Tea shops · Cincinnati, United States
A Findlay Market spice merchant with 500+ herbs, spices and blends, trading since 2005, whose loose teas go by the ounce at the lowest prices in Cincinnati.
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Colonel De Gourmet Herbs & Spices began with De Stewart, who grew up working in his grandfather's poultry and fish market and then in the family produce market. In 2005 he and his wife Susan started selling herbs, spices and blends at farmers' markets, and a year later they opened their first store at Findlay Market in Cincinnati. De passed away in 2018 and his son Ashley runs the business today, from stalls 133–135 at 1801 Race Street and a second store inside Newport on the Levee, across the river in Kentucky.
The stall stocks over 500 culinary herbs, spices and custom blends, from steak rubs and salt-free mixes to bourbon-smoked spices, chiles, salts, peppercorns and sugars, and the teas are a small shelf of about twenty within that. Everything on it is priced per ounce: Chai Tea, a black tea with cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, cloves, allspice and pepper, is $3.00; Orange Spice Black and Hibiscus Zest $3.60; Citrus Chamomile $4.16; Pineapple Papaya Green on a Chinese sencha base $5.50; and Lavender Herbal, lavender with sage, $6.61 the ounce.
The rest of the tea shelf is fruit-flavoured blacks (apricot, blackberry, raspberry, passion fruit, tropical fruit, ginger peach), a Winter Blend black, a decaf chai made of spices alone, and house herbals named for the market, for Shakespeare and for an Eagles song. The site explains how much an ounce is, since most customers buy spices by that measure, and orders over $35 ship free in the US. The Findlay Market stall opens Tuesday to Sunday and closes Mondays, like the market itself.
Cincinnati · United States
1801 Race St, Suite 133-135, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Stalls 133–135 inside historic Findlay Market, Over-the-Rhine.
Published hours: Tue–Fri 9:00–18:00 · Sat 8:00–18:00 · Sun 10:00–16:00 · Mon closed
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01 · Black tea
Black tea with orange peel shavings and cinnamon, blended at a spice stall and sold by the ounce: the spiced black on the shelf now that the house chai is gone, and still among the cheapest teas in the city.
US$ 3.60· 1 oz
02 · Green tea
The only green on the shelf, a Chinese sencha base with pineapple and papaya, for a cold jug more than a teapot.
US$ 5.50· 1 oz
Explore this tea →03 · Herbal infusion
Lavender and sage from a merchant that sells both as spices, sold by the ounce like everything else here; the priciest tea on the stall and still under seven dollars.
US$ 6.61· 1 oz
Explore this tea →The one worth the trip
Hibiscus petals with orange peel, lemon balm, cloves, lavender and licorice root, a deep red, tart infusion that a spice merchant is well placed to blend. It is $3.60 the ounce, and an ounce of hibiscus goes a long way. Buy it at the stall alongside the chai, then walk fifty metres to Churchill's for the plain teas the spice shelf does not carry.
US$ 3.60· 1 oz
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.
5 prices
| Tea | Type | Price / pack |
|---|---|---|
| Orange Spice Black Tea | Black tea | US$ 3.601 oz |
| Hibiscus Zest Tea | Herbal infusion | US$ 3.601 oz |
| Citrus Chamomile Herbal Tea | Herbal infusion | US$ 4.161 oz |
| Pineapple Papaya Green Tea | Green tea | US$ 5.501 oz |
| Lavender Herbal Tea | Herbal infusion | US$ 6.611 oz |
Indicative prices, with each product’s pack size. Prices may change; check with the shop. Price verification dates: 2026-09-14 · 2026-10-23.
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