Tea shops · United States
Tea shops · United StatesOur favorite tea shops in Sacramento
6 places we'd send a friend to.
Sacramento's loose leaf is spread across its neighbourhoods rather than gathered downtown: a tea house on the R Street corridor that has stocked more than 150 teas since 1998, a café on Broadway in Oak Park that sells its blends by the ounce and sets a weekly high tea, a coffee-and-tea house in Old Sacramento with its own loose line from 2 oz up, and a spice shop on J Street with some forty teas priced per ounce. Two coffee roasters round it out with tea pouches. Prices on this page run from US$ 4.50 for an ounce of organic sencha to US$ 35 for 7 oz of a Kyoto sencha.
01
Tea Cozy
R Street Corridor, inside ARTHOUSE · 1021 R Street, Sacramento, CA 95811
In storeShips onlineHours: Tuesday 10am to 6pm; Wednesday to Saturday 10am to 4pm; Sunday 11am to 2pm; second Saturdays also 5pm to 8pm; Monday closed· 25 pricesA tea house at 1021 R Street, inside the ARTHOUSE building on the R Street corridor, established in 1998 and stocking more than 150 loose teas across white, green, oolong, black, pu-erh and herbal shelves, sold in 2, 4, 8 and 16 oz bags with 1 oz and half-ounce bags for the dearer leaves. The 2 oz bag starts at US$ 7.50 for Assam Organic, Ceylon or Rooibos, with Dragon Well, Gen Mai Cha, Tung Ting and Pai Mu Tan at US$ 9.20, Hojicha at US$ 10, Milk Oolong Taiwan at US$ 13, Gyokuro at US$ 8 the half ounce and the organic Yin Zhen at US$ 30 the ounce; the whole list is on its web shop for home delivery.
02
Classy Hippie Tea Co.
Oak Park (Broadway) · 3200 Broadway, Sacramento, CA 95817
In storeShips onlineHours: Monday to Saturday 8am to 1pm; Sunday 9am to 1pm· 14 pricesA café and tea shop at 3200 Broadway in Oak Park that pours hot and iced drinks in the morning and sells its own loose-leaf blends in three sizes: a Taster of 10 cups (1 oz) at US$ 12, a Regular of 20 cups at US$ 19 and a one-pound Enthusiast bag at US$ 53, the same price for English Breakfast, Earl Grey Cream, Gen Mai Cha, Moroccan Mint, Shou Mei white, Roasted Yerba Mate and the chai blends; matcha is US$ 14 the ounce. The house runs a weekly high tea on Saturday afternoons, served in courses, and organises tea tours and tasting lectures through its web shop.
03
Pittador Brews Coffee & Teahouse
Old Sacramento (2nd Street) · 1005 2nd Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
In storeShips online· 10 pricesA coffee-and-tea house with a storefront at 1005 2nd Street in Old Sacramento that began as an online brand roasting coffee during the pandemic and added tea on the advice of two former employers from the tea trade. Its loose teas are sold by the ounce from 2 oz up to 32 oz: Lucky Dragon Hyson at US$ 7.25 the 2 oz, Green Menthos at US$ 6, Hojicha at US$ 10.25, Leafy Green (Columbia) at US$ 12.50, Zesty Tulsi at US$ 8.50 and White Rose Mint at US$ 10.75, with Quanzhou Milk Oolong at US$ 13.50 the ounce and an Everyday Matcha at US$ 8.25 the ounce. The site does not publish the storefront's opening hours.
04
The Mill Coffee Roasting & Tea Studio
Midtown (I Street) and East Sacramento cafés; address not published on its site
In storeShips online· 10 pricesA coffee roaster established in 2013 with a Midtown café on I Street and a second one in East Sacramento, and a tea studio whose pouches are sold online: Jasmine Pearls at US$ 23 the 80 g, Lychee Black at US$ 14 the 80 g, Deep Ravine Pu-erh at US$ 15 the 40 g, Norbu Mini Tuocha at US$ 17 the 56 g, White Moonlight Pu-erh at US$ 17 and Aged White Peony at US$ 16 the 25 g, and a Signature Chai at US$ 18 the 150 g. The site names the neighbourhoods but not the street addresses of its cafés.
Website: themillsacramento.comOpen in Maps05
The Allspicery
East Sacramento (J Street) · 3711 J Street, Sacramento, CA
In storeShips onlineHours: Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 5pm; Sunday 10am to 3pm; Monday closed· 8 pricesA spice shop at 3711 J Street in East Sacramento with more than 400 spices and house blends, and a tea shelf priced by the ounce: English Breakfast at US$ 4.70, Sencha Organic at US$ 4.50, Jasmine Green at US$ 5.50, Margaret's Hope Darjeeling and Milky Oolong at US$ 6.90, Chai Masala at US$ 7.50, plus a 1.75 oz jar of organic matcha at US$ 20; the herb wall, from peppermint to hibiscus and rose hips, is priced by the ounce at the counter. Online orders over US$ 50 ship free.
Website: allspicery.comOpen in Maps06
Temple Coffee Roasters
Six cafés: Midtown (K, 16th and S Streets), Downtown (9th Street), East Sacramento (H Street) and Arden Arcade · 2200 K Street, Sacramento, CA 95816
In storeShips onlineHours: K Street: daily 6am to 10pm; 9th Street: daily 6am to 6pm; H Street: daily 6am to 8pm; 16th Street: daily 6am to 4pm· 15 pricesA coffee roaster with six Sacramento cafés, on K, 16th and S Streets in Midtown, 9th Street downtown, H Street in East Sacramento and Fair Oaks Boulevard in Arden Arcade, all open from 6am, that sells its tea in 7 oz bags: Black China Breakfast, Black Earl Grey, Ceylon Supreme Pekoe, Masala Chai, Green Jasmine, Yun Wu, peppermint, chamomile and a rooibos blend at US$ 15.50, and a rare shelf at US$ 35 with Ti Kwan Yin, Sencha Kyoto, a Darjeeling second flush and a Yunnan Silver Needle.
Website: templecoffee.comOpen in Maps
Also worth a visit
- Lotus Herb & Teas · Midtown (24th Street) · 924 24th Street, Sacramento, CA 95816No online prices yet
A Midtown herb shop with loose teas and blends, tinctures, dried herbs and teaware; the teas are chosen and weighed in the shop. · Website: lotusherbandteas.com
Teas you can find in Sacramento
Every tea below has an exact or close match at one of these shops. Open a tea to see who sells it and at what price.
Add my tea house to the list
Run a tea shop or tea house? Send us your details and we will take a look.
Montevideo
Toronto
Singapore
Dubai
Sydney
Winterthur
Santiago
Mumbai
Málaga
Innsbruck
Auckland
Tallinn
Tower Hamlets, London
Berlin
Amsterdam
Bangkok
Sofia
Lisbon
Paris
Helsinki
Panama City
Petaling Jaya