Vices & Spices From Around The World

We offer an amazing collection of fine tea leaves, specialty coffees, exotic spices, and botanicals. Browse through our wide selection of unique gifts while enjoying a cup of our renowned coffee & award winning tea prepared by our amazing baristas. Proudly serving the Santa Barbara Community since 1975.

Vices & Spices From Around The World is a tea house in Santa Barbara, California. It is listed at 3558 State St, Santa Barbara, CA 93105, which places it among the local businesses of Santa Barbara that residents and visitors turn to when they need this kind of service close by. Google also lists it under cafe, espresso bar, gift shop, which is worth knowing if you are comparing several options in the area.

Tea in the United States covers everything from a traditional Chinese or Japanese tea house to a Southern sweet-tea counter, and the fastest-growing segment is bubble tea: Taiwanese-style milk teas and fruit teas with tapioca pearls, sold by chains and independents alike with adjustable sugar and ice levels. Tea rooms serving afternoon tea with scones and sandwiches usually require a reservation, while boba shops, juice bars and smoothie shops are walk-in and quick. Kava and kombucha bars are a newer category, and loose-leaf tea stores sell blends, teaware and gifts, often with a tasting counter. Prices for a drink run similar to coffee-shop prices, with premium teas and cold-pressed juices at the high end.

The business lists hours on 7 days of the week. On most of those days it is open 7 am–6 pm. As with most places, expect changes around holidays; the phone number below is the fastest way to confirm. You can reach Vices & Spices From Around The World at (805) 687-7196; calling is usually the quickest way to ask about availability, prices or directions. More information is available on its website, vicesandspices.net.

Customers rate it 4.7 out of 5 on Google across 225 reviews, placing it among the better-regarded tea houses & tea rooms in Santa Barbara.

Santa Barbara is in California, on the West Coast, where the climate ranges from foggy coast to hot inland valleys, wildfire season can affect air quality in late summer, and traffic is the main thing to plan around. US addresses list the street number and name, then the city, state abbreviation and ZIP code, and Santa Barbara follows the same pattern; a suite or apartment number such as Ste 200 refers to a unit inside the building. The map link on this page shows the exact spot.

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