5 teahouses

Los Angeles

Tea Room

Tea Habitat

The dancong destination serious tea drinkers cross the country for.

Appointment-only tasting room and the definitive dancong oolong destination in North America. Run by Imen Shan with direct Guangdong Province sourcing.

Alhambra$$$
Tea House

Steep 漫

Modern gongfu in the heart of Chinatown, sourced the old-fashioned way.

Modern minimalist Chinatown teahouse with DIY and guided gongfu sessions. Personally sourced from China and Taiwan across five major tea categories.

Chinatown$$
Tea Room

Chado Tea Room

Four hundred teas deep, three decades strong.

LA's longest-running specialty tea spot, 30+ years with over 400 varieties. Downtown location inside the Japanese American National Museum.

Little Tokyo$$
Tea Shop

Tea Master Matcha Cafe

First-harvest matcha and real Japanese tea culture in Little Tokyo.

Run by Daigoro, trained in Edosenke tea ceremony. All matcha is first-harvest. Staff walk you through grades and origins with genuine expertise.

Little Tokyo$$
Tea Shop

Wing Hop Fung 永合豐

The puer cave and bulk tea paradise of the San Gabriel Valley.

Sprawling emporium since 1985. Hundreds of loose-leaf jars, stacks of puer cakes, and multiple grades of everything from Longjing to Tie Guan Yin.

Monterey Park$