The Tea Room Organic Chocolates

This is a chocolate tea room for retail, no comfy couch to lounge & enjoy tea… that being said, they’re SO nice & love to give samples!

A hidden gem.
Do not look for a coffee shop façade, you need to go into the parking lot to find them.
Great and interesting teas, and the same for chocolate. It is literally a display in their office, but they sell on the spot and let you try the chocolates. They even let me peek through the factory for.

If you haven’t tried their chocolate already, you’re missing out but don’t worry as they have free samples! They have deals if you buy a few bars of chocolate.
My favorite is the Lapsang — it has a natural smoky flavor. They also sell tea, hot chocolate, and french macarons all the way from France! I’m going to make this a routine stop anytime I’m around the Oakland Airport.

By chance I saw the Unilocal review for this chocolate producer. My family agreed to check it out and we had to be a bit persistent in finding it as its tucked in a suite of buildings. It was worth it!!! We were greeting warmly by the owner, tasted the AMAZING chocolate and even got to peek in the chocolate making room. The biggest surprise was the chamomile infused white chocolate– a must try– I am not a white chocolate fan but this one converted me.
My absolute favorite is the lapsang souchong very dark with a hint of salt– yummmm!

This little hidden gem is amazing. Emphasis on hidden. The front of the business doesn’t face the street so keep an eye out for the «130» on the building. They make all their chocolates in house with such quality products. I love that they manage to put their own twist on white, milk and dark chocolates. Some of their flavors include Jasmine+Tangerine, Earl Grey, Sea Salt Caramel+Almond, Pina Colada, Matcha and many more.
In addition to the chocolate bars, they have tea, flavor infused chocolate covered almonds, and drinking chocolate (white and dark options). The prices here are so reasonable for rich, great quality chocolate! I will definitely be back… the only downside is that they’re only open while I’m at work but when there’s a will there’s a way!

What unique and delicious chocolate flavor combinations! My favorites were the Black Masala Chai and Jasmine chocolates. The flavor of the tea really comes through the chocolate. So good!

I have a cold right now and nothing tastes good. I was saving this Mayan Pepper Chai chocolate bar for PMS time but I gave into temptation. I am so glad I did! The spicy delicious flavors woke my taste buds right up! It is so amazing. The most delicious thing I have had all week.

Excellent, innovative tea-​infused chocolate, with wonderful service. Don’t let the modest exterior fool you. With this one-​of-​a-​kind chocolate, it’s what’s inside that counts. Try the lapsang souchang. Trust me

Absolute MUST TRY and MUST VISIT! The chocolate here is so unique and delicious; I got the Pistachio Rose Truffle (and it was actually really nutty; you can feel the pistachio bits and rose hints in your mouth sooooo tasty) the jasmine tea drops (they have 13 different tea flavors and a bunch of other infused chocolates that are really good.) Other flavors I saw were Bedouin Mint Dark Chocolate, Lapsong Souchong Dark Chocolate, Honeybush Caramel Chocolate, and more. They also have a matcha white chocolate with a hint of orange that is too die for; it’s got that real matcha taste, amazing.
I walked into their store yesterday, and the staff including the award-​winning chocolatier and owner of The Tea Room, Heinz, were incredibly friendly and informative about teaching us about enjoying chocolate and letting us try each of their delectable flavors of chocolate. It’s hard to imagine that this master and these organic chocolate gems are found in a little store in a pocket of San Leandro. I know I definitely will be coming back!

Haven’t been to their physical location, but I picked up 3 bars of chocolate at $ 3.19 each (Mayan Pepper Chai, Green Earl Grey and Lapsang Souchong) at Berkeley Bowl West today after some taste-​testing at their demo booth. I was tempted to pick up more flavors but then remembered all the uneaten chocolate at home (artisanal chocolates from Santa Fe, Nashville, Denver, Hokkaido, etc).
Despite the flood of unorthodox flavors on the chocolate market these days, theirs still manage to stand out with a freshness and smoothness not easily achieved by other chocolatiers.

Always good to see local companies make good artisanal products. The dark chocolate with chili and chai is really good. As. Mimi pointed out theyve won some food competitions but more importantly it tastes good even with their unorthodox flavor combinations

This place has some of the best chocolates ever if you love tea and chocolate it is the to go place. Award winning and super friendly staff! My favorite is the chamomile white chocolate and bacon flavored chocolate. They just recently came out with a Matcha green tea with a hint of orange that is pretty darn good!

Great selections of tea infused chocolates ranging with dark, light, and milk chocolates. I can still taste the tea in these awesome chocolates since they are not overly sweet like most American chocolates. I personally prefer dark chocolates, but the matcha white chocolate was just too good to pass up!

Okay, so you have to understand, if you go in person, you’re actually pulling up to the Oakland airport shipping offices. There’s no fancy store front or obvious cashier – but none of that matters, because they have all the products there (in spades!) and they are super-​friendly and delighted to have actual people walk in. All my questions were answered, I was loaded up with samples and personally shown their trophies and the fancy chocolates they’re currently developing (which look exquisite). Their «thing» is mixing chocolate – from white to very dark – with herbs, spices, fruits and teas, and they’re *amazing*. Serious chocolate with fragrant, organic, inventive flavoring. They have bars and nibs packaged in lovely tea boxes and I think I saw small truffles. These are award-​winning chocolates and one taste will tell you why. Pay them a visit next time you’re near the airport or order online. I went today to purchase a gift, but I’ll be back soon to stock my cupboards!

Really high quality chocolates. Just read that they are the only US company that won The Gran Prix Award at a 2013 Japanese Food Show. You can order online at their website. Love the Earl Grey Green Tea Dark Chocolate bar! Yum!

I ordered some chocolates the other day because I’ve been craving them (:
Their service was great! The chocolates came super fast, and they packaged them so it minimizes the melting. I was afraid that the bars would melt while sitting in my mailbox all day, but there was very little melting even though it was a hot day! They also gave me a bag of samples of their other chocolates! It was a nice surprise: D

I have not made it out to San Leandro but… Their bars are sold at Pharmaca locations now!!! OMG get it now! New fave — chamomile and honey white chocolate bar. SHUT up. So good.

The story of The Tea Room is quite fascinating. Master chocolatier and tea lover Heinz Rimann travelled the world for the finest teas and came to the San Francisco Bay Area to create his line of organic chocolate bars.
It’s hard to imagine this was the same Heinz that I met in the San Leandro store. Extremely friendly and helpful, he quickly helped me place my order with a smile.
With flavors like Black Masala Chai, Jasmine, Maté & Cocoa Nibs and Mayan Pepper Chai, you would be hard-​pressed to find a more unique tea-​infused bar.

Totally awesome business to go to get chocolate! Thus far I have gotten two of their chocolate bars. One being a Black Masala Chai infused chocolate bar and the other a dark chocolate bar with chai spices and Mayan Chili Powder. Both were delicious! I have to say though my favorite one was the Masala Chai candy bar. Since I am a chai nut, it was a perfect fit! They have other types of chocolate bars out there. I know there is a Lavender flavored one out there but I have yet to try it.