Tea shops · Mexico City, Mexico
The Condesa's loose-tea corner since 2002: pure and flavoured teas by the 100 g at Ámsterdam 55, open until ten most nights.
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The house
La Esquina del Té opened in 2002, when loose tea was hard to find in Mexico, as a small shop in the Condesa; its own history page says the idea was simply to offer a wide range of flavours in a city that had almost none. It still lives in the same neighbourhood, at Ámsterdam 55 in the Hipódromo, and keeps long hours for a tea shop: nine in the morning to ten at night Monday to Saturday, ten to nine on Sunday. The site names Roberto Saban as founder and Zelda Schara as founder and tea sommelier.
The wall is organised the way the website is: pure and flavoured within each colour of tea. Pure blacks cost MX$ 220 per 100 g, with the Darjeeling TGFOP at MX$ 320 and the Lapsang Souchong at MX$ 240, and the flavoured blacks carry the house's Tchai line, Bombay, Mexican, Cachemira and a Pu erh Tchai. Oolongs run from an Osmanthus and a Milky Oolong sold by the 50 g to a Tit Kon Yum by the 100 g; the white shelf has a Bai Mu Dan and two scented whites, and the matcha is an organic one from Hadong, Korea, in a 40 g tin.
The other half of the catalogue is caffeine-free: about twenty-five fruit tisanes the shop calls its own, Guayaba, Manzana Canela, Mango Manila, Fresa Kiwi and Cereza Negra among them, all at MX$ 220 per 100 g, plus rooibos plain and flavoured and six blooming teas sold by the piece. Teaware takes a full aisle, gaiwans, chapan trays, a cast-iron kyusu, matcha sets and clay tea pets, with silver tins for storing bulk tea. Orders ship nationwide by FedEx, free in the city above MX$ 599, or can be picked up in the shop a working day after they are confirmed.
Mexico City · Mexico
Ámsterdam 55, Hipódromo Condesa, Cuauhtémoc, 06100 Ciudad de México
Published hours: Mon–Sat 9:00–22:00 · Sun 10:00–21:00
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The FindMeTea edit
01 · Oolong tea
The shop's Tie Guan Yin under its old Cantonese spelling, sold by the 100 g like the blacks rather than in the 50 g bags the other oolongs come in.
from MX$ 320· 100 g
Explore this tea →02 · Matcha
An organic matcha from Hadong in Korea instead of Japan, in a 40 g tin the shop says makes about thirteen bowls; an origin few shops in the city carry.
MX$ 195· 40 g tin
Explore this tea →03 · Herbal infusion
The house tisane the homepage puts first, guava in a fruit blend, and the only one sold in a 500 g bag as well as 100 g and 250 g.
from MX$ 220· 100 g
The one worth the trip
A pu-erh base under chai spices is an odd idea that the shop has kept on the list long enough for a café to name it a customer favourite on the shop's own site. It is the one blend here you will not find at the other counters in the city, and the reason to walk to Ámsterdam 55 rather than order a breakfast black online.
from MX$ 280· 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.
21 prices
| Tea | Type | Price / pack |
|---|---|---|
| Oolong Osmanthus | Oolong tea | from MX$ 19550 g |
| Matcha Premium Orgánico (Hadong, Corea), lata 40 g | Matcha | MX$ 19540 g tin |
| English Breakfast, té negro puro | Black tea | from MX$ 220100 g |
| Assam, té negro puro | Black tea | from MX$ 220100 g |
| Ceylan, té negro puro | Black tea | from MX$ 220100 g |
| Earl Grey, té negro | Black tea | from MX$ 220100 g |
| Rooibos Puro Orgánico | Rooibos | from MX$ 220100 g |
| Rooibos Vainilla | Rooibos | from MX$ 220100 g |
| Manzana Canela, tisana frutal | Herbal infusion | from MX$ 220100 g |
| Guayaba, tisana frutal de la casa | Herbal infusion | from MX$ 220100 g |
| Milky Oolong | Oolong tea | from MX$ 23050 g |
| Lapsang Souchong, té negro puro | Black tea | from MX$ 240100 g |
| Pu-erh, hoja suelta | Pu-erh tea | from MX$ 240100 g |
| Verde Berry Fresh, té verde con frutos rojos | Green tea | from MX$ 240100 g |
| Mexican Tchai, té negro con especias | Chai | from MX$ 240100 g |
| Bombay Chai, té negro con especias | Chai | from MX$ 260100 g |
| Pu erh Tchai, pu-erh con especias | Pu-erh tea | from MX$ 280100 g |
| Darjeeling TGFOP, té negro puro | Black tea | from MX$ 320100 g |
| Tit Kon Yum, oolong | Oolong tea | from MX$ 320100 g |
| Bai Mu Dan, té blanco puro | White tea | from MX$ 320100 g |
| Jasmine Pearls, té verde con jazmín | Green tea | from MX$ 34550 g |
Indicative prices, with each product’s pack size. Prices may change; check with the shop. Price verification dates: 2026-11-07.
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