Tea shops · Auckland, New Zealand
A private Chinese tea studio in Mount Roskill, visited by booking, whose sommelier sources single-origin leaf directly from the mountains of China.
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The house
Teatera is a tea studio at 369 Mt Albert Road in Mount Roskill, and its own site calls it a private one: bookings are required for tastings and sessions, available every day from 10:30 in the morning to 10 at night, and no walk-in shop hours are published. Yue, the tea sommelier, personally visits tea mountains and valleys across China to select leaf among the six main types, green, yellow, white, oolong, black and dark, and the name comes from terra, the earth that feeds each leaf.
A session costs NZ$ 20 per person per hour, or NZ$ 58 for a private tea room whose first hour includes tea and pastries, and the studio also sells incense and teaware and takes part in cultural events around the city, from a Tea for Harmony afternoon with the China Cultural Center in Auckland to market days in Northcote and at the university. The shop online carries Chinese teas only, most of them in 50 g: a Keemun Golden Needle, a Huangshan Maofeng and a Phoenix dancong Mi Lan Xiang at NZ$ 45 each.
The rest of the list is where the studio earns its place on this page: a Huoshan yellow tea at NZ$ 35 the 50 g, a category almost no Auckland shop stocks, a Taiping Houkui in a 125 g pack at NZ$ 68, and an Anhua dark tea sold in a 10 g pack at NZ$ 10, the smallest and cheapest step into a family of tea most people have never tried. Several Wuyi rock teas and a Lapsang were only available in single-serve sachets at the time of writing. Orders over NZ$ 98 ship free anywhere in New Zealand.
Auckland · New Zealand
369 Mt Albert Road, Mount Roskill, Auckland
Published hours: By booking only, Mon–Sun 10:30am–10pm
Directions to this location →Check with the house before visiting. Published hours may include appointments, seasonal schedules or temporary closures; live status, where available, applies only to the named location and does not account for exceptional closures.
The FindMeTea edit
01 · Yellow tea
A Huoshan yellow tea in 50 g: yellow tea takes an extra slow step almost nobody bothers with, and this is the only one on any Auckland page.
from NZ$ 35· 50 g
Explore this tea →02 · Black tea
A Keemun made from golden needle buds, the black tea of the studio, in its only size of 50 g.
NZ$ 45· 50 g
Explore this tea →03 · Dark tea
An Anhua dark tea in a 10 g pack for ten dollars: the cheapest way anywhere in the city to try a post-fermented tea before buying a brick.
from NZ$ 10· 10 g
Explore this tea →The one worth the trip
A Phoenix dancong Mi Lan Xiang, the honey-orchid oolong from the Fenghuang mountains, sourced by someone who went there. Book the hour, have it brewed gongfu style in the studio, and the 50 g pack you take home will taste of the session rather than of the label.
NZ$ 45· 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.
6 prices
| Tea | Type | Price / pack |
|---|---|---|
| Anhua Dark Tea | Dark tea | from NZ$ 1010 g |
| Huoshan Yellow Tea | Yellow tea | from NZ$ 3550 g |
| Golden Needle - Keemun Black Tea | Black tea | NZ$ 4550 g |
| HuangShan MaoFeng - Green Tea | Green tea | from NZ$ 4550 g |
| Phoenix Dancong - Mi Lan Xiang (Honey Orchid Aroma) | Oolong tea | NZ$ 4550 g |
| Taiping Houkui | Green tea | NZ$ 68125 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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