Tea price guides

11 ranked lists of in-stock tea, each priced per gram so a 25 g pouch and a 357 g cake compare directly. Prices are what each vendor listed on October 1, 2026; check the vendor page before buying.

Median price per gram, guide by guide

What a gram costs in each guide's category

Median USD per gram by guide, lowest first, with the 25th to 75th percentile band: Unflavoured tea under $0.20 per gram $0.15 ($0.13–$0.17); Cheapest shou (ripe) puer per gram $0.21 ($0.15–$0.30); Cheapest Darjeeling per gram $0.27 ($0.19–$0.40); Best-value white tea $0.28 ($0.18–$0.40); Cheapest Japanese green tea per gram $0.33 ($0.22–$0.51); Most expensive teas per gram $0.33 ($0.21–$0.56); Cheapest Taiwanese oolong per gram $0.35 ($0.27–$0.56); Best-value green tea $0.36 ($0.21–$0.76); Cheapest sheng (raw) puer per gram $0.40 ($0.28–$0.64); Best-value oolong $0.46 ($0.30–$0.85); Cheapest matcha per gram $1.13 ($0.60–$1.60).0.10.20.512510USD per gram (log scale)Unflavoured tea under $0.20Unflavoured tea under $0.200.15Cheapest shou (ripe) puerCheapest shou (ripe) puer0.22Cheapest DarjeelingCheapest Darjeeling0.27Best-value white teaBest-value white tea0.28Cheapest Japanese green teaCheapest Japanese green tea0.33Most expensive teasMost expensive teas0.33Cheapest Taiwanese oolongCheapest Taiwanese oolong0.35Best-value green teaBest-value green tea0.36Cheapest sheng (raw) puerCheapest sheng (raw) puer0.4Best-value oolongBest-value oolong0.46Cheapest matchaCheapest matcha1.13
  • Middle half of listings (25th–75th percentile)
  • Median
Listed prices on October 1, 2026, all matching in-stock listings per guide. Log scale.

A month of tea at each median

Your daily leaf, priced by category

Set the grams of leaf you go through in a day. Each row multiplies it by that guide’s median and 25th-percentile price per gram over 30 days.

6 g a day for 30 days = 180 g of leaf
GuideAt the medianAt the 25th percentile
Unflavoured tea under $0.20 per gram$27.00$22.50
Cheapest shou (ripe) puer per gram$38.70$27.23
Cheapest Darjeeling per gram$47.84$34.18
Best-value white tea$49.50$32.11
Cheapest Japanese green tea per gram$59.85$40.16
Most expensive teas per gram$60.28$37.82
Cheapest Taiwanese oolong per gram$62.41$48.01
Best-value green tea$64.80$38.56
Cheapest sheng (raw) puer per gram$71.98$49.50
Best-value oolong$83.00$54.00
Cheapest matcha per gram$202.50$108.00

By Tea Type

Cheapest matcha per gram

Matcha (plain, not flavoured or latte mixes), lowest USD per gram first.

145 listings · 23 vendors · median $1.13/g

Cheapest sheng (raw) puer per gram

Raw puer cakes, bricks and loose leaf, lowest USD per gram first.

1,409 listings · 17 vendors · median $0.40/g

Cheapest shou (ripe) puer per gram

Ripe puer, lowest USD per gram first.

601 listings · 17 vendors · median $0.21/g

Best-value oolong

Oolong with a named growing region, sold in retail packs of 20–500 g, lowest USD per gram first.

372 listings · 25 vendors · median $0.46/g

Best-value white tea

White tea with a named growing region, sold in retail packs of 20–500 g, lowest USD per gram first.

186 listings · 20 vendors · median $0.28/g

Best-value green tea

Green tea with a named growing region, sold in retail packs of 20–500 g, lowest USD per gram first.

183 listings · 24 vendors · median $0.36/g

By Origin

Cheapest Darjeeling per gram

Unflavoured tea from Darjeeling, India (any type), lowest USD per gram first.

57 listings · 10 vendors · median $0.27/g

Cheapest Japanese green tea per gram

Japanese green tea (sencha, gyokuro, bancha, hojicha, genmaicha and similar; matcha listed separately), lowest USD per gram first.

154 listings · 14 vendors · median $0.33/g

Cheapest Taiwanese oolong per gram

Oolong grown in Taiwan, lowest USD per gram first.

137 listings · 15 vendors · median $0.35/g

By Price

Unflavoured tea under $0.20 per gram

Unflavoured tea of any type (no herbal, flavoured, chai or blends) priced under $0.20 per gram, in retail packs of 20–500 g, lowest first.

888 listings · 26 vendors · median $0.15/g

Special Rankings

Most expensive teas per gram

Any unflavoured tea, highest USD per gram first.

4,006 listings · 37 vendors · median $0.33/g

How the guides are built

  • Every guide draws on the same catalog snapshot of tea vendors’ own shop listings, dated October 1, 2026.
  • A listing counts only if it is in stock and states a pack weight of 20 g or more.
  • Each table shows up to 25 teas and caps how many places one vendor can take, so the list is not one shop’s catalog.
  • Prices in pounds or Canadian dollars are converted to US dollars at a dated central-bank reference rate, shown on each guide.
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