Vital Tea Leaf has three locations in San Francisco's Chinatown,
and one location in downtown Seattle near the Pike Place Market.

Vital Tea Leaf offers a modern twist on the age-old tradition of Chinese tea drinking. Modeled after a wine bar, with complimentary "Try before you buy" tastings, and with an inventory of more than four hundred teas in our stores, Vital Tea Leaf offers the finest and most varied selection of teas from China, Taiwan, and Japan available on the West Coast of the United States. In addition to loose leaf teas and hand-rolled flowering tea balls plus so many different kind of flowers and herbs, Vital Tea Leaf offers an assortment of porcelain, glass and rare Yixing purple clay teapots, hand painted tea sets and other accessories. The shop has been featured on international culinary and travel television shows such as MTV Italy, Take Home Chef, Yan Can Cook, Travel Channel from Germany, Mexican Airline Magazine, American Airline Magazine, NBC TV Channel, Cincinnati TV Channel, Fine Living channel, and many more newspapers and magazines around the world.

Uncle Gee and his son Ming travel extensively through China to visit directly with tea growers and sellers and return with a bounty that will accommodate a variety of tastes and interests — everything from Blue People Ginseng Oolong, an aromatic and fruity blend sure to ignite warmth and energy, to the rare "Virgin Angel Tea" with leaves so delicate it takes one person a whole day to handpick just a single pound of tea.

In the shop, the knowledgeable staff will assist you in selecting teas for both their flavors and health benefits. Whether you want to reduce anxiety, increase antioxidants and blood circulation, improve your skin tone or just enjoy a delicious beverage, visit Vital Tea Leaf — the place to experience hospitality and the vitality of fine Chinese and other teas.

Come to any of our shops to experience something different and learn the wonder of teas.