New Tea Places in Toronto

Gosh!  Tea shops have been sprouting up in Toronto like weeds, but unlike weeds, they are very welcome in my books!!  Here is a list of a few new places:

A new Chatime opened at Yonge and College (439 Yonge St) and today was their last day of BOGO (12- 6pm), sorry, couldn't post fast enough. But, the line up was long! Cash only right now and they don't have internet connection yet.  I ordered a hot roasted tea latte and it tasted good, service was okay, and you have to expect it's a little slow since some staff may be in training.  Seating is available but because of the line, most people were taking it to go. Couldn't really take pictures of the interior as there was way too many people, but when you first walk in, you notice the very shiny and quite beautiful copper Elektra machine.  (I had to look this brand up and Elektra is apparently an Italian manufacturer of espresso and cappuccino machines.)

 

 

The Mall at Langham Square in Markham has opened up a few that I'm thinking of trying soon.  Star Tea (28 S Unionville Avenue Unit 1037-1038) and Cofa Bubble Tea (1023-30 S Unionville).  But, with Cha Me Cha and ZenQ already in the same plaza/mall, it's might be tough for these places to survive.

 

And, FruiteaO tearoom is one in North York that has been open for a while but I only got to try it out last weekend.  We were eating at Haroo next door and I was interested to see if Fruiteao was going to offer anything that would make me come back.  Large selection of drinks and also serves Taiwanese dishes...(now I'm going to come back to try their food).  There is varied seating and a small selection of games.  There doesn't seem to be any restriction on board games here as many other tea places have started to enforce a no board game/card playing rule on Fridays and Saturdays.

 

Got the roasted oolong tea, less sugar.  Hmmm, still too sweet for me and the tea was just okay.  I'd give them another try though, especially because of the food.

 

FruiteaO

Roasted oolong tea at FruiteaO

 

Tea shops COMING SOON!

On one of my lunchtime walks, I came across this new place called Chachago (pictured above) that is supposed to be opening soon on Elm St, west of Yonge.

 

And just for those that like Green Grotto, they will be opening up two new locations. One in north Richmond Hill at Elgin Mills and Leslie and one downtown on St. Joseph street near Yonge and Wellesley, just east of the UofT campus. It should be interesting how well it does downtown.