This Emporium to all things Chinese tea offers a regular sit down to tasting for free! The owner is a jack of all trade with his fingers in many pies including nearby restaurants but-for this purpose-he sits you down and escort see you through a...More

Spent such a lovely hour at Vital Tea learning about and tasting a wide variety of teas. Carina was so knowledgeable and patient with me. Not a regular tea drinker but will be from here on out! The Milk Oolong is Amazing!!!!!!!

Chris was amazing. Very patient explaining the different teas and samples. In fact now when my husband and I disagree on how something tastes, we just say, Well, That's your palate! haha He recommended a particular tea for someone's health issues and it has helped...More

Herman and his coworker were very knowledgeable and pleasant to converse with. The tea selection was extensive and the ability to sample any tea in the place was a bonus. Will definitely return when in Chinatown

We were on the “taste of San Francisco food tour” which I highly recommend. Our first stop was Vital tea leaf. We really enjoyed the education and purchased tea. What I could have used less of was criticism of the American diet.,We know it’s not...More

During our 3 weeks tour of California we visited Vital Tea Leaf. It doesn't look like much from the outside. But the tea-guide in the store (Hunter) invited us, and other customers, to try out a score of different teas. It was fantastic. He was...More

As part of an add on to our food tour we also enjoyed a tea tasting. Neither my husband ir i are tea drinkers but ended up finding a couple teas that we liked. Great stop