Whisper Wine Bar, Fremantle

Whisper has nothing to do with tea but deserves a mention as it has everything to do with France…. This French-run wine bar occupies a beautiful stone bungalow on Essex Street, at the entrance to a private courtyard of stone buildings that could be in Bordeaux or Provence. Freshly baked baguettes, sandwich jambon fromage, cheese and charcuterie platters, and plenty of wines both French and local by the glass or bottle. The cheeses and other menu items are imported directly from France.

15 Essex Street

Tel 08 9335 7632

Open Wed to Sun 12pm to late

www.whisperwinebar.com.au

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Flying Teapots giftshop, Fremantle

This gift shop is about tea, Alice in Wonderland style. The colourful store sells a myriad of teapots in every shape, colour and size, teacups, tea cosies, books, serving trays, cake stands…  Not everything is tea themed, liked the children’s clothing for example, but there is plenty to choose from, including a small selection of herbal and flavoured loose leaf teas, and literary teabags with quotations for every cuppa.

The Piazza, South Terrace

Fremantle, WA

Australia

Tel. +61 (0)8 9336 1216

(you’ll find it in a sort of open air shopping arcade off Cappuccino Strip, down some steps, after the Pickled Fairy shop (fairies seem to do a lot of shopping in Fremantle)!

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The Attic, Fremantle

More of a loft than an attic, relax with a pot of tea in squishy armchairs upstairs in this red brick building with high ceilings and Playschool windows. You have to take your afternoon tea early in Fremantle (the Attic closes at 4pm).

The Attic

16 Bannister Street 

Fremantle, WA

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Vivisen Teahouse, Fremantle, WA, Australia

As well as hand made dim sum, Vivisen’s speciality is Goji tea, a blend of goji berries, chrystanthemum flowers, tea leaves and liquorice “helpful in rejuvenating the body, refreshing the mind and improving overall health and well being”.

The tea is sweet tasting and surprisingly dark, and apparently super healthy for the goji berries’ amino acids, trace minerals, beta-carotene and Vitamin C.

http://www.vivisenteahouse.com/

Vivisen Teahouse

15 Point St,

Fremantle, Western Australia

+61 (0)8 9336 6699

Open Tuesday to Sunday, 11am-3pm then 5pm-10pm

Closed Mondays and Public Holidays

 

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Maraschino Tea & Espresso Bar, Fremantle, WA, Australia

One entire wall of this tea house is a blackboard inscribed with quotes from the wise, the famous, the anonymous and the downright funny. Here are a choice few to ponder on:

“The tea-party is a spa for the soul – you leave your cares and work behind. Busy people forget their business. Your stress melts away. Your  senses awaken.” – Unknown 

“Happiness is like a butterfly. Only when I sit down with my tea did the butterfly settle peacefully in my lap.” – Reny

“Women are like teabags. You never know their strength until you place them in hot water.”

“One drinks tea to forget the din of the world.” – Tien Yixeng

“Tea… is a religion of the art of life.” – Kakura 

There’s quite a large selection of teas (green, white, black, rooibos and tisanes, but only one oolong), served in a teapot with a digital timer to brew perfectly. Organic and gluten free breakfast options galore, which is a plus, because breakfast at my hotel costs AUS $26 with a teabag so honestly Maraschino is a better option all round.

Saved the best for last :

“Never trust a man who, when left alone in a room with a tea cosy, doesn’t try it on.” – Billy Connolly

Shop 8, 17-23 Collie St 

Fremantle, WA 6160

Australia

Tel. +61 (0)8 9336 7871

Closed on Tuesdays, and also at random times (like 4.30pm on a Saturday for no clear reason)

No wifi

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