Buying Teaware (& tea) in Hong Kong
I should be going soon and was wondering if some might point me in the right direction. I'd like to bring home a nice Yixing and some oolong to put in it. I haven't been there in 15 years. Only places I remember Yixing's being sold was at a tea museum and the night market.
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HK is probably the best place on earth to buy yixing.
You should definitely check out Best tea house. below is the English website (you can get their addresses here.):
http://www.besttea.com.hk/eng/eindex.htm
Maybe Sunsing as well.
There are tea shops all over HK you should shop around and try to bargain at least a little.
You should definitely check out Best tea house. below is the English website (you can get their addresses here.):
http://www.besttea.com.hk/eng/eindex.htm
Maybe Sunsing as well.
There are tea shops all over HK you should shop around and try to bargain at least a little.
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There are 2 very good shops close to each other that I know very well. The 1st one:
Zen Tea, 290 Queen's Road Central, is where I was first introduced to the joys of Oolong. I bought my first teas and Yixing pots there. I still stop by and occassionally buy something, but, prices online are much better for teas nowadays.
Lok Cha Tea Shop(not sure if the name is correct) is up the staircase a short distance leading up to Hollywood Road. Coming out of Zen, go left and then left again up the steps at the traffic light. Left side, a short distance, 15 seconds from Zen Tea. This is a popular shop with the Japanese. The last time I was in there, Japanese TV crew was filming.
I will also be in Hong Kong later this month and will stop by for a cup.
There are 2 very good shops close to each other that I know very well. The 1st one:
Zen Tea, 290 Queen's Road Central, is where I was first introduced to the joys of Oolong. I bought my first teas and Yixing pots there. I still stop by and occassionally buy something, but, prices online are much better for teas nowadays.
Lok Cha Tea Shop(not sure if the name is correct) is up the staircase a short distance leading up to Hollywood Road. Coming out of Zen, go left and then left again up the steps at the traffic light. Left side, a short distance, 15 seconds from Zen Tea. This is a popular shop with the Japanese. The last time I was in there, Japanese TV crew was filming.
I will also be in Hong Kong later this month and will stop by for a cup.
I visited H.K recently and like you I was there for teaware/teas 
visited quite a few others and the ones mentioned in this thread, The Best Tea House go to their Lai Chi Kok branch for bigger selection of teas and tea ware (lai chi kok MTR). I would stay away from Ying Kee and Chan's tea or something both with branches strewn around Hong Kong and Kowloon.
Visit Lok cha's other tea house next to the tea museum and enjoy dim sum and fine teas (Admiralty MTR), the actual museum sells teaware too.
Walk around the Sheung Wan area for other tea stores I counted 4 or 5, 147 Des voeux rd, 105-107 bonham strand east and from queen's rd west to queen's rd central. I advise to get a decent map or use the ones provided by tourist office.
Go to LAU YU FAAT (Lok Fu MTR) for teas and teaware.
visited quite a few others and the ones mentioned in this thread, The Best Tea House go to their Lai Chi Kok branch for bigger selection of teas and tea ware (lai chi kok MTR). I would stay away from Ying Kee and Chan's tea or something both with branches strewn around Hong Kong and Kowloon. Visit Lok cha's other tea house next to the tea museum and enjoy dim sum and fine teas (Admiralty MTR), the actual museum sells teaware too.
Walk around the Sheung Wan area for other tea stores I counted 4 or 5, 147 Des voeux rd, 105-107 bonham strand east and from queen's rd west to queen's rd central. I advise to get a decent map or use the ones provided by tourist office.
Go to LAU YU FAAT (Lok Fu MTR) for teas and teaware.
Re: Buying Teaware (& tea) in Hong Kong
Thousands collections of Yixing teapot at:
Yue Hwa Chinese Products on 3 floor 6 Floor.
301-309 Nathan Road, Kowloon. (Jordan MTR)
Yue Hwa Chinese Products on 3 floor 6 Floor.
301-309 Nathan Road, Kowloon. (Jordan MTR)
Keep in mind that there are thousands of fakes in Hong Kong. You have to find a reliable source you can trust as far as them telling you the pots are made from genuine yixing clay. Most are not. This area is a snake pit of deception as many knowledgeable tea people will tell you. Even the ones who claim to know don't know. Good luck. 
Re: Buying Teaware (& tea) in Hong Kong
I went to this shop, but found their teapots overpriced.yangshuoren wrote:Thousands collections of Yixing teapot at:
Yue Hwa Chinese Products on 3 floor 6 Floor.
