Tea Mansion

Tea Mansion is an eclectic store in Dupont that I had been meaning to try out!With a variety of teas from around the world, the store is very inviting and interesting to explore. It is a bit small, only about 4 seats in the entire store, but it has its charm! I popped in to take a meeting and enjoy a Wintermelon bubble tea. The tea tasted fresh and homemade, however, the bubbles were hard and stuck together. For the tea being $7 for a medium, I don't particularly think the quality matched up to its cost.I will note they had a very friendly staff member who took her time to answer customer questions on all the products. I appreciated the tea samples as well!I would suggest Tea Mansion have some more deals or specials to draw in a greater crowd!

The place definitely has good tea but the actually store front needs so renovations. The service was friendly but we were also the only ones in the store. If they would update the store the prices would be justified.

I was in Dupont and was surprised to see a boba shop nearby and so went to check it out. Initially, it seemed good, the shop itself is cute and cozy but that was pretty much all it had going for it.My friend and I were perusing the dried tea for a bit (and they do have a large collection) but then we found out that the price started at like $40 for a small bag and we quickly put everything back. I feel like you don't even see those prices with quality Asian teas. Feeling bad for having stayed in there so long, my friend and I each got a boba tea but it was not good at all. To be honest, I've never had worse. I've had mid and subpar tea but this was bad. The flavor was almost nonexistent and tasted like it was dripped through paper multiple times, if that makes sense at all. The boba quality was also not good and my friend tossed her entire (quite overpriced) drink after like three sips.

I was disappointed with the tea shop.It really should say bubble tea. The staff was not knowledgeable about a very traditional oolong tea and what the sales person would recommend.I would not recommend it as a place to buy tea.

This place is still overpriced and a hot mess. I had a gift certificate to use, but they are not set up to take gift certificates. Yeah, that makes so much sense! I watched the tea preparer make the person's before me tea. They asked for iced. There was no ice and the cup wasn't even full. The worked left half the drink behind. Nothing like paying $8 for a half cup of warm iced tea. The person preparing the tea was also so confusing with how the tea orders worked. It didn't matter in the end, though, because they were out of most everything. Oh, and be mindful if you want to take a chance, even though they sell tea, not all tea is for sale. At least that is how it was explained.

First, I think it's important to note that this place is nice and clean! The person who helped me wore gloves and a mask!Second, they have so many options for loose leaf tea. The person who helped me determine which teas and blends would work best for energy and focus as well as resting and sleeping. One thing that I bought was Darjeeling and it is definitely a very high quality! It's not lacking in those rich rainy day flavors that Darjeeling is known for. Lastly, make sure you get out to support this place even if you are not big into tea. The owner use to be a manager at Starbucks and he bravely ventured out on his own to start this business! They have two locations, Fair Oaks Mall and DuPont Circle. Go go go!

I was very happy when I saw Tea Mansion because I had run out of green tea. I only buy organic. The sales people were super nice and friendly, and there was a wide variety of teas. But I already know my favorite: organic green tea from Japan. The sales girl opened the canister and invited me to sniff the tea. I was horrified! How many other people had sniffed that tea? What if something fell out of someone's nose into the tea? Is the tea still strong after the cannister has been opened and closed so many times a day for people to sniff?My strongest suggestion: Have a separate small cannister for the sniffers.I really wanted my tea and it looked good, so I bought it. The price was about the same as other tea I have ordered online. My tea tasted okay, but I'm going back to ordering online.

Got food poison (worth it) but did not try the food but the severe was great and so was the ambience

Not the place for boba tea. Hot tea poured over small nugget ice with a paper straw ‍. I'm sure the hot tea is probably better but not the place for cold boba tea. It gets watery quick. Also they were "sold out" of all the flavors we initially selected... annoying.

it was a narrow escape that we did not get food poisoning from this place. we walked in for teas and it was too late to turn around so we ordered 2 drinks: one with boba and one without. they make the drinks in the back but the boba tapioca balls are in the front. SCARY! it was in an opened crock pot. the worker pulled some out with a spoon and at first glance i knew it was going to be bad. drinks were both really bad, even without the boba pearls. wouldn't recommend would never ever go again. if you're just going to buy bags of specialty tea or equipment, i think it would be a great place! overall, bad atmosphere-- only get tea if you're going to be making it at home.