Tea shops · Australia
Tea shops · AustraliaOur favorite tea shops in Brisbane
3 places we'd send a friend to.
Brisbane's tea shopping splits three ways: an independent boutique in New Farm that blends its own teas, a Japanese tea specialist in Sunnybank Plaza, and the Brisbane stores of The Tea Centre, the East Coast chain whose head office and warehouse are in the city. Prices below are in Australian dollars with GST included, read on each shop's own site; Tour de Tea sells in 40–80 g tea boxes and 300 g refills, Odaya in 100 g packs and The Tea Centre from 50 g.
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Tour de Tea
New Farm (Merthyr Road) · Shop B, 88 Merthyr Road, New Farm QLD 4005
In storeShips onlineHours: Tue–Sun 10:00–16:00 · closed Mon and public holidays· 12 pricesSisters Amy and Hannah's boutique at Shop B, 88 Merthyr Road in New Farm, open since 2018, with small-batch blends and single-origin teas packed in tea boxes of about 35 serves: English Breakfast and Keemun at A$ 15.50 for 75 g, a single-estate Assam at A$ 17 for 80 g, Ti Kuan Yin and a Jin Xuan milky oolong at A$ 22.50 and A$ 22 for 50 g, Pai Mu Tan at A$ 17.50 for 40 g and No. 03 ceremonial matcha at A$ 58 for 50 g. Many teas also come as 300 g refills.
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Odaya Tea
Sunnybank (Sunnybank Plaza) · Shop 124, Sunnybank Plaza, 358 Mains Rd, Sunnybank QLD 4109
In storeShips online· 5 pricesA Japanese tea specialist at Shop 124, Sunnybank Plaza, next to Kmart, whose whole shelf comes from Japan in 100 g packs: Organic Uji Sencha Take at A$ 59, an organic Uji genmaicha at A$ 45, Japanese matcha at A$ 45, Uji hojicha powder at A$ 79 and an Uji gyokuro in a tin at A$ 180. The same range ships Australia-wide from its site.
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The Tea Centre
Brisbane Arcade (Queen Street), Westfield Chermside, Westfield Carindale · Shop 6, Brisbane Arcade, 160 Queen St, Brisbane City QLD 4000
In storeShips onlineHours: Mon–Thu 9:00–17:30 · Fri 9:00–20:00 · Sat 9:00–17:00 · Sun 10:00–16:00· 5 pricesThe Brisbane Arcade store of The Tea Centre, at Shop 6, 160 Queen Street, serving tea there since 2002, with two more Brisbane stores in Westfield Chermside and Westfield Carindale. Loose leaf comes from 50 g: a Taiwan Fancy Oolong at A$ 18.45, a Vietnamese high-mountain oolong at A$ 18.95, Milky Oolong at A$ 12.45, lemon myrtle at A$ 13.45 and rose petals at A$ 11.95, with the chain's full range of blacks, greens and chai on the same shelves. Open until 8 pm on Fridays.
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