Blest Tea

After spending so much money in Napa and the Fishermans wharf area, we stumbled across this tiny little tea shop. At first I was skeptical because it was small and no one was in there. My friends said they would like to try a tea tasting so we asked the girl how much. She said $ 3 to taste five teas. We were so pleased with the service, knowledge, and price of this shop. The young lady who helped us was so nice and friendly! Since my friend purchased some tea, she waived the tasting fee for all three of us.
This is definitely not a Teavana or any other fancy tea shop but if you are looking for a whole in the wall with a great experience, this is the spot!

My favorite tea store in Chinatown. The girls that work here are so sweet! We’ve bought almost every kind of tea they have!
Right now I’m drinking their Chocotea! It’s not overly Choco-​y tasting! And not that sweet so I like it a lot. It’s a black tea with cassia.

This place is a-​mazing! The woman who helped us was so incredibly sweet and informative, and they have an amazing selection of great, high-​quality tea. I’ve been inspired to swap my wine out for tea! This is my new favorite place!

Alot of tea shops in Chinatown offer free samples. This one man (/​lady) operation was offering samples of pretty much any tea you would want. I discovered a new blend of green tea, sweetened slightly with red bean (which I usually hate), and mixed with toasted brown rice.
You can get this green tea blend on sale right now for $ 20, regularly $ 25. Highly recommend!

Super cute tea shop with a very nice, friendly, helpful young lady that was running the shop. I enjoyed my free tea tasting, although I think I burned my mouth a bit (that tea is crazy hot!). I tried several teas and then purchased a few of them as well. It was a little pricey, but no worse than a trip to Teavana and the teas are far superior. I purchased Strawberry Pu-​Ehr, a rose green tea (Rosy Slim), and unusual oolong (Blue angel) and purchased a cup to go. I’m still enjoying this delicious tea now two months later, so it was well worth it. I may even reorder some of this tea from their online shop when I run out.

I love this neat little tea shop.
The shop — it’s a narrow walkway, adorned with a bar, and at the far end wall, hung their beautiful, wide varieties of loose tea leaf. They offer nice, affordable tea-​tasting with the knowledgeable owners. This is perfect if you’re shopping around for tea, but not sure what’s best for you. And the tasting is free if you end up purchasing something!
So the tea — I’ve been meaning to branch out and try more of those different flavors, but I always default back to my 3 faves:
Blue Angel — this was recommended by the friendly shop owner. It’s strong with the tea aroma, and leaves a surprising sweetness on the sides of your tongue after a couple of sips. It’s a nice, calming selection.
Baby Rose — I stumbled upon this one. This is one of the few that they sell in a prepackaged bag, and boy, do these baby rose buds smell good! And to top it off, it works wonders with relieving constipation. Since I discovered this, I’ve abandoned coffee for stool-​softening purpose… haha.
Brown Rice Matcha — They sell this in a cute little tin. There’s brown rice bits mixed in with the matcha. Must try, yum!
I come back here time after time, and even became friends with the shop owners. Pay this hidden gem a visit if you’re looking to get away from the busy, tourisy Chinatown in a quiet afternoon, want some good tea, and good company!

Blest Tea is one of my Favorite Tea Shop in San Francisco All time. I like they Hot Fruit Milk– Tea. one of the best Milk-​Tea ever in Chinatown.

Whether you are or are not a tea lover, you have to check is place out!
As soon as you enter this quaint tea shop, you are greeted by the friendly store clerk who immediately offer samples of the teas, for a small cost. She thoroughly explained the choices of teas to my group of five and offered suggestions based on our tastes and needs. I chose, the «Pu’er» tea, which is a green tea good for all types of stomach ailments. With the first sip, I was hooked and purchased 2 ounces of this wonderful brew.
The cost for my selection: $ 16.00 for 2 ounces and $ 28.00 for 4 ounces, loose leaf of course, and the store clerk assured me that one tablespoon placed in a brewing bag can be used up to 10 times!
My other favorite was the delicious brown rice matcha, yummmyyyy!
This east coast coffee addict will definitely be ordering again and again from this sweet little west coast tea shop!

Here’s what I’ve tried so far:
— White peach green tea: full of flavor & one of my favorite green teas they have! It’s soft and smells pretty (if that makes sense — haha!)
— Mango green tea: smells and tastes like mango, but not overpowering.
— Matcha brown rice green tea: it’s like no other! This little tin can was $ 25 but it is SO WORTH it!
They also have sample tea bags for gift giving. I got the Oolong one for a coworker of mine and he loved it.

I don’t even like tea, BUT the customer service was INCREDIBLE! My friend actually bought tea & loved it.

My wife and I came across this tea house while strolling through chinatown. Ive never seen it before and looked inviting so we popped in to sample some tea. The you lady behind the tea bar was very helpful and helped us choose the teas we wanted to try by her recommendation of smell and taste and effect. we choose five teas to sample. Watching her prepare the teas, I love the sounds of clinking china cups spoons stirring and water pouring. I got as much excitement and pleasure watching her prepare the teas as I did drinking them. We choose our favorite and bought a small pakage. (blue angel I believe). Great experience, just loved it. and such a lovely little tea room (only fits about 2 – 4 people)

If its tea you’re looking for then look no further.
They put the Ooooh in the Peach Oolong, which by all accounts is a little bit of aromatic bliss and also rather delicious.
Owners are friendly and teaformative!
Small space and very cosy.

Blest tea! YUMMY! I like this place but every time I go they never have any tapioca for my drinks! :(
Blest tea, please have tapioca next time I come here!

