T-We Tea

Seriously the best tea shop I have gone to for loose leaf
The names are all wonderful and whimsical
The customer service is impeccable. This is going to become a staple for me. I can’t not say enough good things and the tea itself is fabulous!
Can’t wait to go back

Just ordered green tea and an infuser to be delivered. Wow. Arrived to my door within 2hrs of ordering online, the packaging was exceptional and included was a hand written thank you note with a few samples. Great marketing and customer service. Well done!

NOT OPEN. i tried to find this place today at 4pm. it’s not in the crocker galleria where it should be. there is an incense shop where the map says it should be.

I’d been hearing about this shop from various people: all of them urged me to go check it out. One day I was having lunch at a place in the Crocker Galleria and so I decided to stop by and see for myself what all this hype was about.
Upon entering the store I noticed two things immediately: the shelves are stocked with colorful boxes and the staff greeted me with a bright smile. I then started browsing the colorful tea boxes and a green one caught my attention. The label read: Marin Dilf.
You should know I live in Marin and that my neighbor fits the funny description so well that I just have to write it up here:
Carpe Diem, Daddy. Carpe Diem!
Are you an adventurous soul who loves the great outdoors? Is your weekend spent biking across the Golden Gate Bridge wearing your fitted biking shorts?
Well, we have created a tea for YOU. So whether you’re a DILF or a DILF-​in-​training, or just a fan of one, like its name this tea will get your heart racing.
The four different types of caffeine is blended in a new sexy and daring way: Japanese kukicha green tea, yerba mate, coffee bean, cacao nibs.

I got their «Girl Grey», «You’re Welcome», and «Oolong Rouge». The best is the Oolong Rouge. I recently bought some «Momo Oolong Super Grade» from Lupicia and it is a rose oolong that smells like peaches. The Oolong Rouge is very different from what I expected based on the Momo. It has white peppercorns in it! This makes it smell really different and adds a unique spiciness to the tea.

Amazing selection of teas, incredibly helpful/​knowledgeable service, and hilarious names like «Cougar Tranquiler» and «Flaming Prince Charming»
The teas are both delicious and unique!

Never been a huge tea drinker but this place blends good stuff! I gave there teas to my family last holiday and all the clever names were a hit on top of them tasting amazing. Th guys that run the shop were really helpful and nice too. Happy to see more small biz shops downtown and hope they are doing good!

I found a really good loose leaf tea here combining Mint and Green Tea. I wasn’t even here to shop as I came here with my friend who was shopping for someone else. The Mint Green Tea was still very fragrant even after steeping the tea in water and I still got to have my caffeine instead of having herbal mint teas all the time.
It’s $ 15 for a small bag so not that cheap but if you really want to try a green tea combo with mint, then I highly giving this a taste when coming here.
Update: I think the tea I bought was Madame Morocco.

I may be T-We’s biggest fan :) I have a tower of their tea at home to prove it!
It is my favorite place to take an afternoon tea break, stock up on loose leaf tea, and my go to for gifts. Not only is the tea delicious, they have tons of beautiful cups, tea pots, and accessories to help you enjoy their tea. The staff is amazing, funny, and knowledgeable — and will help you pick out the best tea to fit your mood.
Some of my favorite teas at T– We:
Grumpy Dinosaur — minty and delicious
Cuddle Bug and Sleepy Cloud are my go tos before bed.
Sippin’ Pretty — you can use it as an eye compression and face mask!
Ville de Ploucs
Honestly — I enjoy all of the tea — plus the loose leaf blends are just so exquisite! The names are fun — and make giving them for gifts even more enjoyable.
T-​We is a little ray of sunshine in the financial district!

You’re Welcome.
Seriously.
You’re Welcome.
A visit to T-​We is a sure thing way to manifest a better afternoon. Christopher and Keir who run this colorful oasis in the Crocker Galleria — have an astounding way of brightening up your day with their genuine smiles and kind wit. Their tea is also genius. They have an impressive array of herbal options. Each tea is playfully named, wonderfully sourced, beautifully packaged, and tastes like absolute goodness.
The other day I came in here and asked Keir if they had a non or low caffeinated tea that would help settle my stomach — which wasn’t peppermint based.
He smiled and brewed me some You’re Welcome — which is an epic blend of chinese fujian white peony tea, california orange slices, and ginger root.
You’re Welcome soothed my stomach in no time and it tastes like healthy heaven.
I have been brewing it all day at work.
T-We’s You’re Welcome Tea may be my new favorite tea. I love looking at it. I love smelling it. I love sipping it.
My body loves it too. My stomach is at peace and my skin has a hydrated glow to it.
Trust.

