Old Barrel Tea Company

Absolutely adore this shop! The most friendly and knowledgeable people. I was able to taste test many flavors of tea and they would educate me on the benefits of the types of teas. I brought home 3 tins of each type and have loved having loose leaf tea at home. Unique flavors and variety of teas available. Highly recommend stopping in while you are in Ruidoso! They will also make you up a cup to go either hot or iced to take with you!

Becky did an amazing job explaining some of the tea properties and offered us a few samples. Everything we tried was lovely, including the flavor of the month, which I loved so much I decided to purchase. The store is very organized and inviting. You can tell there’s a lot of care put into their products.

Great friendly staff and very helpful in letting us try different samples to see how they tasted like. They spent a decent amount of time answering our questions. Ended up getting the banana bread flavored tea (would recommend). This tea is more gourmet so the taste reflects that compared to the generic ones you will find (as well as the price). There’s some other nice little cups and items as well.

We visited Ruidoso about 2 weeks ago, and decided to check this place out. They have a really good variety of teas, and the person at the counter was extremely friendly, helpful, and knowledgeable. If you're going to Ruidoso and you love tea, you have to check this place out. *Military discount offered

We visited on 10/15/25 and received helpful and friendly service from a young man. I feel terrible I don’t remember his name but he was great! I like that we were able to sample many of the items so we were sure to go home with something we liked! The prices are very reasonable. It was our favorite store on the strip. Oh and don’t miss out on the Pumpkin Pie Chai tea!