It’s about time I mention “Tea Gschwendner”, also known as “Tee Gschwendner” or “Tea Merchant”. Tea Gschwendner is a German chain of tea merchants, probably the best in the world.
Luckily they opened in Saudi Arabia a few years ago. Their Riyadh branches are located at: Kingdom Center, Centeria Center and Hayat Mall. As usual with Saudi Arabia websites, you can’t find them. So I had to use google maps!
The problem with Tea Gschwendner in Saudi Arabia: Excellent product, bad salesmen! Most of them have no idea what they are selling! Makes me wonder if they have any training at all. So my advice is to research the tea online first before going to their store. Otherwise, excellent tea and good prices! My recommendation: Oolong tea number 625. Go and give it a try!
Image from koenigsbaupassagen.de .
Update: Tea Gschwendner also have a branch is Hyper Panda, Riyadh. We need better Saudi maps on google maps!
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625 is also one of my favorites, 571 is also pretty good.
never got the change to try Pekoe. I will probably try it later on. Thanks for your comments!
I never been a fan of tea !
until i tried herbal chinese tea ( the one with strange flowers that blooms when you pour hot water on it ) .
long story short , i will try this shop seems fascinating.
I’ll try this out soon, is this their website? http://www.teamerchants.com/Catalog/Default.aspx
Yes, gschwendner is German for merchants.
Salamu Alaycom,
I was searching for Tee Gschwendner branches in Riyadh and I found your post. So ,thanks a lot Khalid for this fantastic post.
I visited their branch in Dhahran, in Jarir mall, and was stunned by their high quality tea and their cheap prices, and as you mentioned, their incompetent salesmen!
I tried white tea with strawberry flavor and got addicted to it, also their other products, other than tea, are great with moderate prices.
No problem, Mustafa and welcome to the site
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