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The city guide · IsraelTea shops inTel Aviv.
Tel Aviv's tea counters belong to two houses that could not be more different. Palais des Thés, the Paris tea merchant, has had a shop on Dizengoff since 2010 and a second one at Sarona Market since 2015, with a Hebrew webshop of more than three hundred products priced per 100 g: English Breakfast at ₪49, Long Jing at ₪98, an organic Dong Ding-style Jade Oolong at ₪118, and a Thai Milky Oolong from ₪59 for 50 g. Wissotzky, the company that has made tea in Israel since 1935, runs TLAB, a tea bar with a loose-leaf counter at its HaHashmonaim Street headquarters and a second one in the Azrieli Mall, where its own Earl Grey costs ₪14 for 100 g and an organic Tie Kuan Yin ₪69 for 100 g. For Chinese tea by the 50 g pack there is iTea, an online importer with an office in the city but no shop, from ₪36 for 50 g of English Breakfast.
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Palais des Thés Israel
Dizengoff (corner of Gordon) and Sarona Market
17 prices listedPalais des Thés Israel
Dizengoff 131, Tel Aviv · Kalman Magen 3, Sarona Market, Tel Aviv
The Paris tea merchant's Israeli shops, on Dizengoff since 2010 and at Sarona Market since 2015, with a Hebrew webshop priced per 100 g.
In storeShips onlineSince 2010Dizengoff: Sun–Thu 9:30–20:00, Fri 9:00–15:00; Sarona Market: Sun–Thu 10:00–20:30, Fri 9:00–15:00, Sat 10:00–18:00
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The Israeli shops of the Paris tea house: the first opened in 2010 at Dizengoff 131, on the corner of Gordon Street, with teapots, cups and accessories next to the tea wall, and the second in the summer of 2015 inside Sarona Market (Kalman Magen 3), which also opens on Saturdays and has an underground car park. The Hebrew webshop sells almost everything in 100 g pouches, with 500 g and 1 kg bags, metal tins and 20 cotton tea bags for many of them: English Breakfast at ₪49, an organic Assam Hattiali TGFOP at ₪54, an organic Darjeeling Shanti at ₪75, Grand Yunnan Imperial at ₪62, Long Jing at ₪98, organic Sencha Supérieur at ₪62, Genmaicha Yama at ₪79, organic Bai Mu Dan at ₪79, the organic Jade Oolong at ₪118 and Pu Er Impérial at ₪66, all per 100 g; the Grands Crus come in 30 g pouches, like Gyokuro Hikari at ₪80.40, the Milky Oolong starts at ₪59 for 50 g, and a 20 g tin of Matcha Meiju is ₪240. Courier delivery is ₪30 under ₪199, ₪15 from ₪200 and free from ₪400, with central Tel Aviv served within two business days; pickup at the Dizengoff shop is free from ₪100.
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Website: palaisdesthes.co.il 
02Loose-leaf specialistWissotzky TLAB
Beit Wissotzky (HaHashmonaim Street) and Azrieli Mall, 1st floor
14 prices listedWissotzky TLAB
HaHashmonaim 103, Tel Aviv · Azrieli Mall, 1st floor, Tel Aviv
Wissotzky's tea bar and loose-leaf counter at its HaHashmonaim headquarters, with a second branch in the Azrieli Mall and an online shop.
In storeShips onlineSince 2020HaHashmonaim: Sun–Thu 10:00–20:00, Fri 10:00–15:00; Azrieli Mall: Sun–Thu 9:30–22:00, Fri 9:30–15:00; both closed Sat
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Wissotzky's concept store, opened in 2020 at Beit Wissotzky, the company's headquarters at HaHashmonaim 103 where its tea factory once stood, with a second branch on the first floor of the Azrieli Mall next to Super-Pharm. Each is a drinks bar first, with tea brewed on the spot, kept in kegs and poured from beer taps into reusable cups, iced teas, milk teas with tapioca and matcha drinks, and a counter of loose leaf, tea boxes and teaware beside it. The loose teas are sold in 100 g: Assam CTC at ₪50, Scottish Breakfast at ₪52, Wissotzky's own Earl Grey at ₪14, an organic Tie Kuan Yin at ₪69, Milk Oolong at ₪99, High Grade jasmine green at ₪63, a Bai Long green at ₪95, natural rooibos at ₪40 and a pu-erh at ₪58, plus hand-rolled jasmine pearls at ₪95 for 50 g and a Shizuoka matcha at ₪89 for 50 g. The webshop notes that its prices apply to online orders; home delivery is ₪19.90, free from ₪199, or ₪7 to a pickup point.
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Website: wissotzky-tlab.co.il
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Ocha – the Art of Tea
Yosef Karo Street · Yosef Karo 30, Tel Aviv
Website: ocha.co.ilAn importer of tea blends and teapots with its own shop on Yosef Karo Street, open Sunday to Thursday mornings; the catalogue is on its website.
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Currency, grams & tea bags
Each price keeps its original pack size. A box of bags and a pouch of loose leaf aren’t a like-for-like comparison.
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