You are most welcome. Alas, I haven't been to Taipei, or Wenshan - so can't
help you there I am afraid.

Cheers
Mal
Oz


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> Mal,
>
> Thank you for all your advice!! These are beautiful shops. I will
> definately be visiting the Ki Chan tea co, it looks amazing!
>
> If anyone else also has more advice about other shops that might cater
> to an intermediate or advanced audience as well, i'm going with a
> friend who knows what she's looking for and speaks chinese, (but has
> never been to HK.) I'd like to impress her.
>
> We may also be taking a side trip to Taipei, to Wenshan. Have you
> been?
>
>
> Sina
>
>
> On Apr 12, 4:41 am, "Mal from Oz" > wrote:
>> Tea Shops That I'd visit again in HK..
>>
>> 'Best Tea House', Peking Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. Very friendly, helpful and
>> lots of patience with newbies, great selection of tea and they insist you
>> sample before you buy. This was the first tea shop I had ever visited
>> and I
>> basically had NFI what I was asking for or looking at. Staff however
>> still
>> made me very welcome and taught me a lot. Plan to spend at least an hour
>> per
>> visit.http://www.besttea.com.hk/ There's a restroom next door in the pub
>> if you need it !
>>
>> "Lam Kie Yuen Tea" Co, G/F., 105-107 Bonham Strand E., Sheung Wan, Hong
>> Kong. Stephanie is again very helpful, doesn't see many tourists at all
>> as
>> her store is a little off the tourist tracks. I found her prices very
>> reasonable. A '93 cake I bought from Stephanie was half of what Yue Hwa
>> wanted for the same cake.
>> Large selection of Pu'er. www.lkytea.com
>>
>> Ki Chan Tea Co, 174 Johnston Road, Wanchai. Another little shop off the
>> regular tourist tracks. Appeared to have more green, oolong etc rather
>> than
>> pu'er. But I didn't ask - so he may have some out the
>> back.www.kichantea.com
>>
>> I also found the Shop in the Tea Museum in Hong Kong park to have a small
>> selection of good oolongs etc. A bit pricy I thought.
>>
>> Yue Hwa department store at 301-309 Nathan Road, Kowloon (get off MTR at
>> Jordan) has a very big selection of teas and tea ware. Their prices
>> ranged
>> from dirt cheap to 'oh my god!'. I don't speak Cantonese so I personally
>> found dealing with them difficult. However the store manager's English
>> was a
>> little better and he did go out of his way to show me what he had to
>> offer.
>>
>> The most eye-boggling store for pu'er for me was 'Sunsing' on 32nd Floor
>> of
>> Soundwill Plaza, Causeway Bay. Extensive vintage pu'er. I even saw one
>> cake
>> in a glass case from 1900. The wife clubbed me with her handbag before I
>> had a chance to find out the price of that one. An observation on this
>> shop
>> w.r.t yixing ware - lots of pots all looking identical - not cheap. Don't
>> let this put you off this store though. He also has a lot of tea at
>> affordable prices. I'd already spent my budget by then (and then some).
>>
>> Hope this helps. I imagine others from this group will also have some
>> recommendations.
>>
>> --
>> Cheers
>> Mal
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>> > I'll be tea shopping in Hong Kong in early May. Recommendations for
>> > where to buy any (top grades) of teas welcome. Thanks!!
>>
>> > White tea:
>> > Green Tea:
>> > Chinese Oolong:
>> > Taiwanese Oolong:
>> > Pu-erh?
>>
>> > Thanks!
>
>