TEAKI: Specialty Teahouses in Hong Kong

11 teahouses

Hong Kong

Lock Cha Tea House (Tai Kwun)

Hong Kong's most beloved tea house, inside Tai Kwun.

Beloved Hong Kong tea institution inside Tai Kwun, the restored Central Police Station heritage compound. Traditional gongfu service of Chinese teas with vegetarian dim sum and frequent guqin and tea ceremony events.

Central$$

Photo: LockCha (Admiralty)

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Lock Cha Tea House (Hong Kong Park)

The original Lock Cha, beside the city's tea ware museum.

Original Lock Cha branch inside the K.S. Lo Gallery in Hong Kong Park, beside the Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware. Traditional gongfu tea and vegetarian dim sum in a colonial-era pavilion.

Admiralty$$

Photo: Hannah Leonczek

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Yú Teahouse

A tenth-floor hideaway above Wan Chai, for slow gongfu.

Modern teahouse with sweeping urban views from the upper floors of a Wan Chai building. Curated Chinese and Taiwanese teas, contemporary ceramics, and a quiet space designed for slow gongfu sessions.

Wan Chai$$$

Photo: Vincent Choi

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Ming Heung Tea 茗香茶莊

Old-school Sheung Wan merchant for aged puer and oolong.

Old-school Hong Kong tea merchant in Sheung Wan's tea trade district. Family-run shop selling aged puer, oolong and traditional Chinese teas with tasting at the counter.

Kowloon City$$

Photo: 福建茶行

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Fukien Tea Co

A Bonham Strand veteran specialising in Wuyi rock tea.

Historic Fujianese tea merchant on Bonham Strand specialising in Wuyi yancha, Anxi Tieguanyin and aged oolong. One of the long-standing names in Hong Kong's traditional tea trade.

Sheung Wan$$

Photo: andrew mcmillan

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Chas by the Time

A design-led specialty tea bar in Sheung Wan.

Contemporary specialty tea bar in Sheung Wan with a curated list of single-origin Chinese and Taiwanese teas. Quiet, design-led, with hand-brewed gongfu service.

Sheung Wan$$

Photo: Qoo

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Cheung Hing Tea Hong 祥興茶行

A collector's destination for vintage puer and Liu Bao.

Veteran Hong Kong tea merchant in Sheung Wan known for aged puer and Liu Bao. The kind of shop where serious collectors come to taste vintage cakes at the counter.

Sheung Wan$$$

Photo: Yuan Yuan Tang 緣緣堂

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Yuan Yuan Tang 源源堂

Curated Chinese tea house on historic Tai Ping Shan Street.

Quiet specialty Chinese tea house in the Tai Cheung Building on historic Tai Ping Shan Street, Sheung Wan. Curated Chinese teas with gongfu service.

Sheung Wan$$

Photo: Gaga Bichon

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Yee On Tea 義安茶莊

A long-established merchant with deep aged puer and white.

Long-established Hong Kong tea merchant carrying a deep range of Chinese teas including aged puer, oolong and white tea. Traditional shopfront with on-site tasting.

Sai Ying Pun$$

Photo: Plantation Tea Bar

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Plantation Tea Bar

A Mallory Street tea bar in the restored Blue House.

Modern specialty tea bar on Mallory Street in the restored Blue House cluster. Carefully sourced single-origin Chinese, Taiwanese and Japanese teas served with simple sweets in a calm interior.

Wan Chai$$

Photo: loris francoletti

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雲茶境 Yun Cha Jing

A tenth-floor hideaway off Causeway Bay's Paterson Street.

Hidden tenth-floor tea room in Vienna Mansion off Paterson Street, Causeway Bay. Curated specialty Chinese teas served in a quiet residential setting away from the shopping crowds.

Causeway Bay$$