Tea shops · Singapore
Tea shops · SingaporeOur favorite tea shops in Singapore
5 places we'd send a friend to.
Singapore's tea shopping splits between two worlds. In Chinatown, two houses sell Chinese and Taiwanese leaf by the packet: Tea Chapter, a Neil Road teahouse open since 1989, and ETTE, a numbered collection on Kreta Ayer Road. Along Orchard Road and out at Changi, the mall boutiques of The 1872 Clipper Tea Co. and TWG Tea cover the gift-tin end, and FairPrice supermarkets carry the teabag brands and the one yerba mate we found on the island.
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ETTE Tea Company
Chinatown (Kreta Ayer) · 333 Kreta Ayer Road #03-25, Singapore 080333
In storeShips onlineHours: Mon–Wed & Fri 14:30–20:00, Sat 13:00–17:30· 20 pricesA third-floor boutique on Kreta Ayer Road with a numbered catalogue: Chinese classics such as Tie Guan Yin (from S$ 12.50 for 25 g), Long Jing and Keemun Panda, estate teas like Assam Harmutty and Darjeeling Margaret's Hope, and Japanese leaf from Uji gyokuro and Jibun sencha (from S$ 12.50 for 25 g) to hojicha and matcha. Afternoon-only hours, closed Thursdays and Sundays; everything also ships from the online shop.
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Tea Chapter
Chinatown (Neil Road teahouse) · 9 Neil Road, Singapore 088808
In storeShips onlineHours: Retail shop: Sun–Thu 10:30–21:00, Fri–Sat 10:30–22:30· 14 pricesStarted in 1989 by thirteen tea enthusiasts and visited by Queen Elizabeth II not long after it opened, the Neil Road teahouse still sells its Chinese teas by the 40–50 g: Tie Guan Yin from S$ 25, Dong Ding, Phoenix Dan Cong, an aged Shui Xian rock oolong, Yue Guang Bai white, a Keemun Red Tea at S$ 22 and a ripe pu'er aged more than ten years. Sit upstairs for a pot, then buy at the retail counter.
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The 1872 Clipper Tea Co.
ION Orchard, Jewel Changi, Botanic Gardens, Changi Airport · 2 Orchard Turn #B4-07, ION Orchard, Singapore 238801
In storeShips onlineHours: ION Orchard: daily 10:00–22:00· 7 pricesA Singapore brand with a flagship tea bar and boutique at ION Orchard (#B4-07), counters at Jewel Changi, the Botanic Gardens and every Changi terminal, and a weekday tea bar at IOI Central Boulevard Towers. Loose-leaf pouches of Alishan oolong (S$ 35 for 50 g), Milk Oolong, Classic English Breakfast and Earl Grey (S$ 23 for 100 g), Finest Darjeeling (S$ 25 for 50 g), chamomile and peppermint, with the same range online.
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TWG Tea
ION Orchard, Marina Bay Sands, Republic Plaza, Changi Airport · 2 Orchard Turn #02-21, ION Orchard, Singapore 238801
In storeShips onlineHours: ION Orchard: daily 10:00–22:00· 16 pricesSalons and boutiques at ION Orchard (#02-21), Marina Bay Sands, Takashimaya, Swissôtel The Stamford, Raffles City, Republic Plaza and all four Changi terminals. Cotton teabags of Milk Oolong, Genmaicha and Chamomile at S$ 30 per box of 15, loose Cederberg rooibos and Gunpowder Supreme from S$ 10 for 50 g, a Japanese Sencha at S$ 20.25, and at the other end a vintage Pu-Erh 2000 at S$ 54 for 50 g.
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FairPrice (supermarket)
supermarkets islandwide
In storeShips online· 9 pricesThe everyday cup, in supermarkets islandwide or delivered: Twinings English Breakfast, Earl Grey and Camomile by the 25-bag box (S$ 9.95, S$ 9.95 and S$ 11.45), Sea Dyke Tie Guan Yin teabags at S$ 2.07 for 20, Pukka chai, English Tea Shop organic rooibos and GardenScent yerba mate (S$ 12.95 for 70 g), the only mate we found in Singapore.
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