Tea shops · Fort Collins, United States
Tea shops · Fort Collins, United StatesHappy Lucky's Teahouse
An Old Town tea house on Walnut Street, run since 2009 by George and Kari Grossman, whose Great Wall of Tea holds more than 200 loose teas sold by the ounce.
Two hundred teas on one wall would be overwhelming anywhere else; sold by the single ounce, it becomes an invitation to leave with five small pouches instead of one big one.
Happy Lucky's Teahouse has been at 236 Walnut St in Historic Old Town since 2009, run by its owners George and Kari Grossman. It opens every day: Sunday to Thursday from 10am to 6pm, and Friday and Saturday until 8pm. The centre of the shop is the Great Wall of Tea, with more than 200 loose teas, and the shop also sells teaware, gifts, tea subscriptions and boba drinks.
Every tea is sold by the ounce, and several ounces go into the same pouch. India Malty Assam costs US$ 4.45 the ounce, Earl Grey US$ 4.95, China Golden Monkey US$ 6.45 and a Dragonwell US$ 5.95. The Darjeelings come largely from the Glenburn estate, with the first flush at US$ 9.95. On the oolong side there are Iron Goddess of Mercy at US$ 6.95, a Taiwanese Oriental Beauty silver tip at US$ 8.95 and Big Red Robe at US$ 11.95, next to Japanese sencha and jasmine pearls.
The shop blends teas with local institutions, among them one for the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery and the Edson Blend for the Avery House. Kari Grady Grossman leads tea meditations, and the shop takes part in the Fort Collins Foodie Walk on the third Friday of each month. Web orders ship free by USPS over US$ 60 within the United States, and store pickup at the Old Town shop is free with 24 hours to prepare the order.
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Where it is
Historic Old Town
236 Walnut St, Fort Collins, CO 80524
Hours: Sun–Thu 10:00–18:00 · Fri–Sat 10:00–20:00
What to buy here
Darjeeling
Glenburn 1st Flush Darjeeling
US$ 9.95 · 1 oz
A first-flush Darjeeling from the Glenburn estate, the garden behind most of the shop's Darjeelings, and the place to start that shelf.
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China Golden Monkey
US$ 6.45 · 1 oz
A Golden Monkey from Fujian, a black tea of golden tips, at a price low enough to buy a single ounce just to compare it with the Assam beside it.
See our page on this tea →Tieguanyin
China Iron Goddess of Mercy
US$ 6.95 · 1 oz
The everyday oolong of the wall, a Tie Guan Yin sold by the ounce, and the step before the roasted Big Red Robe.
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The one worth the trip
Taiwan Silver Tip Oolong (Dongfang Meiren)
US$ 8.95 · 1 oz
A silver-tip Oriental Beauty from Taiwan, the Dongfang Meiren whose leaves are bitten by leafhoppers before picking, sold by the single ounce: the tea on the Great Wall worth walking into Old Town for.
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| Tea | Type | Price | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| India Malty Assam | Black tea | US$ 4.45 | 1 oz |
| Earl Grey | Black tea | US$ 4.95 | 1 oz |
| China Dragonwell | Green tea | US$ 5.95 | 1 oz |
| China Golden Monkey | Black tea | US$ 6.45 | 1 oz |
| China Iron Goddess of Mercy | Oolong tea | US$ 6.95 | 1 oz |
| Japan Sencha | Green tea | US$ 8.45 | 1 oz |
| Taiwan Silver Tip Oolong (Dongfang Meiren) | Oolong tea | US$ 8.95 | 1 oz |
| China Jasmine Pearls | Green tea | US$ 9.45 | 1 oz |
| Glenburn 1st Flush Darjeeling | Black tea | US$ 9.95 | 1 oz |
| China Big Red Robe | Oolong tea | US$ 11.95 | 1 oz |
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