Discover
Every cup begins with a leaf, and every leaf has a story to tell.
Since 1989, our tea house on Neil Road has been a quiet place to slow down over a pot of tea. Here the conversation carries on: stories to steep in, a leaf to unfold layer by layer, and a game to test what you know. Follow your curiosity, and have fun discovering.
Journal
Notes from the tea table
Brewing guides, tea lore and the small histories behind the leaves, written to be read slowly, ideally with a cup in hand.
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What Is Oriental Beauty Tea? The Taiwanese Oolong That Needs an Insect
Oriental Beauty is a heavily oxidised Taiwanese oolong whose honeyed character begins with a leafhopper bite and is finished by careful processing.
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Why Is Black Tea Called Red Tea in China?
In China, black tea is called hong cha, red tea, after the copper-red colour of the brewed cup rather than the dark dry leaf that gave...
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What Is Liu Bao Tea? Guangxi's Dark Tea and Its Nanyang Story
Liu Bao is a Chinese dark tea from Cangwu County near Wuzhou in Guangxi, heaped, piled and aged into a smooth, woody cup that long travelled...
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Interactive 3D
From Leaf to Body
從茶葉到身體Hold a tea shoot in your hands, turn it in the light, and let it open layer by layer, from the waxy cuticle to the finest leaf hairs. Then follow what it holds on its journey into the body, as seen by modern science and by Traditional Chinese Medicine.
- Two leaves and a bud, opened layer by layer
- Six tea families, from green to dark
- Each finding weighed by the strength of its evidence
Quiz · solo or party
Tea Trivia
茶 · 问 · 答How well do you know your teas? Twenty seconds for each question, and the quicker the answer, the sweeter the score. Play the Standard set or the Extended one, alone or with friends around the table, passing one phone from hand to hand.
- Over 400 questions, in English and Chinese
- A leaderboard for today, and one for all time
- Party mode for 2 to 8 players
Personality quiz · beta
What Tea Are You?
你是哪一種茶？Fresh or aged, subtle or bold, calm or wild? Twelve quick questions pour you one of eight Chinese teas, from a bright Dragon Well to a fiery Da Hong Pao, with how to brew it and the teas you pair best with.
- Twelve questions, about two minutes
- Eight teas, eight personalities
- In English and Chinese
9 Neil Road
Taste it in person
Some things are best discovered by the cup. Come and sit with a pot in our tea house, or learn the art of brewing in one of our workshops.