Tea shops · Kingston, Canada
Tea shops · Kingston, CanadaEnchanted Creations Tea Shoppe
A tea shop on Highway 15, east of the causeway, where a tea sommelier and herbalist blends the house teas and sells greens, oolongs and whites by the 50 g.
Sample packets for one pot, a yoga room upstairs and teaware you can only buy in person: a shop built for the drive out, not the click.
Enchanted Creations Tea Shoppe is at 1559 Highway 15, on the east side of Kingston across the causeway from downtown, and keeps short hours: Wednesday to Saturday, 10 to 5. The owner, Wanda, is a tea sommelier with the Tea and Herbal Association of Canada and a certified herbalist, and the shop's identity is her blending; the site offers custom blends for events alongside the straight teas. Above the shop is the Zen Den Yoga Room.
The straight teas are sold in 50 g, 100 g and 150 g bags, and the green, oolong and white shelf is where the list is most precise: a Japanese Sencha and a Genmaicha, a West Lake Dragon Well, Jasmine Pearls, a Taiwanese Milk Oolong, an Oriental Beauty, a premium Taiwanese oolong and a White Peony, plus a ceremonial matcha sold from 20 g. There is also a 3.50 CA$ TEAser packet, enough for one pot, in black, green, rooibos and herbal, which is the cheap way to decide.
Teapots, cups and infusers are sold in the shop only, not online, and a monthly tea club is advertised on the site. Because the hours are short and the shop is out of the centre, check the day before you drive out; then buy a TEAser of two or three teas, and the 50 g of the Oriental Beauty, which is the one on this list that is hard to find elsewhere in town.
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Where it is
Highway 15 (east of the causeway)
1559 Hwy 15, Kingston, ON
Hours: Wednesday to Saturday 10:00–17:00
What to buy here
Oriental Beauty
Oriental Beauty (Taiwanese Oolong)
from CA$ 16.25 · 50 g
Oriental Beauty, the heavily oxidised Taiwanese oolong with a honeyed, ripe-fruit cup; rare on a Kingston shelf.
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Jasmine Pearls
from CA$ 16.65 · 50 g
Jasmine Pearls, green tea rolled into pearls and scented with jasmine blossom, which unfurl in the pot; a few go a long way.
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Japanese Sencha
from CA$ 9 · 50 g
Japanese Sencha, the cheapest 50 g on the green shelf and a sound everyday green to measure the rest against.
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The one worth the trip
West Lake Dragon Well (Lung Jing Green Tea)
from CA$ 19.75 · 50 g
West Lake Dragon Well, the flat pan-fired Lung Jing from the hills around Hangzhou, chestnut-sweet and clean, and the most expensive green on the shelf. Buy the 50 g with a TEAser of the Sencha, brew them on the same afternoon, and the difference between an everyday green and a named one explains itself.
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| Tea | Type | Price | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genmaicha | Green tea | from CA$ 8.95 | 50 g |
| Japanese Sencha | Green tea | from CA$ 9 | 50 g |
| White Peony | White tea | from CA$ 11.95 | 50 g |
| Milk Oolong (Taiwan) | Oolong tea | from CA$ 16 | 50 g |
| Oriental Beauty (Taiwanese Oolong) | Oolong tea | from CA$ 16.25 | 50 g |
| Premium Oolong (Taiwanese Premium Grade) | Oolong tea | from CA$ 16.50 | 50 g |
| Jasmine Pearls | Green tea | from CA$ 16.65 | 50 g |
| Ceremonial Matcha (Japanese Green Tea) | Matcha | from CA$ 19 | 20 g |
| West Lake Dragon Well (Lung Jing Green Tea) | Green tea | from CA$ 19.75 | 50 g |
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