Elz Tastes & Tea Market

This is my new favorite shop! Really wonderful atmosphere. Amazing rare teas and spices. The vinaigrette was incredible. ( I got the fig balsamic.) Well organized and easy to find what you are looking for as well as see things on display to discover. Really friendly staff. Highly recommend!

Amazing selection of teas, both custom blends and the regular lineup. The staff is incredibly helpful every time I go in, and the hole-punch rewards system is simple and saves me money. Every item is hand-packed and hand-labelled, something I wish I saw in more local shops. Will be coming back regularly for all my tea needs!

Awesome products! I love using their flavored balsamic vinegars on my salads to reduce the calories. Their teas and spices are fresh and very good quality. They usually have other fun items to purchase. I have been buying from them for years. They have moved over to Sullivan street.

This should be your first stop when looking for gifts!! Such a wide range of fun and yummy stuff that you can create a bundle for anyone. The owners were so helpful when I came in to make gifts for 12 people. Prices were so reasonable you can even leave with something for yourself! I can't wait to go back and try more spices and teas and will always drop in for bdays and holidays. Love love love!!

I try to support as many small businesses that are locally owned. I was looking for a specific gift, so I called Elz and they said they had it in stock. As soon as I arrived I was greeted with a big smile from a young lady named Delaney. She was extremely helpful and knowledgeable and I later found out her aunt and mom own the shop. Not only did I find the item I was looking for, but I picked up several other items including tapped pour spouts for vinegars and oils. This shop has a lot to offer. Olive oils and vinegars, pastas, herbs, spices, salts, and custom made seasonings. They also have huge variety of teas and well as other kitchen items like dish towels and coffee or tea mugs. When you check out, they let you know about their rewards punch cards. I am looking forward to returning after the holidays to restock my kitchen.

Love this charming store! This is our favorite place to buy gourmet olive oils and delicious balsamic vinegars. They really take our cooking to the next level. A while back, we purchased quite a few bottles. The owner & her daughter helped us pick out oils & vinegars from their wide selection of flavors: it was such excellent service that it felt like a private shopping experience! We hope to come back soon to purchase more for holiday gifts as well. My mother wants more for Christmas :-)

Okay so if you're looking for a place that has tea or blends or pots or anything like that this is the place to go. It's set up in a way that is easy to get around and has plenty of room I would know since I'm in a wheelchair. The staff is knowledgeable and seems to be in a great mood. They had tea ready to be tasted on display and it was overall a great experience. Personally I'll drive the extra 10 me to go here over anywhere in my immediate area.

Fantastic place, this is my go-to tea shop and they have really good olive and vinegar too!
The tea is definitely why I keep coming back, but the rosemary olive oil is delicious for dipping bread into. And the vinegars come in a ton of flavors for drinks! (just look up shrug/shrub drinks if that sounds weird)

Love this place! If you’re looking for speciality flavored oils and vinegars, this is the place to go! You can taste a sample and can purchase different sizes. My favorites are the garlic oil and the Meyer Lemon Olive oil. There are so many more flavors to choose from to mix and match different flavors for vinaigrettes. Also a good variety of salts and teas.

I have no words how beautiful this store is from product and the owners. What a experience.... You will leave and want to come back the next day and the next after that..... I promise you will learn so much and will want to continue to learn more about the teas and cooking oils and then some.

Visited while on a school trip and WOW! What a wonderful store full of amazing tastes and smells, run by incredibly helpful, knowledgeable and genuinely nice people. There were so many unique, tasty finds that I actually went back twice during my trip to buy more for gifts. Not only do they have an extraordinary selection of teas and spices, they have many unique items that you won't find elsewhere, including a huge assortment of dry soup mixtures, pastas, honeys, desserts, balsamic vinegars and olive oils - many of which they allow you to sample! They also have a selection of equipment, cups, fun dish towels and more. What a great place, will definitely visit again next time I'm in Spokane.

Always a pleasure to come in here, the staff is friendly and knowledgeable and the selection is excellent. They carry a wide variety of teas, and even some soup mixes. We enjoy their Tuscany Seasoning and their wide selection of flavored oils & balsamic vinegars. If you need gifts for a chef friend, highly recommend stopping in here and picking up some spice blends or vinegars, they will love it!