They have a tea called ‘Boobage.’
It’s purpose is to help naturally increase your breast milk supply. I tried it based on name and didn’t read the full label beforehand. Luckily, I remained childless and milk-​free after sipping but apparently if you’re a new mom this stuff is the business.
They have a tea called ‘Grumpy Dinosaur.‘
It’s a mint herbal tea meant to calm even «the grouchiest of thunder lizards.» I might get some to slip to my roommate and see if this tea can perform miracles.
They have a tea called ‘Earl Cray Cray.‘
I hate Earl Grey tea but based on name alone I’d make an exception and drink up.
They have a tea called ‘Bicurious George.‘
It’s a coffee blended tea for when you can’t decide which way to go, obvi.
They have a tea called ‘Scandelous Manfriend.‘
It’s my fave. It’s a rad blend with TWO different types of Darjeeling, my all time favorite type of tea. It’s delicious.
These are just a few of the delightful concoctions you’ll find at T-​We, located inside the Crocker Galleria. The shop is pristine and adorable and the staff are angels on Earth in a mall. The perfect stop for a cup of tea and a gift for everyone you know. There’s basically no reason not to go.

Fellow Unilocalers, I recommend you stopping by and checking out this tea shop. This store is awesome! I first saw these guys at the Patchwork show. I didn’t buy any tea at the show because I had already spent my spending money on a jar of preserves. I was happy to find out they have a brick and mortar store in San Francisco. I came here about fifteen minutes from closing time because I can’t read maps for the life of me and ended wandering around elsewhere.
From the limited time I was in the store, I saw honey, strainers, cups with infusers, and tea boxes. The teas are separated and displayed in white cubby boxes. The tea boxes are color coded and separated accordingly. I can’t remember what all the colors mean but I remember white teas are in grey and herbal teas are in blue. The tea names and quotes on the boxes are very whimsical, humorous, and delightfully gay.
Strainers were in clear containers. I bought a ball strainer for a friend. It was stainless steel with a small chain attached. Christopher showed me a unique strainer that also serves as a stirrer. I am planning on getting that for myself in the future. I also saw cute robot tea strainers. You can get tea to go and the store provides sugar and stirrers for you to use.
Christopher was so wonderful and welcoming to me. I didn’t get any pushy or annoyed vibes from him even though I arrived near closing time. He answered all my questions and gave me good recommendations. The teas smelled so good! In the end, Failing Princess won me over and he told me it was his favorite flavor of them all.
The store uses an Ipad for transactions. They have tip war jars here, too. He gave me a hot to go cup of tea on the house. Yay! Christopher, if I had cash on me that day, I would have definitely tipped because the customer service was excellent. I hope this review will suffice in showing my appreciation.
Failing Princess smells so pretty and feminine. I enjoy it both iced and hot with a little bit of sugar. I am addicted and have gone through half of the supply already. I use the left over tea leaves for tea compost for my plants or to deodorize my fridge. I definitely plan on coming next month to stock up. T-​We Tea, you just got a new loyal customer!

I love, love, love T-​We.
I discovered T-​We over two years ago when I was in the midst of a big Davids Tea phase and thought the T-​We packaging, product names, and teas were so delightful. However, I definitely gravitated more toward the «sweeter» offerings, as my taste buds were so overwhelmed by all the artificial flavorings in Davids Tea (at least all the ones I used to drink…)
Today, T-​We is just as cute and creative as ever, but I can appreciate so many more of their teas, as I’ve switched to more natural, herbal teas and have skipped sweetener altogether for about a year now.
They have some incredible herbal blends. I love how descriptive the packaging is — you know exactly what you’re getting, often where it comes from, and what it’s meant to do for you. The funny, sassy names are also a pretty good indicator of what teas will be «right» for you, which I love.
Right now, I’m switching between Ooh Laa Cocolong (deliciously coconut-​y), Soggy Morning Brekkie (great for a caffeine boost), Marin DILF (also chock-​full of caffeine), Grumpy Dinosaur (very minty — I love this for sore throat days), and Flailing Princess (coconut rose petal and, come on, the name — love!).
The people who work here are consistently awesome to deal with. Very knowledgeable, personable, etc. When I said that maybe I wanted to make Marin DILF a bit more «exciting,» they helped me figure out the best tea (s) to blend with it and educated me about how much of each to use.
The store also carries great tea accessories and often has deals when you buy a certain amount of tea. Oh, and did I mention they sometimes have tea/​cocktail parties?
I just wish they had more locations and/​or were based in a «cooler» areas of town. This is close to work for me — so, lucky me — but I wish this was in a place with more foot traffic so everyone would know about them. Although, they ARE still going strong after two years in the Crocker Galleria, so it must be OK…

This review is long due… I’ve been to this place once every year for three years. I remember when they were located on the upper floors (they are now currently located on the bottom floor with more room).
The tea is amazing and Keir is wonderful person!!! Based on his recommendations, I had so far:
—Bicurios George (tea and coffee),
—Marin Dilf (Japanese Kuki Cha Green tea and coffee),
—Lesbi Friends (olong and apples),
—Flaming Prince Charming (coconut, cardamom pods, and tea),
—Chai That,
—Cougar Tranquilizer (Chamomile blossoms, valerian root, passionflower, orange, licorice root, lavendar blossoms, red rose),
—You’re Welcome (peony tea, orange, ginger),
—Hipsters in Wonderland (tea and carrot, which makes it extremely creamy)
They also throw in a little gift if you buy over a certain amount (I currently have two different strainers and a little tea bag/​container holder. Also, the white tins that some of the tea come in are great to store other tea and/​or storage.
Overall, I enjoy my pilgrimage to this place once-​a-​year. I just wish I was in San Francisco more often… Truly, this is my only regret…

