Tea's i Haga

Tea's i Haga sits at Haga Nygata 2, in Haga, and sells loose tea over the counter and through a web shop that ships across Sweden. The shop keeps weekday hours from eleven to six and opens on Saturdays until three; it is closed on Sundays and public holidays. Shipping is a flat 79 kr, free above 499 kr, so a few bags ordered together cost the same as walking in.

The tea is sorted into black, flavoured and plain, a separate Earl Grey shelf, green, white, rooibos, organic, fruit and herbal, and a premium section where the Japanese and Chinese greens live. Every tea comes in 100 g, 250 g, 500 g and one-kilo weights, so the everyday blends can be bought by the bag and the better teas tried small. Lung Ching, an organic Pai Mu Tan, Ti Kuan Yin and a first-grade pu-erh cover the Chinese side; Gyokuro is the Japanese one, sold from 50 g.

Around the tea the shop stocks what goes with it: its own house coffee blend and a range of roasts, chocolate and cocoa, tea cosies, strainers and teapots, Dunoon mugs, Walkers shortbread and a liquorice shelf. Gift bags and wrapping are on offer at the counter. For a first visit, ask for the English Breakfast Blend for the cupboard and one tea from the premium shelf to try at home.