Divinitea

Schenectady, United States

4.4

Closed now

5 reviews

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Telephone:
+1 518-347-0689
Website:
www.divinitea.com
Address:
1708 Union St, Schenectady, NY, 12309
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
1.2 miWoodlawn (BusPlus)
1.2 miDivision (BusPlus)
1.5 miSteuben (BusPlus)
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Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Parking
Street
Wheelchair Accessible
No
Outdoor Seating
No
Wi-Fi
No

Today

Today 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Closed now
Local time (Schenectady) 5:18 PM Saturday, May 24, 2025

Business hours

Monday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Tuesday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Wednesday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Thursday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Friday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Sunday –

Description

Specialties

Divinitea specializes in Certified Organic teas. We offer hundreds of varieties of organic and biodynamic loose leaf teas at our retail location. We also stock a wide selection of tea pots, cups, infusers, and other tea ware; including specialty tea ware for tea ceremonies. This is a great destination for the tea enthusiast. Talk with our master tea blenders to learn everything about tea.

Our master blenders have over 20 years experience, and have traveled around the world in search for the best organic teas. Our ingredients are personally inspected for quality and Certified Organic in accordance with the USDA National Organic Program. Divinitea is Certified Organic by NOFA-​NY Certified Organic, LLC.

History

Established in 1997.

Divinitea was one of the first companies dedicated to certified organic tea. The company began as a passion of Linda Smith and Cary Berliner. They loved great tasting tea, free of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers. They wished to share their passion with other health conscious tea drinkers.

Now, Divinitea offers a wide selection of organic loose leaf tea and tea ware for both retail and wholesale customers. We custom blend hundreds of organic blends to order. We’re growing every day, but we’re still a family owned business focused on a quality, sustainable product.

Meet the Manager

Kaitlyn O.

Manager

Kaitlyn is a master tea blender of Certified Organic teas. She personally inspects tea for quality and consistency, ensuring an enjoyable tea experience. She is knowledgeable in the field of tea, and looks forward to making tea recommendations.

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5 reviews of Divinitea

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Place rating: 5
Albany, NY
Only my second visit. The prior was a couple of years ago. Clearly I am not drinking enough tea! I am not aware of a seller in the area that has been in the business as long or is as committed to the trade. The shop is well stocked and the proprietor is very knowledgeable. She still gets giddy with excitement when new teas come in. The aromas! Orders small amounts to assure freshness. Happy to share with you the varieties that have recently arrived. Ask questions – you will be rewarded. Go!
Place rating: 5
Pittsfield, MA
Nice little shop, helpful staff. If you are looking for a pot of tea, you can get their tea next door at Tesoros Café.
Place rating: 3
Niskayuna, NY
High end tea shop with small batch and imported varietals and some expensive tea pots and paraphernalia. They have a lot of green tea, and china-​style scented tea, but not a lot of variety for the more robust Indian-​Ceylonese end of things (think: more Dareeling than Assam, more sweet than smoke.) The pots are high end and nice but not on the arty side, so if you’re looking for a gift you may have limited options. Everything is a bit pricey, even for high-​quality tea, which brings the rating down a tetch, but the quality has been good enough to keep us coming back — if we’re in a certain mood. (To confess, we get our bulk tea at an Indian grocery, where the quality is nearly as good and the price is about a quarter as much as we have paid here for the same quantities.)
Note Tesoro’s next door is featuring some of Divinitea’s wares, so in the try-​before-​you-​buy (by, um, buying a sample) there’s a certain synchronicity going on.
Place rating: 5
Cohoes, NY
Divinitea — so appropriately named! I have shopped at the chain tea shop that’s in the mall, but since I highly prefer a small, independent business, I was thrilled to see Divinitea on Upper Union Street.
Then I remembered I had bought tea from this lady years ago — at a farmer’s market. Since that time, I’ve enjoyed her tea at Tesoro’s next door (great breakfast and lunch café) and The Tailored Tea in Latham (another favorite spot).
So, imagine going into Teavana, with that terrific wall covered with tins of tea. Only:
* It’s not a chain store owned by Starbucks.
* The staff is not pushy, and trying to sell-​sell-​sell. They’re just nice people who love tea.
* It’s all certified organic.
* It’s in a homey two-​family on Upper Union Street in Schenectady, so it’s got lovely woodwork, and an old cast iron stove.
* The prices are better.
* You can get some really unique, great teas — black, green, rooibis, herbals.
* The offer a ton of different accessories, such as strainer baskets, tins, you-​fill teabags — all at reasonable prices.
That’s Divinitea. I will be back. For all of the above reasons, and for favorite teas like peach rooibis, triple berry blast, pink lemonade, cranberry apple, etc. etc. etc.
Place rating: 4
Boston, MA
Do you like tea? I mean the real deal whole-​leaf stuff? The kind of thing Americans don’t have time for anymore since the advent of TV in the 50s? Do you hate shaving? Did you go to a liberl arts college? If the answer to any of these questions is «yes», they you’ll like this place.
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This is a storefront in the front part of the home of the guy who runs it. It’s a cute little place, and all they sell are teas by the ounce (maybe some tea accessories, too, but mainly tea.)
There are sample jars over by the front bay window for you to open and smell. The teas are kept in giant bins behind the register where the guy will measure and put into little brown bags for you. It’s expensive, but it would need to be, I imagine. This guy is, essentially, running this out of his home. And you’re getting these custom blended teas he makes in the back room. You can see it through the beaded curtain. It was a little weird being there, because you can see into their apartment behind the workroom, and his wife (presumably) came home, threw her keys down, and shot me a glance. It felt like I was in someone’s home, which I was, and that was odd. But anyhow the tea was a hit so that’s what counts.