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Perth's loose-leaf shopping sits mostly in the city centre, a few minutes' walk apart: the store and brew bar of a Western Australian tea company in the State Buildings, and T2's shop on the Hay Street Mall. West of the centre, a Japanese tea shop in Subiaco sells sencha, gyokuro and matcha. Prices below are in Australian dollars with GST included; Teassential sells in pouches of 20 to 70 g and T2 in 50 and 100 g boxes and tins.
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Teassential
State Buildings (Perth CBD)
6 prices listedTeassential
State Buildings, Corner of St Georges Tce and Cathedral Ave, Perth WA 6000
A Western Australian tea company's store and brew bar in the State Buildings, with its own numbered teas sold in small pouches.
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The store and brew bar of Teassential, a Western Australian tea company founded in 2015, in the State Buildings on the corner of St Georges Terrace and Cathedral Avenue. Its numbered teas come in pouches: organic English Breakfast from South India at A$ 10 for 50 g, an Australian-grown sencha from the Acheron Valley at A$ 14 for 70 g, Gin Shan Creme oolong from Nantou at A$ 16.50 for 50 g, organic White Peony at A$ 12.50 for 30 g and Mamacha ceremonial matcha from Aichi at A$ 25.50 for 20 g. Online orders can be picked up at the store.
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02Loose-leaf specialistT2 Tea
Hay Street Mall (Perth CBD)
6 prices listedT2 Tea
Shop 4, Hay Street Mall, 726 Hay St, Perth WA 6000
T2's shop on the Hay Street Mall, with the Melbourne tea company's boxed loose leaf and a range of single-origin teas in black tins.
In storeShips onlineMon–Thu 9:30–18:00 · Fri 9:30–20:00 · Sat 9:00–17:00 · Sun 11:00–17:00
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T2's shop at Shop 4, 726 Hay Street, on the Hay Street Mall, from the tea company that opened its first store in Fitzroy, Melbourne, in 1996. Loose leaf comes in boxed cubes and black tins: Darjeeling Second Flush at A$ 22 for 100 g, Lung Ching Classic at A$ 26 for 50 g, a Dong Ding oolong from Taiwan at A$ 64 for a 100 g tin, Silver Needles at A$ 56 for 50 g and the house chai at A$ 22 for 100 g. Online orders can be collected in store, and it stays open until 8 pm on Fridays.
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Website: t2tea.com
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Green Tea House
Subiaco · 375 Hay Street, Subiaco
Website: greenteahouse.com.auA Japanese tea shop run by the Iwasaki family since 2006, with sencha, gyokuro, hojicha, genmaicha and matcha in loose leaf and powder, plus kyusu teapots, matcha bowls and whisks. You can taste before you buy in store, open Tuesday to Saturday, and the teas also sell through its online shop.
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