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The city guide · MexicoTea shops inMexico City.
Mexico City buys its loose tea in the Condesa and the Roma first. La Esquina del Té has sold tea by the 100 g on Ámsterdam street since 2002 (English Breakfast MX$ 220, Darjeeling TGFOP MX$ 320), and Caravanserai on Orizaba pairs a French-style tea salon with 85 bulk teas at 100 g, from an Earl Grey at MX$ 340 to a Gyokuro at MX$ 840. Izlah runs nine tea bars from Polanco to Coyoacán selling its own blends by the 50 g, Aloisia in Polanco sells organic origin teas from 30 g, and Euro Té keeps a showroom in Condesa for a catalogue of more than 500 teas, tisanes and tea powders.
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La Esquina del Té
Hipódromo Condesa
21 prices listedLa Esquina del Té
Ámsterdam 55, Hipódromo Condesa, Cuauhtémoc, 06100 Ciudad de México
The Condesa's loose-tea corner since 2002: pure and flavoured teas by the 100 g at Ámsterdam 55, open until ten most nights.
In storeShips onlineSince 2002Monday to Saturday 9am to 10pm; Sunday 10am to 9pm
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The Condesa's loose-tea shop since 2002, at Ámsterdam 55 in the Hipódromo, with its own online store, pickup in the shop and a wholesale desk for cafés. Pure blacks go for MX$ 220 per 100 g (English Breakfast, Assam, Ceylan), the Darjeeling TGFOP for MX$ 320 and the Lapsang Souchong for MX$ 240; oolongs include an Osmanthus at MX$ 195 and a Milky Oolong at MX$ 230 for 50 g and a Tit Kon Yum at MX$ 320 for 100 g; the Bai Mu Dan is MX$ 320 and a Korean organic matcha comes in a 40 g tin at MX$ 195. The Tchai line (Bombay, Mexican, Pu erh Tchai) and about twenty-five house fruit tisanes at MX$ 220, Guayaba among them, fill the rest of the wall.
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Website: laesquinadelte.com 
02Loose-leaf specialistCaravanserai
Roma Norte
23 prices listedCaravanserai
Orizaba 101, Roma Norte, Ciudad de México
A French-style tea salon on Orizaba street in Roma Norte, open every day until nine, with 85 bulk teas sold by the 100 g.
In storeShips onlineEvery day 10am to 9pm
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A tea salon at Orizaba 101, Roma Norte, open every day from ten to nine, with a menu of matcha drinks, baguettes and French-style pastries and a bulk counter of 85 teas sold by the 100 g. Pure teas sit at the top of the price list: Assam, Ceylan O.P and Strong Breakfast at MX$ 540, Darjeeling MX$ 560, Earl Grey MX$ 340, Long Jing MX$ 590, Gyokuro MX$ 840, Bi Luo Chun MX$ 690, Tie Kuan Yin MX$ 640, Gran Túnica Roja MX$ 690, Pai mu dan MX$ 420, Shu Pu Erh MX$ 540, a matcha at MX$ 540 and a ceremonial one at MX$ 1,150. House blends with travel names and a chai line at MX$ 190 cost less.
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Website: caravanserai.mx
03Loose-leaf specialistIzlah Tea Bar
9 tea bars across the city (Polanco, Nápoles, Coyoacán, Pedregal, Santa Fe, Bosques de las Lomas)
34 prices listedIzlah Tea Bar
Av. Presidente Masaryk 360, Local 11A, Polanco, Miguel Hidalgo, 11550 Ciudad de México
A chain of nine tea bars across Mexico City that sells its own blends loose, from 50 g to a kilo, with the number of cups printed on every size.
In storeShips onlineRead the full shop note
A chain of tea bars with nine locations in the city (Masaryk 360 in Polanco, WTC in Nápoles, Antara, Arcos Bosques, Centro Santa Fe, Bosques de Duraznos, Oasis Coyoacán and Pedregal among them) that serves its blends hot, as lattes, iced or as its own Frapptea, and sells every one of them loose from 50 g up to a kilo, with the number of cups printed on each size. Blends run MX$ 230 to MX$ 250 per 50 g; the pure teas of the Orient Express collection cost more: Jasmine Oolong and Pu'Er MX$ 305, Jade Oolong MX$ 325, Sencha and Golden Monkey MX$ 360. A ceremonial matcha comes in an 80 g tin at MX$ 1,099 and a Houjicha tin of the same size at MX$ 600.
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Website: izlah.mx
04Loose-leaf specialistAloisia Jardín de Té
Polanco
29 prices listedAloisia Jardín de Té
Euler 152, Interior 305 (tercer piso), Polanco V Sección, Miguel Hidalgo, 11560 Ciudad de México
Organic origin teas and hand-mixed blends from 30 g, sold from a Polanco showroom that also teaches matcha, lattes and bubble tea.
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Organic teas and botanicals mixed by hand, sold from a showroom at Euler 152, Interior 305 in Polanco, with courses on matcha, bubble tea and lattes and a wholesale line for cafés. Origin teas start at 30 g, which keeps a first bag cheap: Sencha Japonés MX$ 57, Gunpowder MX$ 60, Tie Guan Yin MX$ 81, English Breakfast and Assam TGFOP MX$ 86, Pai Mu Tan MX$ 153, Silver Needles MX$ 156, Oriental Beauty MX$ 275, Milk Oolong MX$ 330, Huang Shan Mao Feng MX$ 359, Ruby 18 from Sun Moon Lake MX$ 451 and a Wuyi Rock oolong at MX$ 622. Matcha runs from a culinary grade at MX$ 90 for 30 g to an Imperial at MX$ 867 for 50 g.
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Website: aloisia.mx- 05Loose-leaf specialist
Euro Té
Condesa (showroom)
28 prices listedEuro Té
Ciencias 8, esq. Patriotismo, Condesa, Cuauhtémoc, 06170 Ciudad de México
A Mexican tea company with a showroom in the Condesa and a catalogue of more than 500 teas, tisanes and tea powders, sold in tins from 15 g.
In storeShips onlineMonday to Friday 9am to 6pm; Saturday 9am to 1pm (showroom, visits are booked on the site)
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A Mexican tea company with a showroom at Ciencias 8, corner of Patriotismo, in the Condesa, visited by appointment, and an online catalogue of more than 500 teas, tisanes, tea powders, kits and accessories, plus courses and a members' club. Everything comes in a small tin first and in 100 g to 500 g bags after: English Breakfast MX$ 99 and Keemun MX$ 120 for a 40 g tin, Darjeeling FTGFOP1 MX$ 131, Lapsang Souchong MX$ 146, Sencha MX$ 142, Long Jing MX$ 242, Tie Kuan Yin MX$ 216 for 50 g, Da Hong Pao MX$ 242 for 30 g, Shou Mei MX$ 69 for 15 g, Yin Zhen MX$ 208 for 20 g, loose pu erh MX$ 117 and a ceremonial matcha MX$ 435 for 30 g.
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Website: eurote.com.mx
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Casa Tassel
Roma Norte
Website: casatassel.comA tea salon in the Roma that serves its teas in the room and sells them loose to take home; the shop also sells online at casatassel.com.
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