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All of the teas at Tea Drop are available to purchase for home, and are brewed before your eyes at South Melbourne Market.

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Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2025: Tea

If we’re reading the leaves correctly, Melbourne’s tea culture is entering its golden era.

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Pretty Hopetoun Bake Shop.

Hopetoun Bake Shop

Inside the Carlton cafe.

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Pastries are flavoured with matcha and calamansi.

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Masala chai is the specialty at Dropout Chaiwala.

Dropout Chaiwala

Every cup at Tea Drop is freshly brewed.

Tea Drop

High rea served at the Tea Room at NGV International, Melbourne

Tea Room at NGV International

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