Palais des Thés Israel.

Palais des Thés opened its first Israeli shop in 2010 at Dizengoff 131, on the corner of Gordon Street: a huge selection of teas and infusions, in the shop's own words, with teapots, cups and accessories and a staff you are invited to question about tea. It opens Sunday to Thursday from half past nine to eight and Fridays from nine to three. The second shop followed in the summer of 2015 inside Sarona Market, at Kalman Magen 3, where the underground car park connects straight into the market. Sarona stays open until half past eight on weekdays and is the only one of the two open on Saturdays.

The webshop, in Hebrew with an English version, is organised the Paris way: teas by colour from white to pu-erh, maté and rooibos, flavoured families such as the Louvre teas, Earl Greys, jasmines and smoked teas, single estates from China and Japan to Nepal, Korea, Taiwan and Thailand, and a Grands Crus section for the rare lots, with a kosher filter across all of it. Most teas are priced per 100 g pouch and also come as 500 g and 1 kg bags, tins and 20 cotton tea bags; the Grands Crus start at 30 g. Beyond the leaf: teapots, matcha bowls, gong fu cha sets, cold-brew makers and books.

The English Breakfast is a blend of teas from India, Rwanda, Mozambique and Sri Lanka, and the Long Jing comes from the Tianmu peaks of Zhejiang, with the shop's own brewing card of 75 °C for three minutes. The Assam is a Hattiali TGFOP, the Darjeeling an organic Shanti, the Jade Oolong an organic Dong Ding-style leaf, and a 20 g tin of Matcha Meiju sits next to a Gyokuro Hikari sold from 30 g. Courier delivery costs ₪30 on orders under ₪199, ₪15 from ₪200 and nothing from ₪400, with central Tel Aviv served within two business days; orders over ₪100 can be collected free at the Dizengoff shop.