Tea shops · United States
Tea shops · United StatesOur favorite tea shops in Boston
4 places we'd send a friend to.
In Boston, loose tea is sold mostly by places that do something else first. A coffeehouse chain with cafés from Newbury Street to Fenway packs nine house teas in bags; the gift shop of the Tea Party Ships and Museum sells the teas named in the 1773 cargo lists; a North End coffee and spice store, open since 1932, weighs tea by the half pound; and a spice company keeps a stall in the Boston Public Market. A tea room on Tremont Street sells its tins at the counter only. Prices on this page run from US$ 5 for half a pound of English Breakfast to US$ 24.95 for 120 g of Iron Goddess of Mercy.
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Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum Gift Shop
Fort Point / Seaport · 306 Congress St, Boston, MA 02210
In storeShips online· 7 pricesThe gift shop of the Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum, at 306 Congress St in Fort Point, sells the teas of the 1773 cargo in 3.5 oz tins at US$ 17.99: Bohea, Souchong and Congou blacks and Hyson and Singlo greens, each with a note on how many chests of it went into the harbour. Bagged English Breakfast and chamomile sit beside them, and the web shop ships within the United States and Puerto Rico.
Website: shop.bostonteapartyship.comOpen in Maps02
Polcari's Coffee
North End · 105 Salem Street, Boston, MA
In storeShips online· 7 pricesA coffee and spice store at 105 Salem Street in the North End, opened by Anthony Polcari in 1932, with more than 150 spices and beans and a row of bulk teas sold by the half pound: English Breakfast at US$ 5, Assam, Lapsang Souchong, Russian Caravan and an oolong at US$ 6.50, gunpowder green at US$ 8.50 and jasmine green at US$ 14. The web shop ships.
Website: polcariscoffee.comOpen in Maps03
Pavement Coffeehouse
Back Bay (Newbury St) · 286 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02115
In storeShips onlineHours: Newbury Street café: daily 7am to 6pm· 8 pricesA Boston coffeehouse with cafés on Newbury Street at Gloucester, on Boylston Street at Berklee and in Fenway, on Commonwealth Avenue at Boston University and on Gainsborough Street, all open from 7am. Its nine house teas come in bags of 45 to 120 g: English Breakfast, which is a Ceylon OP, and Earl Grey at US$ 11.95 the 75 g, jasmine green at US$ 19.95 and Iron Goddess of Mercy at US$ 24.95 the 120 g, a minty green, chamomile, hibiscus orange and turmeric ginger. Orders over US$ 25 ship free.
Website: pavementcoffeehouse.comOpen in Maps04
Curio Spice Co.
Downtown (Boston Public Market)
In storeShips onlineHours: Boston Public Market stall: daily 10am to 6pm· 6 pricesA spice company whose Boston shop is a stall inside the Boston Public Market, open every day from 10am to 6pm, with classes, demos and samples. Its own teas use black and green leaf from Kandy, Sri Lanka: Sunrise black and Yuzu Rose green at US$ 17.95 the tin, Lunar Chai from US$ 9.95 the 2 oz, a honeybush chai, and Japanese matcha and hojicha powder at US$ 16.95 the 1.5 oz jar.
Website: curiospice.comOpen in Maps
Also worth a visit
- Silver Dove Afternoon Tea · Downtown (Tremont Street) · 24 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02108No online prices yet
A tea room serving afternoon tea until 7pm, with about 35 teas on its list, from a Laoshan green and a second-flush Darjeeling from Jungpana to Dan Cong, Da Hong Pao, Silver Needle and ripe pu-erh; every tea is sold as a loose-leaf tin for pickup at the tea room. · Website: silverdovetea.com
Teas you can find in Boston
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