Tea Shops & Retail in Illinois
3 verified tea shops & retail venues across 3 cities in Illinois ($$–$$): Forest Park, Highland Park, Park Ridge. Rooms that double as merchants — walls of loose-leaf tins, tastings before you buy, and often classes. Where to build your home tea shelf.
3 tea rooms
Madame Zuzu's
$$Highland Park
Established in 2012 in Highland Park, Madame Zuzu's is a tea house, café, and vinyl record shop with a live performance stage — 'where music meets ritual.' The shop serves and sells hand-selected premium teas, including aged pu-erhs, ceremonial-grade matcha, and house blends curated by owners Billy Corgan and Chloé Mendel.
TeaLula
$$Park Ridge
A Park Ridge loose leaf tea shop and tea room operating since 2008, stocking white, green, oolong, black, puer, herbal, and matcha teas alongside teaware. Afternoon tea is served by reservation Friday through Sunday from 11:30 AM to 2 PM, and the shop runs a tea tasting club for regulars.
Todd & Holland Tea Merchants
$$Forest Park
A longstanding west-suburban tea merchant on Madison Street in Forest Park with an extensive selection of black, green, oolong, white, and herbal teas plus matcha and iced tea blends. The shop also carries teapots, infusers, mugs, and tea gift sets.
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