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The city guide · United StatesTea shops inPetaluma.
Petaluma's tea is sold by a coffee roaster. Petaluma Coffee & Tea Company, in the Historic Riverfront Warehouse District since 1989, bought a tea importing business in 1998 and now lists 55 loose teas online, sold by the quarter pound: Assam Golden Flowery BOP at US$ 4.75, Lunching Dragonwell at US$ 5.75, Bai Mudan at US$ 8.50. A few blocks south, Gathering Thyme sells organic single herbs by the ounce, from US$ 2.50 for hibiscus to US$ 6.00 for lavender flowers. Sonoma Spice Queen, downtown on 4th Street, carries a shelf of organic loose teas.
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Petaluma Coffee & Tea Company
Downtown, Historic Riverfront Warehouse District
48 prices listedPetaluma Coffee & Tea Company
212 2nd St, Petaluma, CA 94952
A roastery in Petaluma's warehouse district that has imported tea since 1998: 55 loose teas sold by the quarter pound, next to the coffee.
In storeShips onlineSince 1989Monday to Saturday 8am to 4pm
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Roastery, café and retail counter at 212 2nd Street, founded in 1989 by Gardner and Sheila Bride at Foundry Wharf and in its current warehouse since 2001. The tea side came with a tea importing business bought in 1998: 23 blacks from Assam Golden Flowery BOP (US$ 4.75) to Yorkshire Gold (US$ 8.25), 14 greens including Organic Japanese Bancha and Huang Mountain mao feng (US$ 7.25 each), Ti Kuan Yin and Milk Oolong at US$ 6.00, one white (Bai Mudan, US$ 8.50), organic yerba mate and a dozen tisanes, all by the quarter pound. Orders ship nationwide from the shop.
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Website: petalumacoffee.com The everyday option
9 prices listedGathering Thyme
426 Petaluma Blvd S, Petaluma, CA 94952
An organic herb shop and apothecary at 426 Petaluma Blvd South, with an herb school and a clinic of clinical herbalists behind it. The bulk wall sells single herbs by the ounce: hibiscus US$ 2.50, peppermint US$ 3.00, lemon balm US$ 4.25, German chamomile US$ 5.00, linden US$ 5.00, lavender flowers and rose petals US$ 6.00, plus a Hibiscus Cooler blend in a 2 oz tin at US$ 12.00. No camellia tea; this is where to buy the herbs.
In storeShips onlineTuesday to Saturday 11am to 6pm; Sunday 12pm to 4pm
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Website: gatheringthyme.com
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Sonoma Spice Queen
Downtown, 4th Street · 9 4th St, Petaluma, CA 94952
Website: sonomaspicequeen.comA spice shop downtown with a shelf of fifteen organic loose teas from a Santa Rosa blender, from Darjeeling and Earl Grey to chai, rooibos and fruit fusions, sold in the shop and online. A second shop is in Santa Rosa.
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Currency, grams & tea bags
Each price keeps its original pack size. A box of bags and a pouch of loose leaf aren’t a like-for-like comparison.
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