Tea shops · Canada

Our favorite tea shops in Kingston

2 places we'd send a friend to.

Kingston, Ontario has two independent tea shops, both run by certified tea sommeliers and both a short drive from downtown. Cha Cha Tea, on Days Road in the west end since 2006, is strongest on Japanese tea and sells from 50 g, with a 10 g sample of almost everything. Enchanted Creations, on Highway 15 east of the causeway, blends its own teas and sells greens, oolongs and whites in 50 g bags. Prices are in Canadian dollars.

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Cha Cha Tea
Days Road (west end) · 506 Days Rd., Kingston, ON K7M 5R4
In storeShips onlineHours: Tue–Sat 9:30–17:00 · Sun–Mon closed· 18 prices
A shop at 506 Days Road opened in 2006 by Kaoru, a certified tea sommelier from Osaka, with a Japanese shelf that runs from a 9.90 CA$ Sencha and an 8.80 CA$ Genmaicha to a Gyokuro Superior at 20.40 CA$ for 50 g and a Matcha Superior at 42 CA$ for 40 g, plus estate blacks (a Margaret's Hope Darjeeling at 9.90 CA$, a Lovers Leap Ceylon at 6.60 CA$), an Iron Goddess of Mercy at 13.75 CA$ and white teas by the 25 g. Almost every tea comes in a 10 g sample, and a tea-tasting workshop with a mystery book club meets on the fourth Sunday of the month.
About the shop →Website: chachatea.comOpen in Maps
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Enchanted Creations Tea Shoppe
Highway 15 (east of the causeway) · 1559 Hwy 15, Kingston, ON
In storeShips onlineHours: Wed–Sat 10:00–17:00· 9 prices
A tea shop at 1559 Highway 15 run by Wanda, a THAC tea sommelier and certified herbalist who blends the house teas, with a yoga room upstairs and teaware sold in the shop only. The 50 g bags include a Japanese Sencha at 9 CA$, Genmaicha at 8.95 CA$, West Lake Dragon Well at 19.75 CA$, Jasmine Pearls at 16.65 CA$, a Taiwanese Milk Oolong at 16 CA$, Oriental Beauty at 16.25 CA$ and White Peony at 11.95 CA$; a ceremonial matcha costs 19 CA$ for 20 g, and 3.50 CA$ one-pot sample packets let you try before buying a bag.
About the shop →Website: enchantedcreationstea.comOpen in Maps
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Cooke's Fine Foods and Coffee · Downtown (Brock Street) · 61 Brock Street, Kingston, ON K7L 1R8No online prices yet
A fine-food shop on Brock Street trading since 1865 that sells coffee, cheese and loose tea over the counter; the online shop carries coffee and gift baskets. · Website: cookesfinefoods.com

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