301-309 Nathan Road, Kowloon. (Jordan MTR)
The teashops / units on the 6 floor are very pushy.
The one right at the end of the 6th floor especially. And their teapot prices are sky high. So I just say, tread carefully there.
HK is hardly a snake pit, when you compare it with Taiwan and China.Tead Off wrote:Keep in mind that there are thousands of fakes in Hong Kong. You have to find a reliable source you can trust as far as them telling you the pots are made from genuine yixing clay. Most are not. This area is a snake pit of deception as many knowledgeable tea people will tell you. Even the ones who claim to know don't know. Good luck.
Must be the Mandarin speakers, huh.MarshalN wrote:HK is hardly a snake pit, when you compare it with Taiwan and China.Tead Off wrote:Keep in mind that there are thousands of fakes in Hong Kong. You have to find a reliable source you can trust as far as them telling you the pots are made from genuine yixing clay. Most are not. This area is a snake pit of deception as many knowledgeable tea people will tell you. Even the ones who claim to know don't know. Good luck.
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The Sunsing shop in Times Square HK (Causeway Bay) is a good visit, but just because of the experience of drinking good puerh in a teahouse with a highrise view. I don't recommend buying yixing from them.
Best Tea house is also a good place to look at lots of pots and try tea.
But these are two of the most visible tea shop franchises in HK, definitely look around for more out of the way, down home shops.
Best Tea house is also a good place to look at lots of pots and try tea.
But these are two of the most visible tea shop franchises in HK, definitely look around for more out of the way, down home shops.
I didn't have too much time in Hong Kong but I did manage to bring back some nice oolongs and a couple of very nice teapots. The one on the right is from Sheung Yu tea shop inside the tea museum in HK park. It's completely hand made from Chaozhou clay by Zhenng Yin Ming. The the pot on the left is from Best Tea House. Didn't have much time to find out the details on this one but it's well made and about 50 ml. bigger than the Chaozhou. Wish I had time to visit the Sheung Yu shop in Kowloon. So if your in HK don't miss these tea shops and the tea museum. They are well worth a visit!
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A number of TeaChatters have purchased TKY from Rich Barbarian. They are primarily a wholesale business located I believe in Hong Kong.
The pictures of their shop suggest that visits are in order, perhap if you emailed them saying you wanted to do a review for TeaChat they would give directions and welcome you.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Supreme-Anxi-Tie-Gu ... 7C294%3A30
The pictures of their shop suggest that visits are in order, perhap if you emailed them saying you wanted to do a review for TeaChat they would give directions and welcome you.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Supreme-Anxi-Tie-Gu ... 7C294%3A30
I just returned from Hong Kong and visited the Tea Museum and the tea house next to it. Highly recommended sanctuary away from the hustle and bustle of Hong Kong. I had dim sum and a pot of dong ding oolong on Sunday morning. So peaceful while the rain poured and poured.
The Tea House is owned by Lock Cha who have a good tea shop on the stairway leading up to Man Mo Temple on Hollywood Road. You get there from Queen's Road and the shop is only a short way on the left hand side. Yuki is the shop manager, a Japanese woman transplanted to HK. On Queen's Road, just before you turn and walk up the steps is Zen Tea shop or Ngan Ki Heung Tea Co. 290 Queen's Road. This is the shop that got me started in Chadao. They have the best pewter tea caddies. The family makes them but will discontinue them soon. The tops fit as if they were oiled and you can feel the air escaping the caddy as you fit the top in place. Precision work.
In the Tea museum's gift shop, they have 80's yixing pots for sale. Average price is about US$200. For those wanting to be more sure about the pots using older clay, this might be a good starting point. $200 seems to be about the going price for many 80's pots all over SE Asia. Of course there will be higher and lower costing wares.
The Tea House is owned by Lock Cha who have a good tea shop on the stairway leading up to Man Mo Temple on Hollywood Road. You get there from Queen's Road and the shop is only a short way on the left hand side. Yuki is the shop manager, a Japanese woman transplanted to HK. On Queen's Road, just before you turn and walk up the steps is Zen Tea shop or Ngan Ki Heung Tea Co. 290 Queen's Road. This is the shop that got me started in Chadao. They have the best pewter tea caddies. The family makes them but will discontinue them soon. The tops fit as if they were oiled and you can feel the air escaping the caddy as you fit the top in place. Precision work.
In the Tea museum's gift shop, they have 80's yixing pots for sale. Average price is about US$200. For those wanting to be more sure about the pots using older clay, this might be a good starting point. $200 seems to be about the going price for many 80's pots all over SE Asia. Of course there will be higher and lower costing wares.