Tea shops · United Kingdom
Tea shops · United KingdomOur favorite tea shops in Manchester
2 places we'd send a friend to.
Manchester buys its leaf on two streets a few minutes apart. Whittard of Chelsea, the tea company born in Chelsea in 1886, keeps a shop at 6 Market Street with pouches and caddies of English Breakfast, Earl Grey and Darjeeling at £10.95 the 100 g; Bird & Blend Tea Co. has its wall of 100 loose leaf blends at 57 Church Street in the Northern Quarter, with a caffeine-free fruit blend named after an Oasis song as the Manchester signature. Across the ring road in Ancoats, the Japanese tea house Cha-ology sells Yame sencha, gyokuro and matcha from its online shop while it prepares its next chapter. Prices below are in pounds with VAT included.
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Whittard of Chelsea Manchester
Market Street · 6 Market Street, Manchester, M1 1PT
In storeShips onlineHours: Mon–Sat 10:00–19:00 · Sun 10:00–18:00· 8 pricesThe chain's shop on Market Street, which its own page describes as a space filled with teas, coffees and hot chocolates, open Monday to Saturday 10:00–19:00 and Sunday 10:00–18:00, with step-free access through a double door. The loose leaf comes in a 100 g pouch or a caddy: English Breakfast, Earl Grey and Darjeeling at £10.95 the pouch, Sencha Asagiri at £15.95, Spiced Chai at £12.95, Milk Oolong at £19.95, Silver Needle at £19.95 for 50 g and a ceremonial matcha at £22.00 for 30 g. Online orders can be collected in store, and the Taste Promise lets you return a tea you did not like for a refund or exchange.
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Bird & Blend Tea Co. Manchester
Church Street, Northern Quarter · 57 Church St, Manchester, M4 1PD
In storeShips onlineHours: Mon–Fri 10:30–18:00 · Sat 10:00–18:00 · Sun 11:00–17:00· 8 pricesThe blender's Northern Quarter shop at 57 Church Street, open Monday to Friday 10:30–18:00, Saturday 10:00–18:00 and Sunday 11:00–17:00, with the wall of 100 loose leaf blends and mixologists who make iced teas and tea lattes at the counter. The classics are £6.00 for a 50 g pouch: Builder's Breakfast Brew, Assam Earl Grey, Earl Grey Creme, Sunny Sencha and Peppy Mint peppermint, with 20 g tasters at £3.50; Coconut Milk Oolong is £10.50 and the Pure Grade Ceremonial Matcha £22.00 for a 30 g tin. The Manchester signature is Champagne Supernova, a caffeine-free fruit blend inspired by the Oasis song, at £8.50 for 50 g. The store runs tea blending workshops and tea lock-ins.
Also worth a visit
- North Tea Power · Tib Street, Northern Quarter · G22 Smithfield Building, 36 Tib Street, Manchester M4 1LANo online prices yet
A Northern Quarter café in the Smithfield Building whose site publishes its menus and its hours: Monday to Friday 10:00–19:00, Saturday 9:00–19:00 and Sunday 10:00–18:00. Tea is drunk at the table; there is nothing to order online. · Website: northteapower.co.uk
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