On Apr 12, 7:41 pm, "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
> > wrote in message
>

Mal, I think you covered all the easy to get to places. There is one
or two hidden away spots, but those are a bit of a pain to find and
not really recommended for non-locals.

MarshalN
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