Tea shops · Philadelphia, United States
Tea shops · Philadelphia, United StatesThe Random Tea Room
A Northern Liberties tea room with a garden out back and a wall of teas it blends and names itself, sold in 6 oz bags.
Open four days a week, Thursday to Sunday. The shelf runs from an eighteen-dollar bag of chamomile to a spring-flush Darjeeling, and the breakfast blend is named after the street outside.
The Random Tea Room sits at 713 N 4th St in Northern Liberties, with a garden out back. Rebecca Goldschmidt started it in 2008 with no prior background in tea: a BFA in sculpture and years spent in art galleries, scenic shops and antique sales. She learned the leaf during the renovation of the room itself. Since then it has been two things at once — a room where tea is served, and a shop where the same leaves are weighed into bags to take home. It opens four days a week, Thursday to Sunday.
Everything on the shelf comes in the same 6 oz bag, which makes the range easy to read at a glance. Single herbs — chamomile, peppermint, lavender, lemon balm — are US$ 18 and mark the floor of the list; a spring-flush Darjeeling at US$ 40.50 is the ceiling. In between sit Kenilworth Ceylon and Genmaicha at US$ 21, a hojicha at US$ 25.50, Sencha and Earl Grey Royale at US$ 27, Lapsang Souchong and a Golden Pu-Erh at US$ 30, Keemun Mao Feng at US$ 33 and a roasted Argentinian maté at US$ 19.50.
Several teas carry names the room invented: 4th Street Breakfast, after the address, and Bodhidharma's Eyelids for the white tea. Loose leaf and herbs are sold alongside the menu poured in the room, orders can be placed online, and the tea is packed in compostable paper bags with a stated aim of zero waste. The room also hosts events, sells wholesale, and ships, so a bag tried in Philadelphia can be reordered from anywhere.
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Where it is
Northern Liberties
713 N 4th St, Philadelphia, PA 19123
In Northern Liberties, on N 4th Street, with the garden behind the building.
Hours: Thu–Fri 10:00–17:00 · Sat 10:00–18:00 · Sun 10:00–17:00
What to buy here
Ceylon
Kenilworth Ceylon
US$ 21 · 6 oz
A named Sri Lankan estate instead of a generic Ceylon, and, tied with the Genmaicha, the cheapest camellia tea on the list.
See our page on this tea →English Breakfast
4th Street Breakfast
US$ 34.50 · 6 oz
The house breakfast blend, named after the street the room stands on. If you want to taste what this shop does with a blend rather than what it imports, this is the bag.
See our page on this tea →Hojicha
Kaiseiki Hojicha
US$ 25.50 · 6 oz
The only roasted green on the wall: hojicha is fired until the leaf turns brown, which puts it on the toasted side of the shelf rather than next to the Sencha.
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The one worth the trip
Bodhidharma's Eyelids
US$ 37.50 · 6 oz
The only white tea on the list, and the clearest example of how this room works: a tea it named itself, after the old story in which Bodhidharma's eyelids fall to the ground and grow into tea plants. It sits near the top of the shelf, just under the spring-flush Darjeeling, and comes in the same 6 oz bag as the chamomile.
See our page on this tea →Every price we read, one by one
List prices read on the shop's own product pages. Open a tea to see who else sells it.
| Tea | Type | Price | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chamomile | Herbal infusion | US$ 18 | 6 oz |
| Peppermint | Herbal infusion | US$ 18 | 6 oz |
| Lavender | Herbal infusion | US$ 18 | 6 oz |
| Lemon Balm | Herbal infusion | US$ 18 | 6 oz |
| Roasted Argentinian Maté | Yerba mate | US$ 19.50 | 6 oz |
| Hibiscus Flower | Herbal infusion | US$ 19.50 | 6 oz |
| Kenilworth Ceylon | Black tea | US$ 21 | 6 oz |
| Genmaicha | Green tea | US$ 21 | 6 oz |
| Gingia Assam | Black tea | US$ 24 | 6 oz |
| Kaiseiki Hojicha | Green tea | US$ 25.50 | 6 oz |
| Earl Grey Royale | Black tea | US$ 27 | 6 oz |
| Sencha | Green tea | US$ 27 | 6 oz |
| Moroccan Mint | Green tea | US$ 27.99 | 6 oz |
| Lapsang Souchong | Black tea | US$ 30 | 6 oz |
| Golden Pu-Erh | Pu-erh tea | US$ 30 | 6 oz |
| Keemun Mao Feng | Black tea | US$ 33 | 6 oz |
| 4th Street Breakfast | Black tea | US$ 34.50 | 6 oz |
| Matcha | Matcha | US$ 36 | 6 oz |
| Bodhidharma's Eyelids | White tea | US$ 37.50 | 6 oz |
| Chai Masala | Chai | US$ 37.50 | 6 oz |
| Jasmine Pearls | Green tea | US$ 39 | 6 oz |
| Spring Flush Darjeeling | Black tea | US$ 40.50 | 6 oz |
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