MEM Tea Imports

I love being able to purchase their teas in bulk! Great place and the people there are always super nice.

I work at Square One Philadelphia, and as a MEM Teas account, I’ve been able to try many of their offerings. Simply put, their tea is superb. With a wide range of herbal, black, and oolong selections — MEM has made it quite easy for me to please my tea drinking customers. The labels of each tea are very informative and it is clear to see they care about their product. They were even so kind to host a tea tasting for myself and my coworkers. All in all, I’ve been more than happy to serve and work with MEM Teas.

I first tried their tea at Treats on Washington when I first moved to Boston. It’s definitely a cut above the local standard in most other towns (and I’m from San Francisco, which is all foodies). I don’t know that they are so great that I would buy them for my home (I use a lot of Upton tea at home actually) but I am glad that they’re available at most cafes here because it’s really solid tea.
I have not actually been to the Watertown location yet, but I’ve got it bookmarked…

Amazing high quality teas for a good price. Because MEM sells their tea in bulk (for restaurants) at this location, I go to other shops to buy a small quantity. Here are some good places to smell and buy the teas: Christina’s Spices, Dadealus, and Cardullos (all in Cambridge) Many high end restaurants and coffee shops serve MEM tea prepared as well. My favorites are lemon ginger, vanilla roobis, and bergamot roobis.

I recently had the pleasure of getting a tour of the operation at Mem. I have to say that I thought this place was very well run and the product they produce is high quality.
We got to sample some of the teas too and I gotta say it met my standards and I am an extreme tea snob. This is not a store front but they do do some retail — they sell mostly wholesale to places like CafeNation and Crema Café.

The scourge of Massachusetts tea lovers, these guys are unfortunately the reason that it’s so hard to get a decent cup of tea in Cambridge. I truly have no idea what the positive reviews are about. Have you ever had a cup of actual quality whole leaf tea? Somehow I doubt it. And ordinarily I’d just say to each his own — except that MEM supplies so many local establishments that it’s hard to find a place that doesn’t serve the junk.

I drink MEM teas all over town (many local restaurants and cafes serve their tea) and have found it for sale at Cardullo’s. Their tea is delicious. We are especially fond of the decorated rooibos. We had heard that the Somerville location was open to walk-​in customers as long as you were willing to buy in one-​pound increments. True! We bought our beloved rooibos for 25% off retail ($ 30/​lb). The staff were really nice, friendly and helpful. And it’s a pretty short walk from Davis Square T station.

Love their tea (especially their finest Earl grey and champagne oolong). We used to buy it from cardullos in harvard, but we were going through so much of it that we decided to go directly to their store to buy in bulk (they only sell 1+ lb bags in the store). Plus we live about 3 blocks away so they are very conveniently located for us.

This is the MEM Tea outlet office. MEM primarily sells to restaurants, cafes and retail stores, so this location is not really a storefront (and the sign in the window is tiny). However, they are very helpful when you go in and will give you a price list and tea description if you ask. None of the teas are available for smelling — for that you’ll have to go to Christina’s in Inman Sq.
Minimum size is one pound (makes about 200 cups). Prices range from about $ 15 for gunpowder to $ 100 for Matcha, but almost all others are in the $ 20s. The prices include shipping.
The tea is the freshest and highest quality I’ve found in Boston. Tea Zone is on par, but maybe not as good. Tealuxe is not. I haven’t tried Teavana. I think you will not find a better price, except maybe at Asian grocers, but then the quality and age suffer.
As a side note, they are one of the rare vendors of finely ground rooibos suitable for espresso machines. Rooibos espresso (or cappuccino) makes a great rich bedtime drink!