Tea Leaves

Tea Leaves has two outstanding shops for tea lovers.

You will find our tourism award winning shop in Sassafras, a quaint mountain village in the scenic Dandenong Ranges. Our second shop is in Yarra Glen, a thriving little township in the heart of the Yarra Valley wine growing district.

Both are often described as treasure chests crammed full of teas, teapots and tea accessories of every description and colour imaginable.

Novelty teapots are our specialty.

Tea Leaves offers over 300 teas, imported fresh from China, India, Sri Lanka, Japan, Africa, Indonesia and Australia, then blended and packaged in Sassafras, creating a blizzard of tastes, heavenly aromas and flavours for every occasion. Every tea type imaginable, white, green, black, oolong, organic, decaffeinated, compressed, flavoured teas and fruit blends from Germany, gourmet, classical, specialty and herbal blends.

Owner Terry Abraham opened Tea Leaves in Sassafras, nine years ago, believing tea was beginning a popularity comeback. Revived consumer interest in tea drinking lead to the opening of an internet shop and a second retail shop in Yarra Glen.

Terry is happy to answer any tea related questions from customers and has become an industry leader offering advice and information to all newcomers; some first time tea drinkers, some in the hospitality industry, all discovering tea for the first time.

The key to distinctive tasting, quality tea is its second flush picking time and freshness. The best teas have an established reputation-Darjeeling, for example, is considered the champagne of teas. The range of tea varieties is such to invite comparisons with wine varieties.

Tea drinking generates a refreshing and relaxing feeling and an increasing number of scientific studies are confirming the health benefits of tea drinking.

Tea Leaves offers the largest range of premium quality teas and teawares for the best prices in Melbourne.