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Best Tea Experiences in Toronto, Canada

If you know me, you know that I’ve never been a coffee drinker. You’d also know that my tea collection was starting to get so out of control I had to have an intervention with myself and cut myself off from buying any more tea. I once even started a Facebook group for fans of DavidsTea (a North American tea company) years ago and somehow it has over 9,000 members. To say the least, I like tea, and thankfully I live in a diverse city that is filled with amazing cafes and tea experiences. There are seriously so many that I have not even scratched the surface with this post, but I wanted to share some of my favs with you.

King Edward Hotel
37 King Street East

The King Edward Hotel offers a classy afternoon tea service on the weekends and if little finger sandwiches and macarons are your jam, this will be the perfect experience for you. The room is set with beautiful china and the waiter will come over to your table with boxes of all sorts of teas to choose from. The perfect experience for a special occasion!

Read about my full experience at the King Edward Hotel’s afternoon tea here.

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Icha Tea
235 Spadina Avenue

Serving all things Chinese tea-related, Icha Tea has a formal tea room as well as a grab-and-go area. One of the things they’ve been known for is their cheese foam teas. Yes, you heard me correctly. These teas have all-natural foam made from cream cheese and even though it sounds bizarre, it’s super tasty! You can also take part in a traditional tea ceremony here in their back tea room!

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Tsujiri
147 Dundas Street West

With locations around the world, Tsujiri is known for its matcha, and they seriously have matcha everything. For those that don’t know, matcha is a Japanese tradition and is a finely ground powder of specially grown and processed green tea leaves. This high-quality green tea is super caffeinated and offers a ton of health benefits. Tsujiri has a large menu of matcha products, including regular cups of matcha tea (iced and hot), as well as other desserts infused with matcha like the above ice cream.

Bampot
201 Harbord Street

This bohemian house of tea and board games cafe is super cute and the perfect place to take a date or your best girlfriend. The vibe is incredibly chill, with different types of seating including on the floor, and in little cute private booths. Their tea menu is massive and there are so many different types you’ve probably never seen before. Order a pot for the table and pair it with some of their yummy little snacks!

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One Zo Tapioca
2 Wellesley Street West and 297 College St

One Zo Tapioca is famous for making its own in-house tapioca for its bubble teas. The tea shop has a ton of different bubble tea flavour combinations and various types of homemade tapioca to add in. If you arrive at the right time, you’ll be able to watch the tapioca being made right in the window!

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Bake Code
626 Yonge Street and 4910 Yonge Street

This bakery/cafe has been featured in a ton of places lately so I wanted to go give it a try to see if I would add it to my list! First off, they sell a ton of tasty desserts, many of which are tea-based like a milk tea or matcha croissant (pictured above). I think my croissant would’ve been amazing if I went at the beginning of the day when it was fresh, but mine was a little stale. However, the main reason I included Bake Code on this list was for their drinks. First off they have the whole Chatime menu but I recommend trying the Bake Code signature drinks. I tried the purple potato latte iced and it was incredibly good!

What are some of your favourite tea joints in Toronto? Share them in the comments below so I can give them a try!

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