The Spice & Tea Exchange

I have walked by this store many times during past visits to Grapevine. I love to cook and enjoy trying new spices. Additionally, I love to drink and learn about different teas.
I was very disappointed with what I observed on a recent visit to this store. The visit occurred during the Christmas holidays. Shortly after I entered the store, I heard a lot of loud noise coming from the rear of the store. As I made my way around to the back of the store, there appeared to be a party going on in the back break room — even though the store was fairly full of customers. The noise level was so loud, it was difficult to hear what the one lady who was actually working was trying to communicate to me. I felt sorry for her. She was the only one working out front and was trying to help me and the other customers while the other employees stayed in the back. The noise coming from the back of the store was not only loud but the conversation I could hear from the other side of the of the curtain was inappropriate. For a moment I thought I was in a college bar — not a tea and spice shop. Very disappointing experience.

This is one of my happy places in DFW. I had one near us when we lived in Orlando FL and it was a go-​to for specialty spices and cooking needs.
I love their blood orange and rose tea but their teas are very sweet and I tend to like my tea darker and «british».
Therefore I go here mainly for the spices which are fantastic. This time I was tempted by garam masala and my favorite steak seasoning. Want to impress some well deserving house guests or your significant other with a great steak? Pan fry some mushrooms as a topping, marinade some well cut pieces of steak in Guinness and Worcestershire sauce, and top with the espresso rub steak seasoning from the Spice and Tea Exchange and thank me later. ;)

I have been meaning to add some more supplies to my spice rack. I love adding spices to my roasted veggies and fish! I walked in and was greeted quickly. I browsed a little and then the woman who worked there came to greet me and ask what I was looking for. She recommended a few spices for me, and I got to smell a lot of them which is just wonderful to grasp what kind of dish you will end up making with that spice. I do agree that it might be on a pricier side vs getting spices from a grocery store, but in the end when you compare the quality and you only need a teaspoon per 3 ounces of fish lets say, it goes a long way and I think the price is justified. I came home and made a stir fry with veggies and used the ginger teriyaki along with the scorpion pepper sea salt. Wow was that spicy and I loved it!!! I can’t wait to make more and more creations with all the spices I got and I will definitely be coming back for more once I run out.

located on main street in grapevine, is a tea and spice exchange, trust me the big stores have nothing on this little place, and the cool thing, you can pop the lid on the glass storage jars and take on inhale of the aroma of the spice or tea… awesome little store.

This was such a fun shop to pop into! They have so many different things; salts, teas, sugars and spices that they blend in their store. The woman working was SUPER friendly and SUPER helpful. She made me excited about their products because she was excited about them. She had recommendations on how to use everything.
It would be so fun to go get a new spice and try one of her recipes.
I wish it wasn’t so expensive. But, specialty spices usually are. It would be a treat for me to buy something from here.
We are from Jacksonville, Florida and there is a store in St. Augustine so I will pop down there to visit that store!
Come and check it out! You can sample all of the sugars and smell all of the teas. There are so many different flavors.

Moved to Grapevine in April 2013 and just found this place last weekend. We will definitely be back! I love the wall of different flavored salts and will be trying them out for future recipies. We used one of their dry rubs on a turkey and mulling spice to make a cider. And were blown away by the quality and freshness of the spices. We will definitely go back. If you’re looking to try something new in the kitchen, come to this place!
They also have an assorted collection of tea’s too, we didnt get any, but I would sure give it a try!

Love that we can sample and smell all the teas, sugars and spices before buying!