Love this place!!!
I worked a few streets away and had been meaning to come here for months and never made it. I finally decided to come to do some birthday shopping for friends and boy did I load up on gifts.
This store is the the cutest little shop that fills all of your tea needs! An array of teas, honeys, devices, and even soaps! I had their tea many times since Hippy Brew in Hayward serves their tea, so I was happy to finally own some «sippin’ pretty» and «ghetto fab»
Most importantly, thank you Christopher for all of your help! Super informative and not pushy at all like most boutique shops can be.

I finally found T-​We Tea! It’s a bit tough to get to with a 9 – 5 job, but if you’re in FiDi for work or you’re visiting, give this place a visit. The owners are wonderful folks that have a lovely world view, which is to bring people together around tea. Now, this is precisely the type of place you want to bring folks to who are curious about tea. This is because instead of just heavily scenting teas to make give them ‘flavor’, they actually blend teas properly. It’s also one of the most hospitable visits I’ve ever made to any place in… well, forever. It is wonderful to have a place with friendly, knowledgeable people. Even though it’ll take me some time to finish off my tea, I know I’ll be back for more later.
The blends have some amazing names, like Marin Dilf, Gurrl Grey, and one that is simply called Boobies! I’ve had the Foggy Morning Brekkie before, and it’s by far one of my favorite breakfast teas. Blended with an assortment of black teas and a hint of vanilla bean, this is the one tea that actually gives me a jolt of caffeine that you don’t usually get in tea.
These guys are not shy with their blends, either. I’ve never seen coffee included in a tea blend. You might think this is insanity, but there’s something to ‘ve said about mad scientist tea meisters.
Definitely give this lovely place a visit and grab a cuppa!

There are four things you need to know about this place:
1) They have a great selection of wonderful blended teas.
2) Almost every single one has a sexually suggestive name. Yes, I think this is funny.
3) They also have a brilliantly curated selection of teaware including an awesome teapot they call the «Danepot» which is actually from a company called Menu, and a teapot warmer which is from Teaposy.
4) They are only open Monday — Friday and they close early EVERY day. No dates here! Sorry, tourists and off day visits only!

Oh. My. Goodness. Gracious! What did I just step into? Did I just die and go to tea heaven?! It sure seems like it!
From the outside, shelves filled with colorful boxes of unique loose tea leaves will lure you into the store. It’s fanciful, fun, and fabulous! Who doesn’t want that?! Once entering, you will be greeted by one of the friendliest and happiest folks who will gladly serve you a variety of teas they’ve brewed for the day. Their high level of cheerfulness has me wondering what happy potion they’ve been sipping. If it’s their tea… I’ll have what they’re having, please! And double it! (:
Even if you’re not into tea, but need a feel-​good laugh, you should visit this place! These folks are quite Punny and witty with their tea names. From Bicurious George to Lesbi Friends, you’ll surely get a chuckle (or two) from the different tea leaves name! And if not, striking up a conversation with these tea connoisseur will definitely make your day!
Their loose tea leaves are infused with a combination of unlikely flavors, but tastes heavenly! The sample of Iced Cocorosa is mixed with orange, rose, and coconut, and tastes refreshingly delicious! I’m not a huge fan of the coconut, but it was light enough to not have me running in disgust. The orange and rose flavor gives you that kick of refreshment. I could definitely see myself sipping on this once warmer weather rolls around.
So, if you ever find yourself having a bad day or in need of tea, come on by and find relief and relaxation at this cute little tea shop!

I met these guys at the Renegade Craft Fair in Austin and they had one of my favorite booths. They were super friendly and they have really inventive blends of tea. I especially liked the ones that combined crushed coffee beans with the black tea. More caffeine — yes, please!
The teas are reasonably priced and they’re delicious. Also, they use the good stuff. The tea leaves are large, not milled like in commercial tea, and the blends use varieties like Keemun and Nilgiri. The punny names like «sippin’ pretty,» «hipsters in wonderland,» «hay girl hay» and «Cocorosa» (like the band??) also make the teas great gifts. I’m looking forward to trying more of them.

They are awesome!
I am in love with one of their best sellers «grumpy dinosaur» tea!
The store located at the Crocker gallery is cute, nice, very clean and they have so many kinds/​options of tea.
The owners are super friendly and fun to hangout :) they can give advices on witch tea is good for you if you have special requests.
If you are near by, I totally recommend this place! It’s organic and better than coffee!