Sullivan Street Tea & Spice Company

Really cute and wonderful shop. A friend suggested it for tea. Bought a really nice tea pot and some delicious rooibos tea. I got 4 ounces for about $ 2.50 an ounce. The guy said it should last about a month. The staff was very friendly and helpful! Definitely recommend it for tea. They also have lots of spices to choose from too.

Wonderful service & I love my new teas.
I had a great time today when I wandered into Sullivan Street. I am just getting into teas and found the sales associate to be so helpful in helping me browse through teas. Tea shops can be overwhelming so I appreciated her patience and her understanding that I didn’t quite know what I wanted.
Prices are reasonable and so far I love the two I picked up! Creamed earl grey & winter’s remedy. Will go again!

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I make a stop by Sullivan every time I stop by nearby Porto Rico (for my coffee addiction). They have a great selection of loose leaf teas and the service here is always great! She was knowledgable and able to help me find what I was looking for in a jiffy.
I could go on, but there’s really not much else to say! Great little tea shop!

This place is a tea drinker’s dream. If you drink one of their teas every day for a year you most likely still wouldn’t get through their inventory. I purchased half a dozen teas my first visit; even though I still return, I only do so for their Winter Rose (black, unassuming, and floral) and Gyokuro (Japanese green). I was first introduced to Gyokuro at En Braisserie. I didn’t think Japanese green teas could get any better than Yamamotoyama or be exceptional, but the gyokuro at En Braisserie showed me otherwise. I’ve since purchased gyokuro from the Bleeker Street, Porto Rico Import and haven’t been as impressed. Sullivan’s gyokuro is superior; for $ 9 an ounce, it’s also pricy.
Except for the Winter Rose, I found most of the Sullivan Street’s blends to be slightly off. I found the sweet note in their White Pomegranate to be too strong and strident. Their truly heinous Chocolate Bliss was only strong and didn’t taste of chocolate at all. Their Lapsang Souchong was too smoky for my tastes. For blends I prefer Spice and Tease. Even the Porto Rico Import on Bleecker has pretty solid blends.
For teas of just one variety (s.a Sencha, Darjeeling, White Needle tea) Porto Rico import provides a good price (slightly cheaper than Sullivan, and definitely cheaper than Spice and Tease) for the quality.

Great selection of teas and spices, at great prices. All available in this charming shop or on-​line. (Vanilla pods for $ 2.75 each — I’ve never found for less than $ 4.50 elsewhere.) They had ground vanilla bean to make your own vanilla powder or sugar. I’ve never found that elsewhere, not even my other favorite online spice shop. (Most vanilla powders are cut with fillers.)
High quality teas — love the chai and green teas we bought. This is a destination spot with helpful, knowledgeable staff.

This charming tea shop is a great (and cheaper) alternative to Teavanna for lose leaf tea. They also have a lot of fresh spices and other dry goods, although I did not buy any.
I purchased some strawberry fields tea, which was absolutely delicious. I would recommend stopping in even if it is for a few minutes to look around.

What an adorable spot! I stopped by over the weekend after walking by many times, and I was very impressed! A great selection of unique teas and very friendly, knowledgable staff

Nice little spot, with a solid selection on well-​stocked shelves. Use the Unilocal checkin special if you’re making a purchase.

Great find!!! Wonderful selection of teas, spices and salts! Knowledgeable staff. We always stop by a after a lovely meal at Sacred Chow right across the street or when spending time up the block at Washington Square Park.
We usually go on Sundays and the service is always friendly and welcoming!

Great tea selection; knowledgeable, helpful staff. A wide selection of high quality teas, flowers and herbs. You will be inspired!

My wife bought a special powder 2 weeks ago and today we went back in this shop to buy some teas and the same powder.
10 minutes to explain and describe which kind of powder they gave us… And guess the conclusion???
They gave us the wrong powder last time.
TERRIBLE. I m tired to see and be served by employees who don t know which kind of products they are selling and so TIRED to hear these words: «well, i don t know «.
Bad bad bad bad.

I love my tea.
I love my tea from Sullivan Street Tea & Spice Company.
Their selection is incredible. And the taste of the teas are out of this world.
Highly recommend.

I’m a sucker for tea shops. I love teas. A lot. What I liked about this place was that they have a bunch of stuff, ranging from tea soaps, honey, the flower blossom teas (the flowers that look like they bloom in the water), and of course a bunch of loose leaf teas (not as much as Harney & Sons, but they have a good selection). Plus they have tea and honey samples which were great. They also sell tea by the cup, which varied in price depending on which tea you get. The place itself was cozy, and the people who were working there were nice. The tea quality isn’t bad either and it’s definitely cheaper than Harney & Sons.

I love tea more than life itself. Tea is a form of a food that is sufficient to consume for human subsistence, so it has many fans around the world. You can understand that when I heard of this place, my tea-​loving boxer briefs melted in delight (but not my wallet). Warm atmosphere, friendly and knowledgeable staff, and the teas are excellent and affordable. To my surprise, they also have spices and a wide variety of other hipstery stuff. You can taste and smell the quality. I recommend this to everyone. It’s like stepping into a warped dimension of tea and spice world. Your taste buds and teapot will thank you. Welcome to the Fun Palace.
Despite the fact that I’m a hardened criminal drug-​lord/​murderer gangsta, I appreciate the times of leisure and reprieve. This tea-​house is my second home away from the streets.
I shall return many times and satisfy my uncontrollable tea urges here. Come join me on a mythical quest of sensual dreams for infiniTEA.

If you looking for rare spices come here. I was on a search for juniper berries and they were unfortunately out but the staff searched high and low for it. They were shocked for themselves. I would come back because they had tons of spices I’ve never heard of and the staff was awesome.

Wow, what a wonderful store in the village! Great selection of teas, salts and spices.

Love this store! Came in on a Friday after work and the girl who worked there was very helpful in putting together a grab bag gift for my brother’s birthday. She was knowledgable and let me smell some of their teas. I was able to get a lot of great things and felt like I could spend forever in that store. I even got him an all-​natural lavender soap that smells incredible. They also have candles, chocolate, and other great gifts.
Make sure to check in on Unilocal and you get 10% off! I stupidly forgot to do it myself. I would love to come back and try more teas/​spices.

Cute place for some spices, specialty salts, and tea leaves.
They don’t really sell a variety of brewed teas.

The store looks really old in a good way from the outside and when you enter the store, you will instantly feel calm because of the tea aroma in the air. Love it! They also have impression tea selection here. I mean, they have everything from the very basic jasmine tea to kombucha tea. Ask them for the tea catalogue and just search for what you want there. Don’t hesitate to ask the storekeeper to find you your perfect tea. They are quite knowledgeable and very friendly!
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Stopped by here looking for a couple of spices for a tea blend that I was working on and lo and behold I found them all here — and more. The staff here were attentive and answered all of my silly questions with a smile. I even picked up a few canisters and know where I can get Hawaiian black salt!