Tea shops · Winterthur, Switzerland
A tea shop founded in 1994 by Susanne Amsler and since 2009 in the Bauhof on Steinberggasse, with over three quarters of its teas organic.
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The house
Susanne Amsler opened the Teehaus in 1994 at the Holderplatz, and in 2009 growing demand moved it to a larger space at Steinberggasse 61, inside the Bauhof — a building with seven and a half centuries behind it. She still owns the shop and works the floor with a small sales team. The street is in Winterthur's Altstadt and closed to traffic: from the station you follow the Untertor to Kasinostrasse, turn towards Neumarkt, and the shop is about seventy metres into Steinberggasse.
Tea is sold mostly by the 100 g, with 50 g for a few and herbs from 30 g. The everyday end holds a Gunpowder, the cheapest thing on the list, and a tarry Lapsang Souchong; above them sit a Lung Ching Grade 1, a Keemun Mao Feng and a Yunnan Jinzhen. Japan is represented by a Kirishima matcha and a Kirishima hojicha, Taiwan and Fujian by a milky oolong, an Anxi Tie Guanyin and a GABA. There are herbs, a masala chai and green mate too.
More than seventy-five per cent of what the shop sells is organically grown: the business itself is certified CH-BIO-006 and re-inspected every year by bio-inspecta. Rather than keep a large store room it orders small quantities from its suppliers, and the finest lots are vacuum-packed. Beyond the leaf there is teaware and accessories, tea biscuits and green-tea chocolate, vouchers and the Teehaus advent calendar, plus an online shop. It closes on Mondays; if you drive, the Technikum car park is two minutes away.
Winterthur · Switzerland
Steinberggasse 61 (im Bauhof)
In the Altstadt: from the station take the Untertor to Kasinostrasse, turn towards Neumarkt and enter Steinberggasse; the shop is about 70 m along, on the right. The street is closed to cars and the Technikum car park is two minutes away.
Published hours: Tue–Fri 9:00–12:30 and 14:00–18:30 · Sat 10:00–16:00 · Closed Mon
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The FindMeTea edit
01 · Green tea
A graded Dragon Well, sold in the same 100 g step as the everyday blacks. It is the green the shop leads with, and the grade is printed on the label rather than left vague.
from CHF 17· 100 g
Explore this tea →02 · Black tea
A golden-bud Yunnan black and the dearest of the shop's 100 g blacks, which is where a buying policy of small, current lots shows most clearly.
from CHF 18· 100 g
Explore this tea →03 · Oolong tea
A GABA oolong is a style few shops bother to stock, and this one is among the handful here sold in 50 g rather than 100 — a smaller commitment for an unfamiliar cup.
CHF 11· 50 g
Explore this tea →The one worth the trip
Loose sheng mao cha from Yiwu, sold in 50 g: raw pu-erh leaf before anyone presses it into a cake. It is the one genuinely rare thing on a list that otherwise sticks to well-made classics, and because this shop refuses to hold a big warehouse, what you buy is a current lot rather than something that has sat in a depot for years.
from CHF 10· 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.
16 prices
| Tea | Type | Price / pack |
|---|---|---|
| Gunpowder | Green tea | from CHF 5.60100 g |
| Mate Green | Yerba mate | CHF 6100 g |
| Tarry Lapsang Souchong | Black tea | from CHF 7100 g |
| Chai Masala Blacktea | Chai | from CHF 7100 g |
| Assam Halmari | Black tea | from CHF 7.60100 g |
| Pfefferminze | Herbal infusion | CHF 830 g |
| Ingwer | Herbal infusion | from CHF 8100 g |
| Pu Er Mao Cha Yiwu | Pu-erh tea | from CHF 1050 g |
| GABA Oolong | Oolong tea | CHF 1150 g |
| Hojicha Miyama Kirishima | Green tea | CHF 13100 g |
| Keemun Mao Feng | Black tea | from CHF 14100 g |
| Milky Oolong | Oolong tea | from CHF 16100 g |
| Oolong Tie Guanyin Anxi | Oolong tea | CHF 1650 g |
| Lung Ching Grade 1 | Green tea | from CHF 17100 g |
| Yunnan Jinzhen | Black tea | from CHF 18100 g |
| Matcha Midori Kirishima | Matcha | CHF 2050 g |
Indicative prices, with each product’s pack size. Prices may change; check with the shop. Price verification dates: 2026-09-05 · 2026-09-06.
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