Tea shops · Madrid, Spain
More than 120 loose teas and infusions inside the Plaza Río 2 centre, listed by the 100 g and packed by hand to order.
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The house
Violeta, who gives the shop her name, started working in a tea company in 2012, training new staff and running workshops for customers, and went on to earn the Certified Tea Specialist title at the World Tea Academy. After five years she opened her own shop in Madrid in October 2017, inside the Plaza Río 2 centre on Calle de Antonio López, in Arganzuela, and added the online store in August 2020. The name is a play on the colours of tea: violet is the one you never see in this trade.
More than 120 teas and infusions are sold loose and listed by the 100 g, so the shelf reads as one long scale. At the top are the named lots: China Silver Needles BIO at 40 €, Lung Ching BIO at 22 €, Da Hong Pao at 20,50 € and Fuding Pai Mu Tan at 13,90 €. At the everyday end, Keemun Congou and Gunpowder Pinhead at 7,50 €, Ceylon Uva St. James OP at 7,90 €, China Pu Erh at 8 € and Tie Guan Yin at 9,50 €.
Between those two ends sit the house's own ideas: a Milky Cinnamon Oolong, a País Tropical oolong, a Green Chai, a Pu Erh Mini Tuo Cha in pressed nests, and a Pu Erh that started as a Christmas edition in 2018 and stayed on the list all year because people kept asking for it. There is matcha, there are exclusive blends, and advice comes with the purchase. Every packet is packed by hand when the order comes in, and online orders leave in 24 to 48 hours.
Madrid · Spain
Calle de Antonio López 109, 28026 Madrid
Inside the Plaza Río 2 centre, on Calle de Antonio López in Arganzuela.
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The FindMeTea edit
01 · Green tea
Dragonwell is the green tea every Chinese list is judged by, and this one is organic and flat-pressed leaf by leaf.
€ 22· 100 g
Explore this tea →02 · Oolong tea
A roasted Wuyi rock oolong, the opposite end of the oolong family from the green, floral Tie Guan Yin on the same list.
€ 20.50· 100 g
Explore this tea →03 · Green tea
One of the two cheapest teas on this list, and a grade worth knowing: pinhead is the smallest and tightest rolling of gunpowder.
€ 7.50· 100 g
Explore this tea →The one worth the trip
At 40 € per 100 g this is the most expensive thing on the list, and roughly five times the everyday shelf. Silver needles are picked as unopened buds only, which is why they cost what they cost, and this one is organic. It is the tea to have weighed out in front of you rather than clicked on: you see the buds before you pay for them.
€ 40· 100 g
Explore this tea →Prices
Prices are indicative. Each price keeps its currency and pack size; this selection does not necessarily cover the house's complete range.
15 prices
| Tea | Type | Price / pack |
|---|---|---|
| China Keemun Congou | Black tea | € 7.50100 g |
| China Gunpowder Pinhead | Green tea | € 7.50100 g |
| China Chun Mee BIO | Green tea | € 7.70100 g |
| Ceylon Uva St. James OP | Black tea | € 7.90100 g |
| China Pu Erh | Pu-erh tea | € 8100 g |
| China Tie Guan Yin Oolong | Oolong tea | € 9.50100 g |
| País Tropical Oolong | Oolong tea | € 9.60100 g |
| Milky Cinnamon Oolong | Oolong tea | € 10.40100 g |
| China Pu Erh Mini Tuo Cha | Pu-erh tea | € 10.50100 g |
| Green Chai | Chai | € 11100 g |
| China Tarry Lapsang Souchong BIO | Black tea | € 11.80100 g |
| China Fuding Pai Mu Tan | White tea | € 13.90100 g |
| China Da Hong Pao Oolong | Oolong tea | € 20.50100 g |
| China Lung Ching BIO | Green tea | € 22100 g |
| China Silver Needles BIO | White tea | € 40100 g |
Indicative prices, with each product’s pack size. Prices may change; check with the shop. Price verification dates: 2026-09-08 · 2026-10-07.
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