Tea shops · Johannesburg, South Africa
Tea shops · Johannesburg, South AfricaNigiro Tea House
The Parkhurst tea house of a Cape Town company that has imported and served tea since 1999, with some 500 teas sold in 100 g packs.
Taiwanese oolong from Te Guan Yin to GABA, Japanese greens up to a gyokuro, and a tea tasting at the table before any of it goes in the bag.
Nigiro Tea House is at 38 6th Street in Parkhurst, Johannesburg, open every day from nine to six, and it is the third kiosk of a company based in Plumstead, Cape Town, that has imported and served tea since 1999; the other two are the Plumstead tea café and a kiosk at Spice Route in Paarl. The house lists some 500 teas across more than 700 flavours, with a tea menu and food at the table, tea tastings, a monthly tea meetup, an online tea club, wedding blends and corporate gifts.
Everything is sold in 100 g packs with the size in the product name. The black shelf runs from Earl Grey Classic at R220 and a Ceylon Pettiagalla at R230 to English Breakfast at R240, Irish Breakfast at R280, an Assam Bukhial at R290, a Darjeeling first flush at R315 and a Lapsang Souzhong at R410, with a masala chai at R255. The greens are Japanese: Genmaicha at R270, Sencha Fukujyu and a Jasmine Blossom at R350, and a Gyokuro Classic at R1,100, the highest price on the Johannesburg page.
The oolong shelf is Taiwanese and climbs in roast and rarity: Te Guan Yin at R510, Dong Ding at R540, a Milky Jin Shuan at R550, Oriental Beauty at R685 and a GABA oolong at R855. Single herbs are sold the same way, chamomile flowers at R245 and peppermint leaves at R285 the 100 g. The tea menu at the table pours the same list, which makes the tasting the sensible first step before carrying a 100 g pack home.
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Where it is
Parkhurst (6th Street)
38 6th Street, Parkhurst, Johannesburg
Hours: Every day 9am–6pm
What to buy here
Dong Ding
Dong Ding Taiwanese Oolong Tea 100g
R 540 · 100 g
Dong Ding in a full 100 g pack: the rolled, lightly roasted Taiwanese oolong at the middle of the shelf, and the one to start the oolong ladder with.
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Assam Bukhial Black Tea 100g
R 290 · 100 g
An Assam from the Bukhial garden in TGFOP1 grade: a named estate rather than a blend, at R50 more than the English Breakfast built on teas like it.
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Sencha Fukujyu Japanese Green Tea 100g
R 350 · 100 g
Sencha Fukujyu, the steamed Japanese green, in 100 g: the plain green of a shelf that also carries genmaicha and a gyokuro from the same country.
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The one worth the trip
GABA Taiwanese Oolong Tea 100g
R 855 · 100 g
A GABA oolong, the Taiwanese tea oxidised in a nitrogen atmosphere, which gives it a dark, fruity cup unlike any other oolong on the shelf, in a 100 g pack at the top of the oolong range. Few shops on the continent list one at all; ask for a cup at the table before you commit to the pack.
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