chapter in Mt Eden. Coffee roasting was added later, and the house Opium Blend won a silver at the 2011–2012 New Zealand Coffee Awards in the flat-white category.
The retail side is four café-and-retail shops: 378 Dominion Road in Mt Eden, Greenwoods Corner on Manukau Road in Epsom, Cook Street in Howick Village opposite All Saints Church, and Amera Place in Botany Downs, all opening early for the coffee and closing mid-afternoon. The catalogue runs past 230 teas and many are listed by garden, Hathikuli for Assam, Nuwara Eliya for Ceylon, Margaret's Hope for Darjeeling, in 50, 100 and 250 g, with the 50 g price the one shown here.
Those 50 g prices are the lowest on any Auckland page: an organic orthodox English Breakfast at NZ$ 8.50, Earl Grey Superior and China Jasmine at NZ$ 9, a Japanese Sencha from Shizuoka at NZ$ 9.50, a Darjeeling Margaret's Hope first flush at NZ$ 11, a Formosa oolong at NZ$ 13, an organic Bai Mu Dan at NZ$ 15 and a Yunnan pu-erh at NZ$ 9. That is the wholesale heritage passed on to the counter: a range wide enough for a tea room, in portions small enough to taste through.
Auckland · New Zealand
378 Dominion Road, Mt Eden 1024, Auckland
Published hours: Mon–Fri 7:30am–4pm · Sat 8am–4pm · Sun 8:30am–3:30pm
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The FindMeTea edit
01 · Black tea
An organic, orthodox-leaf English Breakfast for NZ$ 8.50 the 50 g: the cheapest verified tea on any Auckland page, and a good one.
from NZ$ 8.50· 50 g
Explore this tea →02 · Green tea
A Shizuoka sencha in a 50 g portion: Japanese green is usually the expensive shelf, and here it costs a dollar more than the jasmine.
from NZ$ 9.50· 50 g
Explore this tea →03 · White tea
An organic white peony by the 50 g, the one white on the list. Enough for a fortnight of slow afternoon pots without paying tin prices.
from NZ$ 15· 50 g
Explore this tea →The one worth the trip
A first-flush Darjeeling from Margaret's Hope, a garden most shops reserve for their dearest tin, sold here in 50 g for NZ$ 11. Spring Darjeeling fades within the year, so buying a small portion from a supplier that turns stock over quickly is exactly the right way to drink it.
from NZ$ 11· 50 g
Explore this tea →Prices
Prices are indicative. Each price keeps its currency and pack size; this selection does not necessarily cover the house's complete range.
8 prices
| Tea | Type | Price / pack |
|---|---|---|
| English Breakfast Orthodox Organic | Black tea | from NZ$ 8.5050 g |
| Earl Grey Superior | Black tea | from NZ$ 950 g |
| China Jasmine | Green tea | from NZ$ 950 g |
| China Yunnan Pu-Erh | Pu-erh tea | from NZ$ 950 g |
| Japanese Green Sencha Shizuoka | Green tea | from NZ$ 9.5050 g |
| Darjeeling Margarets Hope TGFOP 1st Flush | Black tea | from NZ$ 1150 g |
| Formosa Oolong - Butterfly of Taiwan | Oolong tea | from NZ$ 1350 g |
| Bai Mu Dan Organic White Peony | White tea | from NZ$ 1550 g |
Indicative prices, with each product’s pack size. Prices may change; check with the shop. Price verification dates: 2026-09-12.
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