Tea shops · Mississauga, Canada
Tea shops · Mississauga, CanadaTao Tea Leaf Mississauga
A Toronto tea merchant's counter in the Food District at Square One, weighing out single-origin Chinese, Taiwanese and Japanese teas from 25 g and pouring tea lattes.
In a mall built around chains, this is the counter where a Keemun, a Tie Guan Yin and a Silver Needle are sold by the gram and named by their origin.
Tao Tea Leaf is a Toronto merchant with a flagship on Yonge Street and a counter at Union Station, and its Mississauga location is inside The Food District at Square One, 100 City Centre Drive, by entrances 6 and 7 next to Indigo. The counter is open seven days, from 11am to 8pm Monday to Thursday, to 9pm on Friday and Saturday and to 7pm on Sunday, and its locations page lists what this address carries: loose-leaf tea by weight, tea tins and gift sets, chaga, matcha, and tea-based drinks hot and cold, including tea lattes, boba and milk tea and seasonal specials.
The catalogue is priced from a 25 g pouch, with 50, 100 and 250 g and 5 g samples behind it. The blacks start at CA$ 9 for the Earl Grey and a smoked Lapsong Souchong, with Keemun at CA$ 10.50 and Golden Assam at CA$ 13; the greens are a Jasmine at CA$ 11 and an organic Japanese Sencha at CA$ 11.50; the oolongs an organic Tie Guan Yin at CA$ 13 and a Da Hong Pao at CA$ 17. Beyond them sit a Silver Needle white at CA$ 15, an Imperial Pu-er shou from Jing Mai at CA$ 12, a Masala Chai at CA$ 11, and a 113 g tin of organic ceremonial matcha at CA$ 39.99.
Online orders ship free over CA$ 35 but cannot be collected at this counter, which the shop states plainly on its locations page, so Square One is for buying in person. For a visitor in Mississauga that is the point: the two other tea counters in the same mall sell sealed packs and pouches, and this is the one where the leaf is weighed in front of you.
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Where it is
The Food District at Square One
The Food District at Square One, 100 City Centre Dr, Mississauga, ON L5B 2C9
Hours: Mon–Thu 11:00–20:00 · Fri–Sat 11:00–21:00 · Sun 11:00–19:00
What to buy here
Keemun
Keemun Black Tea - Classic
from CA$ 10.50 · 25 g
A classic Keemun, the Anhui black with cocoa and a faint smoke, at the second-lowest price on the list and a step up from the breakfast blends sold around it.
See our page on this tea →Tieguanyin
Organic Tie Guan Yin Oolong Tea
from CA$ 13 · 25 g
An organic Tie Guan Yin, the rolled Fujian oolong that opens over three or four steeps, bought by the 25 g rather than the sealed 227 g pack sold two counters away.
See our page on this tea →Silver Needle
Silver Needle White Tea
from CA$ 15 · 25 g
A Silver Needle white, all buds, sold from 25 g: the format that makes the dearest white tea an affordable first try.
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The one worth the trip
Da Hong Pao Oolong Tea - Premium
from CA$ 17 · 25 g
A premium Da Hong Pao, the roasted rock oolong from the Wuyi cliffs, at CA$ 17 the 25 g, which a few metres away in the same mall costs CA$ 108 in a 113 g sealed pack.
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| Tea | Type | Price | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Grey Black Tea - Classic | Black tea | from CA$ 9 | 25 g |
| Lapsong Souchong Black Tea - Smoked | Black tea | from CA$ 9 | 25 g |
| Keemun Black Tea - Classic | Black tea | from CA$ 10.50 | 25 g |
| Jasmine Green Tea | Green tea | from CA$ 11 | 25 g |
| Masala Chai - Classic | Chai | from CA$ 11 | 25 g |
| Organic Japanese Sencha Green Tea - Premium | Green tea | from CA$ 11.50 | 25 g |
| Imperial Pu-er Tea (shou, Jing Mai) | Pu-erh tea | from CA$ 12 | 25 g |
| Golden Assam Black Tea | Black tea | from CA$ 13 | 25 g |
| Organic Tie Guan Yin Oolong Tea | Oolong tea | from CA$ 13 | 25 g |
| Silver Needle White Tea | White tea | from CA$ 15 | 25 g |
| Da Hong Pao Oolong Tea - Premium | Oolong tea | from CA$ 17 | 25 g |
| Organic Japanese Ceremonial Grade Matcha (113 g tin) | Matcha | CA$ 39.99 | 113 g |
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