Tea shops · Vancouver, Canada
Tea shops · Vancouver, CanadaO5 Tea
A Kitsilano tea bar on West 4th built around growers: Keemun from Huangshan, an heirloom Assam, Taiwan oolong and a Fuding white by a named master.
Every tea on this shelf comes with a person attached: a garden manager, a farmer, a family, a master of Fuding white tea.
O5 Tea runs a tea bar at 2208 West 4th Avenue, in Kitsilano, open every day of the week and until later on Fridays and Saturdays. The name explains itself on the shop's own page: the O stands for an obsession with origin, and the five for the elements of earth, water, wind, fire and void. The team travels to build ties with farmers and to bring tea from remote villages, and describes the bar as a space to host friends, share and experiment. The room can also be booked.
The product pages read like field notes. The 1875 Keemun names its garden manager, Zha Weiming, and its cultivar, Keemun Maofeng; the Assam comes from Kahibari, a few kilometres from the Bhutan border, where T. Bodosa has farmed organically since 2007. Sencha Soul is a steamed green from GuZhu Mountain in Zhejiang, made in the older Ming Dynasty style by Zhang Wen Hua. Taiwan arrives as a lightly roasted Shan Lin Xi from the Chen family and a Jinxuan GABA oolong from Ming Jian. Most leaves start at 40 g.
Past the loose leaf, the shelf runs deep into aged Xiaguan pu-erh, from tuo cha to a 2014 horseback basket, and wanders as far as Georgian black teas and an oak-ash fermented dark tea meant for Bhutanese butter tea. The teaware leans handmade: chasen by Tanimura Yasaburo, chawan by Robert Stickney, Hagi ware, and a line of titanium gaiwans, cups and kettles for brewing outdoors. Seasonal matcha is sold in store, and online orders ship across Canada and the United States.
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Where it is
Kitsilano tea bar
2208 West 4th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V6K 1N8
Hours: Mon–Thu 12:00–18:00 · Fri–Sat 12:00–20:00 · Sun 12:00–19:00
What to buy here
Green tea
2026 Sencha Soul, Ming Dynasty Style Steamed Green
from CA$ 22 · 40 g
A steamed green made the way it was before sencha existed: long steaming, careful hand-picking and no rolling into needles, from a grower whose trees on GuZhu Mountain are in many cases over 80 years old. The shop suggests brewing it in a glass beaker so you can watch the leaves.
Assam
Assam Kahibari, Heirloom L1
from CA$ 27 · 80 g
A hand-crafted heirloom Assam with chunky leaves, from an organic pioneer farming near the Bhutan border. Bold enough for breakfast, with cacao nibs, molasses and malt in the notes, and the shop also suggests it iced. It starts at 80 g.
See our page on this tea →Keemun
1875 Keemun Black Tea
from CA$ 18 · 40 g
Named after 1875, the first recorded year of Keemun production, and grown organically in the Yellow Mountain region of Anhui, with dark chocolate and maple caramel in the tasting notes. A classic, and the easiest way into this shelf at 40 g.
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The one worth the trip
2010 Gong Mei White Tea, Mei Xianjing
from CA$ 20 · 50 g
Mei Xianjing was recognized in 2013 as a national-level inheritor of Fuding white tea craft under China's Intangible Cultural Heritage system, and this Gong Mei comes from his home village of Bailiu. It is the less famous sibling of Bai Mudan and Silver Needle, with dates, dried apricot and toasted grain in the cup, and the shop sells it from 50 g up to a kilo.
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| Tea | Type | Price | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1875 Keemun Black Tea | Black tea | from CA$ 18 | 40 g |
| 2010 Gong Mei White Tea, Mei Xianjing | White tea | from CA$ 20 | 50 g |
| 2026 Sencha Soul, Ming Dynasty Style Steamed Green | Green tea | from CA$ 22 | 40 g |
| Ming Jian GABA, Taiwan Oolong | Oolong tea | from CA$ 26 | 40 g |
| Assam Kahibari, Heirloom L1 | Black tea | from CA$ 27 | 80 g |
| Shan Lin Xi, Lightly Roasted Spring 2026 Oolong | Oolong tea | from CA$ 37 | 40 g |
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