r/Edmonton • u/liberatedhusks • 1d ago
Fluff Post Tea! Spill it
Where’s your favorite place to get tea? I want to support local and I also want to add to my tea collection(I have too much I don’t need more) or If you don’t buy tea online, what’s the best chai/matcha/ etc latte you had and from where
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u/incidental77 Century Park 1d ago
She no longer has a brick and morter store but is Edmonton based for shipping and I think does have a pick up location
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u/doesntmatterhadtacos 1d ago
The Tea Place on St Albert Trail & 137th. Great selection of tea and various bobas, yummy food, and that cozy fireplace+sofa old school cafe aesthetic that encourages one to stay and enjoy a while. Love them.
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u/_danigirl 1d ago
I was going to suggest this place too. It's been around since the late 1990s or early 2000s. Used to love their lunch specials.
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u/clarinetgeek 1d ago
Vintage fork is fantastic, they have a physical store and they also ship for free anywhere in Edmonton.
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u/lizz_username114 Treaty 6 Territory 1d ago
If you want a good black tea take a look at The Red River Bannock Company. I do like the Kokum blend. Bonus that it’s indigenous owned.
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u/Responsible_Fox9454 1d ago
The way I got excited, thinking we were about to spill on YEG socialites lol. Girl you broke my goss heart lol
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u/OvalWombat The Big Bat 1d ago
I went there a few weeks ago. They have high tea with sandwiches etc.
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u/Read-it99 1d ago
Vintage fork is amazing, they have very quick free shipping within Edmonton but their brick and mortar store is very charming.
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u/RutabagasnTurnips 1d ago
Okay, it's not in Edmonton, but a lot of tea places in AB, and Canada as a whole really, utilize the same company/ies to order their leaves.
Glenn's Teahouse in Red Deet just off the QE2 is wonderful. Alllllllllllllllll the options. Plus a massive cinnamon bun that is delicious and shareable.
If you would like to look at the teas the way Glenn's sets up their tea menu https://glennsfamilyrestaurant.com/tea-menu/
To find places that sell Metropolitan's tea https://www.metrotea.com/about-metropolitan-tea/
Edit : a little history as you indulge in a cup. Just to reassure that the leaves you buy were founded by a Canadian. " Metropolitan Tea grew from a single vision: to provide an unparalleled tea experience. World-renowned Tea Master Gerry Vandergrift, founded our company in the basement of his Toronto home after learning the trade from one of Canada’s then premier tea companies. The rest, as they say, is history."
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u/General_Esdeath kitties! 1d ago
There's a unique Chinese tea store in Bonnie Doon mall, Green Island I think it's called? You can get all kinds of neat herbs there as well.
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u/Laf3th 1d ago
Mother Earth Essentials has some nice tea (she sells tea bags). They have 5 different flavours.
Jolene's tea in Banff has a really nice Cream of Earl Grey, and several others in bags. She has more looseleaf, but I tend towards teabags that are individually packed for travel reasons.
Boreal Heartland has some good herbals. Again teabags. I've bought them through indigenous box at the airport.
I don't drink much tea anymore, but having nice herbal tea when traveling is always nice for me.
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u/Extentialdifficulty 20h ago
remedy cafe has a great chai latte, clair-i-tea is also so cool they have psychics if youre into that
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u/Few-Leading-3405 1d ago
For loose tea and matcha you can't beat Acquired Taste on 124st.