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| - On the way out? You may have heard that Starbucks is shutting down all Teavana locations. That's unfortunate because it's my favorite place to go for loose-leaf teas of every imaginable variety. This location is no exception.
While the prices are steep (get it? it's a tea joke), I don't mind too much. There's literally no other local place you can find loose leaf tea. (Maybe you can at some super-specialty hoity-toity organic grocers.) That's my favorite point here. They have teas of all possible kinds with a few different varieties within the categories too. White, green, black, herbal, chai, etc. There's even the sought after monkey-picked tea. My favorites are in the green and white tea categories.
The expensive items in this store include the incredibly overpriced teapots. You can purchase the exact same thing at World Market for about 1/10 the price, no kidding. $20 there, $200 here. There are lots of tea sets, storage containers, brewing jugs and portable tumblers. It seems most of their stuff is made of metal, stone or glass which is great really! But again, it's hard to get over those prices.
Last but not least, the service here is a mixed bag. You can try one of the taster teas at the entryway and order a whole cup of it but last time I did it took forever to make because two shopkeepers were doing busy work while just one was making all of the drinks in order.
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