Gold Leaf Spice & Teas - Salinas

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This is the first "tea bar" I’ve been to.  It is a bar where you order tea.  No food - just tea which you drink at the bar while reading or talking to your bar mates or the very charming women that tend the bar.  This is a small establishment in Old Town Salinas.  They have one of the largest tea menus I have ever seen.  It’s made of teas and tisanes with a large good collection of oolongs and pu-erh's as well as greens, blacks and whites.  A good place for the tea purist looking to try "deeper cuts" as well as someone who wants something fruity and/or fun.  Seems to have a pretty stable and knowledgeable wait staff who have quite a bit of knowledge about tea and can serve as guides to building more tea experience and knowledge.



Gold Leaf Spice & Teas
8 1/2 West Gabilan Street
Salinas, CA  933901
831-753-7700

https://goldleafspiceandteas.com/

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