First Impression: It seemed out of place some how. I love Chinatown for all it’s bright bold gaudy goodness and here was a tiny little store front offering modest window display, a calm décor and just one bar down the middle and a wall of teas in the back. I loved it immediately! My girls were visiting from out of town and Sena wanted to do some tea tastings in Chinatown, she was looking for a good Japanese brown rice tea, we just happened to pass by Blest Tea and decided to stop in.
Who I Dragged Along: Tea tasting for 4 please!
Atmosphere: I wish I would’ve caught the girl’s name who helped us. She was so cute, sweet and knowledgeable about our teas! She was telling us the best way to brew it, how long, great tips and even suggested another tea which I ended up LOVING!
Plus she was majorly KAWAII! The girls and I couldn’t stop talking about how adorable she was!
Price: Free tea tastings!
What We Ate: Japanese green/​brown rice tea. Amazingly fragrant and nutty
Matcha with Brown Rice — This one I fell in love with! It’s creamy and the bits of toasty brown rice added this great feel in my mouth and the after taste was a touch of sweetness. I will definitely be going back just for this tea.
Parking: Street
Would I Come Back: Yes. YES. YES!!!
Did I miss anything?: They have this wall of incredibly varieties, just looking for a bit I caught some great name and flavored combos, I’m hoping to try all their teas! They even have a Lychee infused one I plan on trying next time I’m there.

Escape the chaos of Chinatown and dip into this adorable, little oasis of a tea shop for a quick respite. Unlike its neighbors, there’s no boba to be found; they offer traditional counter side tea service for a few dollars. The fellow that greeted us was cordial and obliging, but his English was limited so we didn’t get to explore much. Of the ones we tried, the products are top notch, and smell just gorgeous in the pot.
I’m a fan of the blue angel (a wrapped oolong with an herb dusting that leaves a lingering smooth, almost licorice sweetness in your mouth) and the phoenix oolong (floral, peach nose with a gentle bitterness). They also have the blossoming flower teas, excellent wow factor when entertaining. Overall the price tags are steep, but for the quality of brews, it somehow seemed less than insane to pay $ 40 for three ounces of leaf. Calm follows every sip.

While exploring China Town we dropped by this adorable little tea room for a warm drink. We were welcomed and invited to join a tea tasting. Although the teas were a little too mild in flavor for me and the prices a bit steep, I did enjoy tasting their numerous teas and trying something a little different. If you’re in China Town and in the mood for some tea, stop by blest.

This place was nice. My 2 friends and i were all on different drink missions. My friend Maria wanted a good peach iced tea, i wanted something different that i’d never had before with boba, and my friend Kim wanted thai iced tea. Blest was our first stop to satisfy Maria. The 2 girls working were realllly nice and immediately started offering some tea sampling, and of course i was down. I tried a couple including the classic rose tea and some interesting fruity ones. All were delicious, but a tad too mild for my taste.
They had a very nice selection of teas to buy but i was too lazy to shell out the cash /​have to carry something around with me the rest of the day. I was hoping they would have a non-​sketchy site where i could get a few, but apparently they don’t :[. Oh well.
I tried Maria’s peach «tea» but it really didn’t taste much like tea at all. Just a verrrry subtle hint of it that you wouldn’t even notice if you aren’t a regular tea drinker, hence, she didn’t even really notice it. But she still liked it a lot and chugged it in a matter of minutes haha. Next time i’m in the area i’ll have to give something a try myself.

We stumbled into this clean little shop in the craziness of Chinatown.
This place was a nice little pit stop after all that walking up and down the hills.
The girl here was SUPER sweet and nice and offered us to try some tea! We tried like 6 different tea. She gave us no pressure to buy any, but since she was super nice, we ended up buying few.
We bought the blue angel, brown rice green tea powder and herbal tea.
The total came to about $ 90.
this was the same as wine tasting, but in tea instead! we didn’t even know there was so many kinds of tea!
After a nice little rest and some great tea, we were ready for part2 of the Chinatown hills!

Cute little spot, great little tasting ($ 3) Loved the peach tea. Didn’t buy any because I still have like 10 bags from my last trip to chinatown.
Great service and small, quaint and friendly!

This place was an escape from the craziness that is SF’s Chinatown on a Sunday. I’m a big fan of tea so we walked in and were instantly greeted by Chris and Elaine. I think Elaine is the store owner. They were both very friendly and informative.
There were a row of people sitting on barstools doing the tea tasting. An array of teas were being poured one by one into their tiny and delicate traditional tea glasses. While Elaine was giving a tea lesson, I pulled out my camera to take a picture and she didn’t hesitate to turn and strike a pose. Everybody laughed. She definitely wasn’t camera shy!
We proceeded to the back of the store where there were jars of lined up against the wall. Chris gave us a chance to smell many of them. Notable ones were the Sweetie (lychee), White Jasmine, Jasmine Green Tea, Green tea latte powder (w/​crunchy barley bits and sweetened with grape sugar) and the Smart tea (apparently helps with memory). They also had an array of the Art Teas, which are the flowering blossom teas.
We also learned that people with liver problems should not drink green tea. Chris recommended a condensed tea (they look like pink balls) that is apparently good for people with liver problems. We decided to get some for our dads because both our dads have liver problems.
When some customers left, we sat down for a tea tasting. At this point I left to go look at a store next door, but by the time I came back, my friend had racked up around $ 100 worth of teas. LOL. I tasted a few, but I liked the green tea latte the best. It had tasty little crunchy bits of barley.
Oh, and their tea sets are sooo adorable! Their display is what brought us in from the outside. They’re not traditional American tea glasses, but delicate and small (even smaller than a shotglass). Chris even showed us a tea set that came in a small wooden box that has a top that could be used as a tea table.
We left relaxed and refreshed!