The owner JP is lovely to talk to and very helpful! The store has a wonderful selection of teas and spices. I love going there for gifts because everything is so nicely packaged. The loose leaf teas are beautiful and I’m excited to keep going back to try all the varieties.

I love this place! The quality of the herbs and spices is top notch. The blends are fantastic. JP is such a nice guy, super knowledgeable and always happy to help. It is really sad what all the BS has done to these downtown businesses! I was there today and his nice window was boarded up courtesy of a thrown brick. Ridiculous! I hope downtown survives. Come here and blow your flavor fuse!

A wonderful little spot in downtown Portland with a broad spread of salts, sugars, spices, and teas; and the staff are only to happy to help you enjoy samples.

Smells so good in there! They have alot to pic from. Very nice store! Not just Tea, theybhave sugar, salts, pepper and more!

Had a great experience at the shop. John Paul walked me through the entire store detailing all difference spices, teas and infused sugars they offer. My favorite by so far is their Mango Habanero sugar, cant wait to try out in some dry rubs. Also picked a cute tea pot for some lose leaf tea.

I dont know why I waited so long to visit this store! Its definitely a new favorite and its not costly like going to Whole Foods, and the quality is just so much better! I havent tried all of my teas yet but the toasted biscotti is delicious and soothing. The owner of the store is extremely nice and helpful, and they have an awards program thats worth signing up for!

A wonderland of teas, sugars, salts, and spices, along with essentials to work with your ingredients. Lovely service in a lovely store. Well worth a shopping visit!

Great customer service and an amazing number of spices

The most glorious person helping out. Very kind and knowledgeable and gave me a brief rundown when I explained I wasnt from around here. Yall believe in love at first tea? 10/10 calming and beautifully arranged. Makes me want to come back to Portland more often.

Great assortment of spices and teas. The staff was also very helpful. Nice little spot. Ill come back when I need more loose leaf tea, or a specialty spice.

My favorite part is the fantastic selection of herbal teas. Sales person was helpful, and pointed out we can smell the spices for sale, which is great. Definitely recommend this place but I will probably stick with World of Spice for spices since I’m already familiar with them.

Amazing little tea and spice store with wonderful selections of spices, sugars and teas. Very helpful and welcoming staff!

This is my favorite store in Portland. They have fantastic tea and a TEA BAR. Their spices are delightful, and their other items (such as tea pot/cup sets) are also fantastic. Seriously, I love this place so so much!

A treasure of a shop, a sensory delight. How could anything critical be written about a place that has carefully selected teas, a variety of herbs and spice mixes that cover an entire wall, and individual herbs and spices available by the ounce? Very helpful and genuine people who work there. Conveniently located two blocks from the Pioneer Square MAX stop, and they also take online orders. The Iron Goddess of Mercy tea from there is amazing.

If you think there can be too much of a good thing, then this place is not for you!Seriously, the assortment here is bonkers, and I love it!The staff is always friendly and ready to not just assist, but to make recommendations to help ease the overwhelmed shopper. I love that they put together seasoning kits that you can pick up and it’s everything you need for a recipe besides the actual groceries. It allows me to try new things without having to buy a supply of spices before I know whether I want to permanently add a recipe to my rotation.My advice? Don’t go in hungry!

High end teas and spices in a quaint little shop conveniently located in the middle of downtown Portland. Truffle Sea Salt, anyone?😋

This shop has a great selection and wonderful customer service. JP really helped me pick out a delicious tea. Very reasonably priced, too. Highly recommend this place!

If you have a working sense of taste or smell, you will enjoy this establishment. If you have more refined senses, then you will love this place. The owner is a walking encyclopedia of teas & spices. He can help you find what you are looking for or help you discover what you should be looking for.

The proprietor, JP, greeted us as we walked in and gave us the most amazing experience exploring teas, sugars, spices, rubs, and more. It was a celestial olfactory experience. Shopping online for teas, etc., is like watching a video of Disneyland instead of attending in person. Highly recommended. Highly.

We happen to walk in here early this year and John Paul was so knowledgeable and helpful and without an intention that evening... we bought a bunch of tea and spices. He helped up become tea lovers. Youre in good hands shopping here.

A local must-stop. Fantastic tea blends, spice quality like no other, and amazing, knowledgeable folks running the place.

Specialty salts, spices and teas. I love their Pirate Bite which comes in a grinder or refill pouch. I put it on everything from salad to stir fry. Lots of selection. Friendly and helpful service or order online.

Amazing findings. I loved this shop. It allows you to smell and check before buying.

The spice flows here yo! But seriously, get a brewed tea here and find some of the best spices in Tri-Met territory.

Had some great tea selections, different spices, sugars, and other great gift ideas to give out.

Great variety and friendly staff

Very friendly staff and the opportunity to smell a sample of each item.

So many different spices & teas!

