Red Blossom Tea Company, San Francisco

This is a really nice tea store in the heart of China Town. The teas here are all sourced by the owners and are highly scrutinized for quality and lack of pesticides. Something fun to do is their tea tasting. While it is a bit expensive ($35), it is well worth the experience and knowledge you learn while doing it. The store offers a huge array of teas you can buy and a good selection of tea accessories (cups, steepers, etc.) for purchase as well. This is a great stop if you're in the China Town are in San Francisco.

I just love this tea store and have been buying teas from this company for many years. Truly enjoyed the tea tasting that we had here this trip and appreciated the difference between green tea, oolongs, and black tea. Chinese tea is very subtle and they are able to demonstrate the differences between the teas. Alice Luong and her family have been personally traveling to China to curate the tea that they sell and it really shows. A gem nestled in the heart of what can be rather touristy Chinatown.