The city guide · United Kingdom
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 tea photograph
3 places we’d send a friend to.
Our Bristol shortlist
Good tea is worth knowing where to look.
Places to explore, each with a different reason to stop by. See what to bring home before you go.
Showing 3 of 3 places
01Loose-leaf specialistBird & Blend Tea Co.
Park Street
6 prices listedBird & 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 onlineMon–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.
What to bring home
Website: birdandblendtea.comThe everyday option
5 prices listedZero 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 onlineTue–Fri 10:00–18:00 · Sat 9:00–17:00 · Sun 10:00–16:00 · Mon closed
What to bring home
Website: zerogreenbristol.co.ukThe everyday option
6 prices listedPreserve 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 onlineMon–Fri 9:30–18:00 · Sat 9:00–17:30 · Sun 11:00–16:00
What to bring home
Website: preservefoods.co.uk
Prices keep each product’s listed currency and pack size. Check current prices and hours with the shop.
A good cup, closer than you think
Find your tea in Bristol.
These teas have an exact or close match in the local catalogue. Open a tea to see who sells it and at what price.

Matcha
Matcha
See local availability

Oolong tea
Milk Oolong
See local availability

Green tea
Sencha
See local availability

Herbal infusion
Chamomile
See local availability
Browse 14 teas you can find in Bristol
Also worth a visit
Whittard of Chelsea
Broadmead, The Galleries
Website: whittard.co.ukThe 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.
Ask for prices in storeA 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.
Keep following the tea
Where to next?
More in United Kingdom
Add my tea house to the list
Run a tea shop or tea house? Send us your details and we will take a look.
Photography & credits
Tea photographs are illustrative unless identified as a photograph of the shop. Images are cropped or framed to fit the layout.
- 五玄土 ORIENTO · Original photograph · Unsplash License