The Tea Blossom
Tobin Hill · San Antonio
The Tea Blossom
A little tea shop you can actually walk into, tucked inside Trader’s Town, where the kettle is already on and nobody is rushing you out.
Inside Trader’s Town · 614 McCullough Ave, San Antonio, TX 78215 · 830-302-3544
What this place is
Tea, served slowly, on purpose
The Tea Blossom is a small tea shop inside Trader’s Town, a curated vendor marketplace on McCullough. Sixteen feet by ten feet of it. Every inch intentional.
You order a pot instead of a paper cup. You sit down. You stay longer than you planned to, which is exactly what I was hoping for when I signed the lease.
And you do not need to know a single thing about tea to walk in. Really. Point at a name you like the sound of and we will take it from there. That is the whole idea, elegance made accessible, no velvet rope, no quiz at the door.
What goes on in the shop
Four reasons to come by
Some people come for one cup on a hard Tuesday. Some people rent the whole corner for a birthday. Both are welcome, and both get the good china.
Walk in for tea
About twenty five drinks to open with, hot pots and iced pours, black, green, white, oolong, herbal, chai, and a few blends I made up because they needed to exist. Food stays simple on purpose, cold tea sandwiches made here and sweets from a local bakery (we are a tea shop, not a bake shop, and we would rather be excellent at one thing).
See hoursBook a tea party here
Birthdays, bridal showers, mother and daughter afternoons, a retirement send-off, a book club that got serious about snacks. Small private tea parties hosted right in the shop, with the hosting handled so you get to be a guest at your own party. Tell me the occasion and how many seats you need.
Plan a tea partyShop teas & gifts
Loose leaf sachets, teaware, mugs, and gift boxes you can carry out the door the same day. If you have been buying from us online, this is the shelf version of that, and yes, you can finally smell things before you commit.
Browse the tea shopEvents & classes
Tastings, steeping classes for people who have been doing it wrong for years (no judgment, most of us were), book club nights, and the occasional game night that gets competitive. The calendar fills in as we go, so check it often.
See what is coming upCome see us
Visiting The Tea Blossom
Where to find us
San Antonio, TX 78215
We are one of the shops inside the Trader’s Town marketplace, so come through the main entrance and follow the smell of bergamot.
Hours
Eleven to eight, seven days a week. Come on a lunch break, come after work, come on a Sunday when you have nowhere else to be.
Take the shop home
The Tea Blossom Club
Three loose leaf blends I choose myself, twelve sachets in all, plus a cookie, sugar cubes, and a recipe card, at your door every month. It is the same tea we pour in the shop, which means you can keep the feeling going on the days you cannot get to McCullough.
Also from us
Tea, wherever you are
The shop is the newest thing we do, not the only thing. Here is the rest of it.
A Tea Party In A Box
Everything for a proper tea party, boxed and shipped, for the times you would rather host at your own table.
Shop the boxes
Tea Parties by Erica Powers
Hosted tea parties for kids, adults, corporate teams, and everything in between, at your venue or ours.
See the experiences
Tea gifts
Mugs, shirts, sachets, and gift sets for the tea person in your life, or for you, which is also allowed.
Shop giftsTea has never really been about the tea. It is about having somewhere to sit down, and someone glad you came. We saved you a seat on McCullough.