Good teas in the grocery

A lot of book stores in my area sell tea. Like Chapters and Indigo. Also places like Winners and Homesense.

Cost Plus World Market. It’s not grocery really, but they have a nice variety.

Whole Foods! Depending on the store you can find Adagio, Octavia Teas, Mighty Leaf, Republic of Tea, Rishi, some also have bulk teas too.

If you are lucky you might find Barry’s or PG Tips, both worthy of a try. they might even have PG Tips loose boxed.

Twinings – an obvious choice.

Our local stores now stock a small amount of Tazo, Yogi, and Celestial Seasons. I find all to be very hit or miss and more often on the miss side (as in I don’t like them).

I have to go out of town to find it but Ahmad is a personal favorite.

Around here there is actually quite a lot of loose tea if you are willing to look. At the local grocery stores I can find Twinnings, sometimes Nourish Teas, Uncle Lees, Stash, Bewleys, Hyleys, Strauss and Madea-on.

Also nearby there are several grocery stores serving several ethnic communities whereI can find several Polish Brands of Loose Tea, Indian Teas ususally several brand and private label ctc’s from India and Kenya, Liptons full leaf, occassional boxed estate teas usually Lopchu, and various styles of green tea, Chinese and Japanese teas of various Brands, and various others. There are also loose teas available at winners, homesense, and chapters ( sometimes Harney and sons, sloane teas, Tea forte, Luv, occassionally others). Whole Foods near where I live has Rishi, Four o’clock teas (mainly unflavoured styles of chinese teas), Tealish, Nourish, Cjay Tea, and a brand that sells Tulsi blends. There are also a few smaller places selling loose tea.

Wegmans has a pretty great selection (Republic of Tea, Mighty Leaf, Celestial Seasonings, Stash, Twinings, etc), though they only have locations in the northeast US.

Lots of supermarkets (in New Jersey at least) have international food aisles with a selection of British & Irish imported teas.

TJ Maxx, Marshall’s and Big Lots all seem to have a rotating stock. I’ve picked up tasty teas at Marshalls and Big Lots in the past but they were things other stores had discontinued. I think I got a pretty good Char Brew haul from Marshall’s once!

In TX there is a store called Central Market that has a pretty large selection of loose leaf teas in bulk. The store has a very similar feel to Whole Foods.
Specialty or high end grocery stores are a good bet too.

Local Big Lots recently had several varieties of Twinings loose leaf.

I like Yorkshire gold as a base for iced tea in the summer. I hot brew it with a pinch of baking soda, then add all sorts of fruits to it. Oranges, lemons, limes, berries, apples, pears, etc. I currently have bags, but it does come loose. London Drugs seems to carry it in Canada.