The London Tea Room

The London Tea Room sits at 255 Union Blvd in DeBaliviere Place, a few blocks from Forest Park, and runs Wednesday to Sunday from 10am to 5pm with Monday and Tuesday off. The room serves afternoon tea in three sizes, a full Afternoon Tea, a High Tea and a Wee Tea, and its gift shop, open whenever the tea room is, stocks the house's fifty-plus loose-leaf teas with accessories and gifts. There are fourteen parking spaces of its own, a free lot behind the building and an accessible entrance at the back.

The blends sell online through a sister web shop, London Tea Merchant, in three sizes: a sample of 1 oz, or half an ounce for the lighter leaves, then 4 oz and 16 oz bags. The sample ounce starts at US$ 3.95 for Irish Breakfast and Cream Earl Grey and reaches US$ 5.45 for the London Tea Room Blend, an Assam from Khongea Estate, Earl Grey, a Ceylon from Nilmini Estate and an Imperial Golden Yunnan, with Keemun and a Darjeeling from Margaret's Hope at US$ 4.45 and Lapsang Souchong at US$ 5.95. Orders leave by USPS or UPS within one to two business days.

What sets the list apart in St. Louis is the Taiwanese shelf: three spring 2026 lots sold only by the ounce, a GABA oolong called Amber Drift from Sanxing in Yilan at US$ 15, a roasted Velvet Moon from Qilai at the same price and a Li Shan high-mountain oolong at US$ 18, next to an everyday Iron Goddess of Mercy at US$ 7.95. The rest of the wall is the classic English tea-room spread: Jasmine Green and Jade Cloud, a White Peony, a Masala Chai built on the Khongea Assam, a caffeine-free rooibos chai, peppermint, chamomile and a Blood Orange Pu'er on a shu base.