I've been visiting here for years now, and the clear love the staff have for their wares still shows, thus the updated review.

Huge selection of wonderful teas and spices. Very clean, beautiful store. Incredibly friendly staff!

Last spring I was driving through Spokane and on a whim stopped to grab some gifts for my aunt. The store owner was so kind and helpful, she even recommended her favorite podcast to me to listen to on my road trip. I can't wait for the next time I get to stop by!

Such a fun store! They have everything you need from specialty spices to gifts, a great store if you cook at all. The lady who was working (I believe her name is Shelley) had some wonderful suggestions for us, and was excited to let us sample and taste products! We ended up taking home a honey curry rice seasoning, a butter flavored olive oil, and an ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS Tropical Tsunami Balsamic Soy Sauce. It is absolutely worth adding this store to your regular shopping for the oils alone!

One of my favorite places to purchase my balsamic vinegars and oils this visit I purchased a dill pickle vinegar and used it in my devil eggs it was so good, I also purchased a very cute mug as a Christmas gift. And if you have not been to Christ's kitchen stop here because they carry alot of the great soup mixes and such. They have some of the cutest mugs, dish towels and gifts for everyone. Closed on Sundays. And they offer a punch card so you earn Everytime you make a purchase. Stop buy and sample a tea and say hi to some of the nicest shop owners.

I loooove this store. I can always find the freshest spices and blends, their balsamic vinagers and olive oil blends are superb. The staff have alot of knowledge and are the absolute sweetest.

Alright.

Tea.
Vinegar.
Oil.
Friendly owners.

Wow.

I can't thank Shelly and Kelly (and her daughter who also helped me!) enough for their wonderful store, knowledge, and patience. I spoke with Shelly on the phone and she answered all my questions. When I came in to the store the next day she wasn't there and Kelly, her sister and co owner was and is just as awesome

I'm new to drinking tea, and I do not drink tea the traditional way. I drink it cold with sure sugar free syrups and lemon. I've really gotten to like Twinnings English breakfast but have had some difficulty in ordering and was hoping a store like this existed! ... One where I could come in and smell and sample.. and I found the perfect niche store!

I walked out with $60 in 3 different teas I plan to mix, oil, vinegar and merchandise!

Kelly was so excited to share her teas (she had time to brew a few for me) she was kind enough to experiment with me and we came up with 3 different profiles that I am mixing to find the right taste profile. I made my first cup with 3 teas (English breakfast, peach, and dark berry!) which is delicious and something that I certainly couldn't buy online.

She also sampled their delicious aged balsamic with garlic olive oil and bread and it was so good! I bought two bottles! I plan on bringing my wife in.

You ladies have earned a customer for life. Thank you.

* The other place I tried couldn't be bothered to answer my questions on the phone. That simple phone conversation earned you my business!

I can't wait to sample the rest of your store, teas, spices and after how good your oil and balsamic vinegar is.. your other offerings, like the Parmesan oil sounds amazing!

***UPDATE*** The store is even better now! Their location now is so nice and their customer service is still fun and so very thoughtful! I have been using them regularly again and the product and service from the owners is STELLAR!
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This store is amazing! The variety of oils and related spices and teas are almost overwhelming (in a good way). Excellent service when I went in and knew nothing about all the options. The young woman working there was very helpful, asked questions to establish what I might like and I left the store with several small bottles of options.

No dislikes at all and make sure you take advantage of a customer card that gets punched with each sale so you can get a freebie(s) when you fill your card!

Love it and well worth a visit to find out new options for flavoring up our foodies!
Have fun!

I recently came here looking to find a couple gifts, and also maybe something for myself. There was such a fantastic selection of everything AND they had these cool little info cards that came with each item. The woman ( failed to catch her name) she had short hair and glasses, was such a sweet fun woman. I found her to be very helpful finding what I was looking for AND MORE. Give this place a go and you wont be sorry! AND if you have been there before.....GO AGAIN she told me they recently expanded and it great :)