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Calgary Tea

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A quiet hour, one cup at a time.

Calgary's tea map, slow and complete. The afternoon services in Mount Royal hotels. The gongfu houses in Chinatown. The bubble tea queue on 17th. The Tibetan butter tea you didn't know lived here. A ledger of leaves, rooms, and the time they ask of you.

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A tea room you remember.

The first pu-erh that made sense. The afternoon tea with someone you miss. Anonymous if you want.

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Tea rooms indexed
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Loose-leaf shops
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Afternoon services
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Bubble tea spots
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The Database

The Calgary tea ledger.

All curated, all Calgary, all linked.
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Tea houses
Sit-down service
Pots, ceremony, the rooms built for staying.
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Afternoon tea
High tea
Hotels, gardens, country-house service across the city.
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Bubble tea
Boba
The boba map, ranked by leaf quality, not by Instagram.
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Gongfu
Chinese tea ceremony
Pu-erh, oolong, the houses that pour properly.
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Loose-leaf
Sourcing
Sample bars, subscriptions, the shops that ship.
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Herbal + tisane
Caffeine-free
Alberta-grown blends, sleep tisanes, wellness pours.
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Events
Tastings
Cuppings, gongfu nights, festival pop-ups.
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Tea memories from Calgarians.

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Tea 101

A quiet starter for the curious.

Plain-language explainers · external sources
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Six categories, one plant.
White, green, yellow, oolong, black, pu-erh — all from Camellia sinensis. Why oxidation, not flavour, is the real divider.
SOURCE · Tea Association of Canada
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How gongfu actually works.
Small pots, short pours, many infusions. The ritual that turns one teaspoon of leaf into a two-hour afternoon.
SOURCE · Calgary tea houses
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Afternoon tea — what to expect.
Three tiers, savoury to sweet. Why scones go in the middle, and why the etiquette around them is mostly invented.
SOURCE · Fairmont Palliser
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A loose-leaf starter shelf.
Five teas to keep at home — one black, one green, one oolong, one pu-erh, one tisane. Where to buy in Calgary.
SOURCE · Steeps Teahouse
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Water temperatures, in plain numbers.
Green wants 80°C. Oolong climbs to 90°C. Black takes a full boil. A guide to never burning a leaf again.
SOURCE · Oolong Tea House
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Caffeine, plain.
Tea has roughly half the caffeine of coffee, but it's complicated. Why two cups of matcha hit harder than one cup of drip.
SOURCE · Tea Association of Canada
Directory

Calgary tea rooms, by room.

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Steeps Teahouse
17th Ave · 180 teas
Calgary's original urban tea house. A long menu and a long room.
steepsteahouse.com →
Camellia Sinensis
Beltline · sample bar
Boutique loose-leaf importer with a tasting bar. Single-estate focus.
camellia-sinensis.com →
Oolong Tea House
Chinatown · gongfu service
Proper gongfu pours, pu-erh aged on shelves. Quiet, careful.
oolongteahouse.ca →
Fairmont Palliser
Downtown · afternoon tea
The classic Calgary afternoon-tea service. Reserve a week ahead.
fairmont.com →
Tea Trader
Inglewood · loose-leaf
Mail-order originator with a Calgary shop. Strong on Indian + Sri Lankan single-estate.
teatraders.com →
ChaCha Matcha
Multiple · matcha
Ceremonial matcha, matcha lattes, the small Japanese pottery on display.
chachatime.ca →
Sharetea
Multiple · bubble tea
The Taiwanese chain. Consistent boba, transparent leaf sourcing.
shareteacanada.com →
Banff Springs (day trip)
Banff · castle afternoon tea
For a special afternoon: the Castle service, 90 minutes west.
fairmont.com →
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The Calgary Tea Wall

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