Tea Lover's Paradise Opens in Palo Alto

Palo Alto is now home to a contemporary tea shop, with over 150 varieties served up by well-informed, passionate staff who encourage browsers to sniff and explore the vast selection, including dozens of never-before-seen flavors of tea, from Coco-lemon Thai to Cranberry Pear, as well as top-of-the-line green, white, oolong, black, pu’erh, yerba maté, rooibos teas and herbal blends.

Canadian loose leaf tea retailer DAVIDsTEA offers all 150+ varieties in-store: as an iced tea, a fizzy sparking TeaPop, a fresh brewed cup-to-go, or purchased by weight as loose leaf tea. Since its founding six years ago, the company has opened 115 stores across Canada, venturing into the U.S. market in 2012 with shops in New York City, followed by West Coast locations in San Francisco and Burlingame. The Palo Alto store is located at 318 University Avenue (between Waverly and Bryant Streets).

DAVIDsTEA co-founder David Segal, who personally selected the Palo Alto locale, adds “We are excited to come to Palo Alto, home of innovation. I think we found the ideal home on University Avenue, and we are really looking forward to becoming a part of this community.”

DAVIDsTEA is known for its exclusive signature blends, with intriguing names like Read My Lips, a black tea with chocolate, vanilla, mint and red candy lips, and Goji Pop, a bright red fruit infusion packed with goji berries. Customers can look for blends with exotic, non-traditional tea ingredients such as mulberry leaves, hot chilies, pomegranate seeds, kombucha powder, and caramel pieces, and cheeky names like Kiwi’s Big Adventure and Jumpy Monkey.

DAVIDsTEA also carries a wide selection of premium traditional estate teas, such as wood-fired Sencha Ashikubo, Grand Cru Matcha, and Nepal Black.

The company also sells tea related gifts.

A majority of DAVIDsTEAs are certified organic and certified kosher (and each is identified). The company strives to source fair trade ingredients and identifies each tea’s sourcing.

--Information and photo supplied by DAVIDsTEA