Tea Thyme

Beautiful flowers, great cards, other bits and bobs. Coffee’s not bad either.
Friendly and helpful staff.

I remember a few years ago when a walk through Bethnal Green would guarantee stumbling past all sorts of pound shops, cheap chicken shops and an abundance of off licences. The place has progressed in leaps and bounds since then, and even though the pound shops and so on are still there, it is shops like tea thyme that make my journey through the area much more pleasurable.
I happened to stumble across it last week, it hasn’t been long since it opened but my God, what a beautiful shop! it is the sort of place you walk into out of curiosity, and come out of with an bounty of things that you simply do not need, yet really really want, in fact I liked it so much that i signed up to Unilocal specially to write the review
Filled with trinkets, jewellery stands, beautiful photo frames and an assortment of other quirky items such as a house phone built into a little red phone box, and an ipod dock in the shape of a helmet.
The shop floor is split into three parts, with the middle being a lovely tea shop with cakes and coffee to die for, and the far end of the shop being a florist.
A great concept and perfectly executed in its design

So somebody bought me a flower. Not just any flower, Sunny, the sunflower. He has multiple heads and rode the bus with me this morning. On my way home from work I walked past this fabulous looking shop. What a gem! It’s got all sorts of flowers and pots and soils and other chintsy home crap that I just can’t get enough of. Fake antique looking clocks and old paint tin pot holders, that’s the sort of thing I’m talking about. Anyway, they haven’t been here long but the shop is huge and pretty decent value for money. My bag of peet for Sunny was only £1.50. We both agreed it was money well spent.
This is the kind of shop that i could kill a few hours in over the weekend. It’s not going to break the bank but to be honest, you’ll find yourself asking «Do I really need any of this crap?» in your head. Yes you do. Fill your home with nonsense I say, it will make you feel more comfortable in it. At least, it does that for me.