Tea shops · Tallinn, Estonia
The Old Town's Chinese and Japanese tea specialist on Uus street: leaf by the 25 g, aged pu-erh, teaware and a tea room for events.
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The house
Chado sits at Uus 11, on one of the quieter streets inside the Old Town walls, a few minutes from the harbour side of the centre. The shop's own story page traces its roots to 2004, when Steve Kokker founded FirstFlush, a wholesale company set up to bring higher-grade teas to Estonian cafés, restaurants and hotels and to run public tastings that introduced words like matcha, oolong and puerh to a new audience. The retail shop grew out of that, and today it is run by manager Timo Einpaul with a small team named on the same page.
The catalogue is organised by origin rather than by colour: whites, Chinese and Japanese greens, matcha, oolongs, Chinese reds and a long pu-erh section split into sheng and shou, with a Master's Collection of aged cakes from the 1970s to the 2000s at the top. Most loose teas come in 25, 50 and 100 g, so an organic English Breakfast at 5,00 € for 50 g, a 2026 Singell Darjeeling first flush and a Shizuoka Sencha Kura by the 25 g, a Da Hong Pao and the house shou pu-erh all stay under 6,00 € for the smallest packet. An Anxi Tieguanyin is sold as a 50 g pack.
Beyond the leaf there is teaware from Taiwan and Japan, Yixing clay pots, wood-fired cups by named potters, matcha bowls and whisks, plus chocolate and essential oils. The site lists tea events and a tea room that can be booked by the calendar, and separate contacts for the Old Town shop, the web shop, wholesale and events. Opening hours are Monday to Friday 12:00 to 18:00 and Saturday 11:00 to 16:00, closed on Sunday. Newsletter subscribers get their first order delivered free to a parcel locker anywhere in Estonia.
Tallinn · Estonia
Uus 11, 10111 Tallinn
Published hours: Mon–Fri 12:00–18:00 · Sat 11:00–16:00 · Sun closed
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The FindMeTea edit
01 · Black tea
A named-garden, organic 2026 first flush in a 25 g packet: the spring Darjeeling to drink this season rather than store, and the smallest packet in the shop's black section.
from € 6· 25 g
Explore this tea →02 · Oolong tea
The Wuyi rock oolong is the door into the oolong shelf, and by the 25 g it costs less than a sandwich. Roasted, mineral, and forgiving of a hurried brew.
from € 5· 25 g
Explore this tea →03 · Pu-erh tea
The house shou pu-erh, organic and sold from 25 g up to 250 g: the everyday dark tea of a shop whose top shelf holds decades-old cakes, and the right place to start before those.
from € 4.50· 25 g
Explore this tea →The one worth the trip
An Anxi Tieguanyin sold as a sealed 50 g pack, priced well above the shop's other oolongs: the one to carry home from Tallinn if you want a Chinese tea that tastes of a specific place rather than a category.
€ 19· 50 g
Explore this tea →Prices
Prices are indicative. Each price keeps its currency and pack size; this selection does not necessarily cover the house's complete range.
6 prices
| Tea | Type | Price / pack |
|---|---|---|
| Chado majapuerh (shou), ÖKO | Pu-erh tea | from € 4.5025 g |
| English Breakfast, must tee, ÖKO | Black tea | from € 550 g |
| Da Hong Pao oolong | Oolong tea | from € 525 g |
| Shizuoka Sencha Kura, Jaapani roheline tee | Green tea | from € 5.5025 g |
| 2026 Darjeeling First Flush Singell, must tee, ÖKO | Black tea | from € 625 g |
| Anxi Tieguanyin, 50 g pakk | Oolong tea | € 1950 g |
Indicative prices, with each product’s pack size. Prices may change; check with the shop. Price verification dates: 2026-09-14.
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