Great place owner had a awesome personality will be back soon for more tea

One of the best experiences I have had going for tea and spices! John Paul and Abby were both very knowledgeable and friendly. John Paul knows pretty much every tea and spice in the store like the back of his hand, and I found that he knew exactly what I was looking for when I only gave him a vague idea of what my tastes were. 5 stars, Ill definitely be a repeat customer!

This place has great variety and smells amazing

Excellent service! Very helpful staff. The store smells amazing.

Good staff, friendly and helpful. Got a favorite blend, Southwest Seasoning.

I stopped by here on a whim just window shopping and now I want to learn about how to make my own tea. This place had an amazing selection of tea and spices and was a wealth of options and knowledge. Very nicely put together and you can sample the teas there and smell them all as well. Enjoyed it way more than Id expected.

Do you need rare or hard to find spices? How about flavored sugars and salt? Or delicious teas? This place does them all, and does it all well. They have some things you just cant get elsewhere, and the staff is all super friendly and helpful. Recently they opened a tea bar, serving any tea they have either hot or iced, which can be complemented with any of their flavored sugar. And if you dont know what spices you need, they have a wide variety of spice blends that work perfectly for any recipe you need.

Great blends and helpful staff.

I LOVE this place! I have moved away from red meat and find myself eating alot of chicken. Well, spices are the perfect way to change the heck outta some chicken! I love that one can travel the world in this beautifully decorated shop and the staff are well-versed in the products. Make sure to try the hot tea they have for samples. I have found a couple surprises!Expect to peruse for at least 40 minutes.

I always love the smell of this store. Great costumer service. A bit pricey but worth every penny. If you love to cook and enjoy playing with spices and trying fun teas, I highly recommend taking a step in this store. You will not be disappointed!

Love it!!!! Check it out

Beautiful shop. Helpful advice. Lots of choices, and spice and tea combos.

Im so impressed with the quality of the service and merchandise. There is so much product to choose from. They have tea that will wake one up to the point of vibrating to, Yawn bed time. The spices, oh the spices! Natural sugars and salts. I bought a Earl Grey Black tea, beauty rest tea, a Simple Brew tea pot and a Harvest Blend. Absolutely fantastic this place.

We recently strolled into this charming little shop wandering around downtown Portland while visiting from out of state. The owner was very helpful and informative. We walked out with a sample of teas, plus a beautiful teapot, two small infusers for individual cups of tea (one an adorable little ducky), and a larger infuser. I could hardly wait until we got home to sample the teas and my new toys. We also picked up some delicious spice mixes. The store has quite a wide variety of teas, spices, and spice mixes to choose from.

Store packed with interesting and unusual teas, spices, salts and sugars. You can smell all teas to decide what you like. They sell 1oz packs as well as larger packs.

Amazing selection and warm staff. No hovering but VERY knowledgeable. Lots of size options as well per spice.

Ive only been here once but I am hooked and will be going back very soon. I discovered it while strolling around downtown. The shop owner is so incredibly nice and can tell you about all the teas/spices and SUGARS. I highly suggest the Rose Sugar, its life changing! Seriously though, its delicious paired with the White Tropical tea!

One of my favourite places to buy loose leaf teas. I used to work at TWG teas in Vancouver and honestly these teas are better! I love that they always have samples to try and every time we’ve been we always end up buying what they’re sampling. The cinnamon plum tea is absolutely delicious. We also love their spice blends!

If your posted hours are until 7 stay open until 7. Disappointing to rush over there before closing then find out they closed early. They wont be getting much business from me or other day shift workers.

Went in here today and fell in love with this little tea shop! The woman in the store made phone calls to make sure I avoided an allergy! How often can you get that kind of service!!! AMAZING YALL! Recommend everyone shop here for all your natural herbal needs!

Fun place for lots of different spices, tea and chai. Picked up some curry spices that turned out really good.

First visit and I was skeptical about quality. I was proved wrong. What wonderful spices . Have cooked with them for two meals and the flavors are superior. I do a lot of Asian and Indian dishes and these spices impart huge flavor. Take a chance. It is well worth it.

Great selection of loose leaf, spice blends, spices and flavored salts & sugars. They also recently started serving hot and cold brewed tea! Great way to try out a new tea before committing.

Lovely little spice and tea room in downtown. Place is full of great smelling teas, spice mixtures, salts and a few select spices (you can smell/try 4 different kinds of cinnamon!). Items are sold in 1oz packages for a little sampler, or in larger quantities out of the jars with loose spices/teas in them.The gentleman running the shop was a delight to talk with and super helpful without being pushy.My only request would be for them to carry more spices and less spice blends. While some of them smelled quite good, it would be fun to have more options in the high-end spice world.Definitely worth stopping by!

Excellent selection and recommendation of teas!

I definitely gravitated to the tea. Fun place to browse. If you need something really specific its a great place to look.

Great place

Awesome experience. This place smells almost as amazing as the tea tastes.

Great variety of stuff there, and the older gentleman working there was awesome! Very friendly and informative, and while my wife and I shopped, he took our son and let him try some different sugars. We will definitely go back!

