Tea shops · Edmonton, Canada
Tea shops · Edmonton, CanadaAcquired Taste Tea Company
Edmonton's 1996 tea shop on 124 Street: steel canisters, hundreds of sample jars and about 240 teas sold by the 50 g bag.
Thirty years of the same idea: a wall of canisters, a jar to smell before you buy, and an everyday shelf where most 50 g bags cost CA$ 8.50.
Acquired Taste Tea Company was established in 1996 and now trades from 10122 124 Street NW, on Edmonton's 124 Street, open Monday to Friday from 9:30am to 6pm, Saturday from 9:30am to 5:30pm and Sunday from noon to 5pm. The shop is built around rows of classic steel canisters and hundreds of tea samples kept in small glass jars, so you can smell a tea before deciding on it. Next to the loose leaf it stocks packaged brands such as Taylor's of Harrogate, Barry's, Yorkshire, Bewley's and Steven Smith, plus teaware from Polish pottery to Japanese teapots.
The catalogue runs to about 240 products, with 74 black teas, 32 greens, 7 oolongs and a long run of herbal and rooibos blends, sold in 50, 100, 200 and 400 g bags, or 25 g upwards for the premium teas. The everyday shelf sits at CA$ 8.50 the 50 g: English Breakfast, Earl Grey, Assam Bukhial, Lapsang Souchong, Japanese Sencha, Jasmine, Genmaicha, Gunpowder, Moroccan Mint, Formosa Oolong and Rooibos. Above it come Darjeeling Mim Estate at CA$ 9.50, Imperial Keemun at CA$ 10, Milk Oolong at CA$ 12 and Golden Monkey at CA$ 17, with Dragonwell and chamomile at CA$ 5.95 and CA$ 4.95 the 25 g.
A 50 g bag makes around 20 to 25 cups, by the shop's own reckoning, and a Tea of the Month Club sends a new selection by post. Orders ship anywhere in North America; within Canada the rate is flat from CA$ 35 and free from CA$ 125. It is the older of Edmonton's two independent tea shops and the one with the deeper shelf of classic blacks, from Ceylon and Assam estates to Keemun and a 2016 shou pu-erh, while the house on 95A Street leans towards Chinese greens and oolongs.
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Where it is
124 Street
10122 124 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5N 1P6
Hours: Mon–Fri 9:30–18:00 · Sat 9:30–17:30 · Sun 12:00–17:00
What to buy here
Darjeeling
Darjeeling Mim Estate TGFOP1
from CA$ 9.50 · 50 g
A single-estate Darjeeling, Mim, graded TGFOP1, one step above the everyday shelf: the muscatel black that shows what the shop's classic side is about.
See our page on this tea →Keemun
Imperial Keemun
from CA$ 10 · 50 g
An Imperial Keemun, the Chinese black with cocoa and a wisp of smoke, for a little more than the breakfast blends and a good deal less than it costs across town.
See our page on this tea →Milk Oolong
Milk Oolong
from CA$ 12 · 50 g
The Milk Oolong in a 50 g bag: the creamy Taiwanese-style oolong that converts coffee drinkers, at the lowest price for it in Edmonton.
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The one worth the trip
Two Doves Silver Needle
from CA$ 20.25 · 25 g
Two Doves Silver Needle, a white tea of pure buds sold from 25 g: the tea to smell from its jar at the counter before taking a small bag home.
See our page on this tea →All prices
Open a tea to see who else sells it.
| Tea | Type | Price | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chamomile | Herbal infusion | from CA$ 4.95 | 25 g |
| Dragonwell | Green tea | from CA$ 5.95 | 25 g |
| Yerba Mate | Yerba mate | from CA$ 5.95 | 50 g |
| English Breakfast | Black tea | from CA$ 8.50 | 50 g |
| Earl Grey | Black tea | from CA$ 8.50 | 50 g |
| Assam Bukhial Estate TGFOP | Black tea | from CA$ 8.50 | 50 g |
| Japanese Sencha | Green tea | from CA$ 8.50 | 50 g |
| Jasmine | Green tea | from CA$ 8.50 | 50 g |
| Genmaicha | Green tea | from CA$ 8.50 | 50 g |
| Formosa Oolong | Oolong tea | from CA$ 8.50 | 50 g |
| Rooibos | Rooibos | from CA$ 8.50 | 50 g |
| Darjeeling Mim Estate TGFOP1 | Black tea | from CA$ 9.50 | 50 g |
| 124th Street Chai | Chai | from CA$ 9.50 | 50 g |
| Imperial Keemun | Black tea | from CA$ 10 | 50 g |
| Pu'er Shou 2016 | Pu-erh tea | from CA$ 11.50 | 25 g |
| Milk Oolong | Oolong tea | from CA$ 12 | 50 g |
| Golden Monkey | Black tea | from CA$ 17 | 50 g |
| Four Seasons Oolong (Si Ji Chun) | Oolong tea | from CA$ 17.95 | 50 g |
| Two Doves Silver Needle | White tea | from CA$ 20.25 | 25 g |
| Ceremonial Grade Matcha | Matcha | from CA$ 22.75 | 25 g |
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