This is an absolutely delightful tea experience…read more When you open the door, you come into the display area showing the shop's tea wares - gaiwans, tea cups, tea sets, and tea pots including some lovely Yixing pottery. When you come a little further in, you line up at the counter to order. Staff will let you smell the teas if you're having trouble deciding. After you order, you pick a table. There are tables with a sturdy little kettle built in for folks drinking gongfu style, and a few without for folks who don't need that. It's a lovely, quiet space with a big fish tank. It's worth noting that they want to keep the space quiet and ask people not to bring laptops though it's fine to read quietly on a tablet. Onto the tea. The tea selection here is frankly fantastic. Everything is well-chosen, and I had to remind myself that there isn't going to be a bad choice. I chose a Taiwanese black tea for my first experience here, the sun moon lake, though I will be back to sample their matcha, which they mill in-house. The selection covers white through pu'er and everything in between. I drank gongfu style, so they gave me a little tiny gongfu tray, a gaiwan, and enough tiny cups for everyone at the table. For people who want to try gongfu style but haven't done it before, they are happy to show you. The only downside is that all of their snacks have gluten in them. I'm hoping that this will change going forward, getting GF mochi or even mochi donuts would be perfect. Overall, this is my new favorite spot in the city, and I only wish I'd discovered it sooner. I'm going to be returning to drink my way through the menu.

What a beautiful tea house with a variety of hot and iced tea, and the only matcha mill in the…read morecountry! I got an iced oolong milk, which even though it's not milky, it had a milky aftertaste. It was a super refreshing drink and relaxing to hang out in the tea house. There are a few sweet treats too. Metered street parking all around.

Ding Tea is my favorite milk tea shop! It's always consistent. The signature milk tea has a bold…read moreblack tea flavor, and the bubbles are always perfectly chewy. Service: great Ambiance: cute and enough seating for a small milk tea shop

The absolute best milk tea in the Twin Cities. I have never had a bad experience here, the quality…read moreis consistent and the tea is always delicious. I feel like a lot of the spots I used to frequent would sometimes have a great drink but other days something would be off whether it be the boba was under or overcooked or the drink was made without enough syrup, but Ding Tea gets it right every single time. I also love that despite being the best milk tea I've had, their prices are the cheapest. It's genuinely one of my favorite places!

Enjoyed a very nice cup of their earl grey lavender tea! I'll be back. I'll be back to pick up some…read moregifts for the holidays.

Long overdue review on the most exceptional tea shop I've ever stepped foot in! Wonderful selection…read moreof teas from all over the world. Loose leaf teas in an abundancy of varietals . The staff is extremely helpful in their suggestions. Many teas available that I have never heard of but I cannot wait to try. Lots of tea accessories and gifts.

I lovvvve this place. Hands down my favorite chai!! Cute spot…read more I wish more people knew it existed, and I'm really glad that the construction on grand Avenue didn't shut them down! I found out they exist existed because they had a Harry Potter trivia night! Also hope they do that again!

Great service after I poked my straw through my cup, be careful with that! Very kind and redid my…read moredrink. The teas are massive and a great price, super flavorful and the boba is awesome. Great study spot or place to chat with friends. Relaxing, warm vibes. They're adding new flavors to their menu! Also student discount with an ID for any college or high schoolers!

Simplicitiea is simply the best! The service is always quick and the boba is to die for! The staff…read moreare always kind and make the most delicious drinks. They also have pastries, sandwiches, and every drink your heart desires. Overall a wonderful establishment with beautiful interior! I have been coming to this establishment for the past 4 years and it has been excellent experience each visit! It is truly a must visit shop in the St. Paul area!

Simplicitea is a very cute and relaxing place to grab bubble tea and other various coffees and…read morerefreshers. The staff were extremely friendly and greeted us right away. I do like the fact that they will use black or green tea with any of their drinks. I'm not a green tea fan, so that's an important option for me. I got a black fruit tea with pineapple and passion fruit with strawberry popping bobas. The tea had a perfect blend of flavors and the boba was cooked just right. We also got a cookies and cream smoothie with tapioca. My son said it was the best one he's had! He also got a banh mi. He said it was good, but not great. The pork could have been more flavorful and it needed more cilantro. Overall, I recommend this place! Give them a try!

Great service, incredible atmosphere, and the variety of drinks is great despite the selection…read morebeing somewhat limited. Definitely recommend! Great place to catch up with friends, have a relaxing drink with someone, play board games, etc.

Pickles are a girls best friend is my favorite so far…read more Tried Toxic Positivity as well, but I like the Pickles best so far. The plant decor here is awesome!! Lively on a Tuesday night. A young crowd. We also came on Trivia night - (in a great way!)

One of my favorite places in the world!! They carry an amazing variety of black, green, oolong,…read morewhite, puer, and herbal teas, truly the most I've ever encountered ...and all of these (to me) are special and delicious....my go-to, staple teas are Albert Square, Breakfast Assam, the Shincha green teas, and Iron Goddess of Mercy oolong. The blends are also amazing, such as Blueberry Fields or Green Mango (good chilled!) and Roasted Chestnut (try with spiced chai milk, wonderful on cold winter days). The in-house chai is the best chai I've ever tasted...you can buy the TeaSource spice packets to make your own at home (the mix is the store's own house-made blend...) The high-end black and oolong teas are also pretty amazing, and I'll order these once in a while. I especially love the Sleepy Hollow black tea (originally Jin Jun Mei) and super delicious Guyokuro Japanese green teas... The shop is conveniently located in St. Anthony's Shopping Center, right off of I-35W. It's a super fun and cozy place to visit (staff are always so friendly, helpful, and generous), although you can also order the teas online... Make sure to also check out their unique selection of cute teapots and cups!! I have several in different sizes and colors...another plus is that their prices are pretty great and reasonable for almost everything.... This is a must visit for tea lovers....you will definitely find a tea (most likely many!) that will become a favorite(s)!!

This is a really warm and inviting environment with super friendly and knowledgeable staff. Oh, and…read morethe tea is insanely good.

It was fun to sit and have tea in this fancy hotel. The service was friendly but it took too long…read morefor the food to come out; like we waited an hour for the food and I drank way too much tea during the wait. The tea was black currant tea, so it's not a choice of teas. The savories were just ok, but the bread on the tea sandwich was dry. The scones were good and I enjoyed the candied nuts and the sweets. The pineapple mousse was my favorite.

I've done the tea at the St. Paul Hotel two other times, a holiday tea and non-holiday. Today's…read moreholiday tea was disappointing. The atmosphere is still lovely. The lobby decorated festively, beautiful live piano music playing in the background. The table setting is nice. In the past, each course was brought out separately with the wait staff explaining what each course offered. We were given different options for tea. Today, only black current tea was offered. The first three courses came out together, served on a 3 tier tray. We had a menu in front of us and had to figure out what we were eating. Many sweet things, felt overwhelming to have it all there at once. Course three (bottom of the tray) were the savory sandwiches. We enjoyed one of those. I understand that doing it this way requires less wait staff, but it really diminshed what had been a very special experience. Shortly after receiving the three tiered serving tray, they brought out the fourth course, a cold scone. It was plopped on a plate in front of us. No clotted cream or jam but some kind of butter. The clotted cream was missed. We were looking forward to a warm scone with clotted cream. Today's choice, a fruit cake scone was cold, dry and without much taste with no clotted cream to help revive it. Our servers were pleasant. One came around to show us a Christmas ornament for purchase. That seemed odd. We both thought today's tea was fair, not what it had once been. We were disappointed.