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Tea shops inBristol.

Bristol is a big city with a short list of places that sell leaf to take home. One shop is devoted to it: Bird & Blend's Park Street store, with a wall of 100 blends and a pear cider tea made only for its West Country shops. The rest of the loose tea lives in the refill shops Bristol has more of than most British cities: Zero Green in Bedminster and Preserve on Gloucester Road both weigh out organic Assam, sencha and rooibos by the 100 g at prices well under boutique level. Prices are in pounds with VAT included, and the Whittard branch in Broadmead is listed without prices.

Illustrative photograph of a teapot and cups on a tea table; not the shop pictured.
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  1. Illustrative photograph of a teapot and cups on a tea table; not the shop pictured.
    01Loose-leaf specialist

    Bird & Blend Tea Co.

    Park Street

    6 prices listed

    Bird & Blend Tea Co.

    73 Park Street, Bristol BS1 5PB

    The tea blender's Park Street shop: a wall of 100 loose leaf blends, mixologists at the counter and a pear cider tea made only for the West Country.

    In storeShips online

    Mon–Sat 10:30–18:00 · Sun 11:00–17:00

    Read the full shop note

    The tea blender's shop at 73 Park Street, which it calls its first Tea Mixology store in the west, open Monday to Saturday 10:30–18:00 and Sunday 11:00–17:00. The wall holds 100 loose leaf blends sold in 50 g pouches: Builder's Breakfast Brew, Earl Grey Creme and Sunny Sencha are 6,00 £ each, Coconut Milk Oolong 10,50 £, a Pure Grade Ceremonial Matcha 22,00 £ for a 30 g tin, and West Country Pear Cider, the caffeine-free blend made for its Bath and Bristol shops, 8,50 £. The mixologists make iced teas and lattes at the counter, and the store runs tea blending workshops, tea lock-ins and a matcha masterclass.

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    Website: birdandblendtea.com
  2. The everyday option

    5 prices listed

    Zero Green

    80 North Street, Bristol BS3 1HJ

    Bristol's first zero-waste shop, at 80 North Street in Bedminster, closed on Mondays and open Tuesday to Friday 10:00–18:00, Saturday 9:00–17:00 and Sunday 10:00–16:00. Loose tea is weighed from the refill counter and priced by the 100 g: an organic green tea at 4,80 £, an organic chai at 6,10 £, the smoky Dartmoor Caravan black tea at 6,20 £, organic camomile at 6,60 £ and a nettle and spearmint blend called Frostea at the same price. Bring your own jar, or order online and it arrives in a paper bag, with free delivery over 50 £ to Bristol postcodes. Its Assam, English Breakfast, Earl Grey and rooibos were out of stock at the time of writing, so the black-tea shelf is wider than these rows.

    In storeShips online

    Tue–Fri 10:00–18:00 · Sat 9:00–17:00 · Sun 10:00–16:00 · Mon closed

  3. The everyday option

    6 prices listed

    Preserve Foods

    208 Gloucester Road, Bishopston, Bristol BS7 8NU

    A family-owned refill chain that opened its first shop on Gloucester Road in June 2018 and now has stores in Bishopston, Bedminster and Redfield, open Monday to Friday 9:30–18:00, Saturday 9:00–17:30 and Sunday 11:00–16:00. The tea shelf is organic and sold by the 100 g at the lowest prices on this page: Assam Garden 4,50 £, a Chinese sencha 5,00 £, Earl Grey 5,50 £, Jasmine China Finest 6,30 £, super-grade rooibos 4,50 £ and a Tumsong first-flush Darjeeling at 7,00 £. The online shop is click and collect only: you choose a store at checkout and the order is ready in one to two working days, packed in brown paper.

    In storeShips online

    Mon–Fri 9:30–18:00 · Sat 9:00–17:30 · Sun 11:00–16:00

Prices keep each product’s listed currency and pack size. Check current prices and hours with the shop.

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Whittard of Chelsea

Broadmead, The Galleries

Website: whittard.co.uk

The chain's national site prices its loose teas clearly (English Breakfast, Earl Grey and Darjeeling at 10,95 £ the 100 g, Sencha Asagiri 15,95 £), but the store-locator page that publishes the Bristol branch's address did not answer today from anywhere we tried, and the main site's own store search could not find it. Without the address read on the shop's site there is no row to show.

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A 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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