Great little spice and tea shop. Focuss on spice blends not individual spices, more of a complementary shop to Penzys than a direct competitor. Great selection of black teas, but not as wide in the green or white varieties.

Excellent place to get some exotic teas.

Wonderful experience, quality products!

Good selection of teas and spices in a fairly small retail space. The staff is very helpful and exceptionally knowledgeable when it comes to their products. Each time Ive bought tea theyve also included samples of a spice or sugar which is always a pleasant surprise.

This is a really cool store with an enormous selection of spices and teas. Just be prepared to buy a LOT when you go there, as they all smell pretty amazing!

This store seems to be more of a gift shop than a spice store. They have a good selection of spices and teas, but the prices are high and unless you need to bundle your purchase with other spice equipment such as grinders, pestle and morter, or salt blocks, going to any of the near by grocery stores will have a similar selection at a much better price. I enjoy stores like this, but I just cant see the benefit of shopping here unless Im in dire need of a gift for a foodie. Also, it closes relatively early, so dont expect to seeing by at the last minute for a forgotten spice for a dish.

In a words, its charming. Its not cheap, but its not grocery store quality tea, either.

There are so many good smells in there and so many exotic spices/teas.

Excellent shop. Amazing location. Love the owners very friendly, knowledgeable and great prices.

The smell. Ohhhh the smell. This is what heaven must.smell like.

Great little store, very rustic in the hubub of downtown. Only the finest, freshest products sold by friendly, knowledgeable people. Even experienced foodies will come away with new ideas spurred by innovative blends of spices, herbs, teas, and more. Ya gotta check it out!

Impressive selection of spices and teas. Apparently they will be putting in a tea counter for to go beverages by the end of April 2019!

Best tea shop Ive ever been in. Extremely nice staff.

Neat place to explore if you enjoy the tea and spice experience. I didnt purchase anything because it wasnt budgeted into the trip but it was still fun to look at and smell all the spices and salts.

Love this little spice and tea shop. The most amazing seafood spice blend as well as an incredible selection of teas. A must visit every time Im in Portland.

A great little shop with fabulous smells and a knowledgeable staff

Upfront, I will say this review is based predominantly on one negative customer service experience. I always take these types of review with a grain of salt... maybe this was just a fluke, but its one that will prevent me from returning to this shop.I work a few doors down from the Spice & Tea Exchange and have always been interested to stop in. When looking for a specific product (a tea infuser/tumbler), I knew that a nearby chain store had a great selection but I try to always give my dollar to local businesses.Explaining to the man working what I was looking for, he suggested an infuser that is placed on top of a tea cup (rather than the tumbler concept I preferred). I mentioned, again, that Id prefer a tumbler and said Im looking for something that would would keep a tight seal if I wanted to shake it.His reaction was a very rude and ... disgusted?... You wouldnt shake tea! Why would you shake tea? Whoa, buddy... Thats a great way to keep business. Maybe shaking tea is some huge faux pas, but let me decide what I want to do with my tea. Chill out. Im all for constructive criticism and giving me useful information, but his delivery was downright rude. I thanked him for his time and walked out, which seemed to frustrate him even more.Maybe he was simply having a bad day. It happens. But I also work in customer service... and try to be friendly to people regardless of the kind of day I might have had.One positive note: the tea and spice selection in this store looks stellar. If youre looking for selection and not personality, this would be a great place to go.

Great selection of teas and spices. Friendly staff enjoyable shopping experience.

Beautiful little shop with a lot of spices choice.

Great selection, knowledgeable and friendly staff make this a wonderful place for a novice cook like me.

Really great variety of teas and spices. The guy working there was super helpful, and he knew a lot about all of the teas.

Salts, teas, rubs, herbs, peppers, paprikas, sugars, gifts, they got everything!!! Nice place 👍

A great place to find some inspiration!

If you enjoy drinking tea, then you will love this place!

Knowledgeable and friendly staff. I arrived right before closing, but didnt feel rushed and had a great experience.

Wonderful customer service & great tea selection!

Love this store! A great place to go to find unique and awesome gifts!

A little of everything offered here. Great salt and spice mixes.

Knowledgeable and friendly staff and such an enticing selection of good.

Love this place. Truffle salt, almond cookie tea and Bombay chai are a few of my favorite products.

Friendly service Great selection you cant go wrong here

Love it! Shop owner is great and really knows his products!

The owner is friendly, knowledgeable, and passionate about cooking and helping others expand their cooking experience. Their selection will have everything youre looking for and much more, and its all made in-store!

For the size of the shop I would expect them to have a bigger selection of spices. They do have a decent amount of salts though.

Decent, but restricted selection of teas, spices, and salts. Friendly staff, but the prices are a touch high for what youre getting.

Great selection, super friendly, family owned and operated

Nice place a little pricey

You should go in to take in a the wonderful scents

Super friendly! Teas are amazing!

Very nice customer service.

My drink was complete milk, no tea at all.

Helpful staff and a wide variety

Lots of awesome spices and teas!