New to Tea Shopping: Website suggestions / stores in SF?

You are definitely in tea heaven near SF. I will second Imperial Tea Court (actually in Berkeley), and, also in Berkeley, Asha Tea house, which has some great oolongs.

Isn’t there a place called T-We Tea? I think that is it. Does anyone know much about them?

For ordering, I love Teavivre, Harney and Sons, Lupicia, Mandala…there are lots of other good ones named here.

I like Aroma Tea Shop. They have two stores, one in Chinatown and one on Clement Street. Also Red Blossom is really good. I go to the Lupicia store sometimes too. There are a few stores in Japantown that sell decent Japanese tea.

Don’t forget The Pasta Shop in Berkeley. They have two locations (both sell Mariage Freres in tins and a few other brands of tea), but the location by the I80 also sells about a dozen MF teas in bulk. That location is also right next to Teance.

If you are looking for internet sources of tea there are a number of good ones. Mandala Tea at www.shopmandalatea.com. Yunnan Sourcing at www.yunnansourcing.com and www.yunnansourcing.us. The latter ships from Oregon the former from China. Berylleb King Tea and Streetsho88 on EBay are excellent as well.

Oh man, if I were anywhere near SF I’d be trying to get an invite to Tea Oasis (http://teasf.com/) :)