Tea shops · Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Tea shops · Hong Kong, Hong KongMingCha Tea House (茗茶)
A tea house founded in 1999 whose home is a tasting room on the 15th floor of a Chai Wan factory building, with its teas in numbered canisters.
The address reads like a mistake until you get there: Block B, 15th floor, a factory building by Chai Wan station, and inside it a tea room.
MingCha was established in 1999 by Vivian Mak. Its only shop of its own is the flagship tea house in Chai Wan, by exit C of the MTR. The address is Unit B2 on the 15th floor of Block B of the Fortune Factory Building, 40 Lee Chung Street. It opens Monday to Friday from ten to seven, on Saturdays by appointment, and closes on Sundays and public holidays. Visits are booked ahead, and the room doubles as the venue for tastings, pairing workshops and corporate gifts.
The teas come in numbered canisters, and the number tells you the family. The MCC100s are Tieguanyin, the 200s Phoenix, the 300s white, the 500s Chinese black, the 600s Longjing; the JPC range is Japanese. On the shelf that means a pinewood-smoked Lapsang Souchong in 100 g, a Tanyang golden-rim black in 75 g and a first-flush Longjing in 90 g. Then a sencha in 50 g, a Tieguanyin Supreme in 120 g, a Phoenix Supreme in 55 g and a white peony in 40 g. The signature tea of the house is its Jasmine Blossoms.
You do not have to climb to the 15th floor to buy a tin. The full range is stocked at Great Food Hall in Pacific Place. A selection reaches the HK Design Gallery, G.O.D., the Conrad cake shop and the Market Place stores in Langham Place and K11. Online, local delivery is free from HK$500 and international orders from HK$3,000. The tea house also sells Yixing and porcelain teaware, which is the other reason to book the visit rather than order.
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Where it is
Chai Wan
Unit B2, 15/F, Block B, Fortune Factory Building, 40 Lee Chung Street, Chai Wan
MTR Chai Wan, exit C
Hours: Mon–Fri 10:00–19:00 · Sat by appointment · closed Sun and public holidays
What to buy here
Phoenix Dan Cong
MCC200 Phoenix Supreme (鳳凰單欉)
HK$ 380 · 55 g
A Phoenix dan cong in a 55 g canister, an odd size that works as a trial size for a tea that rewards many short infusions.
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MGJTC506 Lapsang Souchong, pinewood-smoked
HK$ 280 · 100 g
A Lapsang Souchong that says on the tin how it was smoked, over pinewood, in 100 g: the fuller pack for a tea you will reach for in winter.
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JPC681 Sencha
HK$ 138 · 50 g
The one Japanese tea on a Chinese list, a sencha in 50 g, for the days when you want something green and grassy rather than Longjing.
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The one worth the trip
MCC601 First Flush Longjin (明前龍井)
HK$ 800 · 90 g
A first-flush Longjing in a 90 g canister. Spring green tea is what you climb fifteen floors for: book the visit, taste it in the room, and carry the tin down with you.
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| Tea | Type | Price | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| JPC681 Sencha | Green tea | HK$ 138 | 50 g |
| MCC301 White Peony Supreme (Bai Mu Dan) | White tea | HK$ 260 | 40 g |
| MGJTC506 Lapsang Souchong, pinewood-smoked | Black tea | HK$ 280 | 100 g |
| MCC501 Tanyang Golden Rim (坦洋工夫紅茶) | Black tea | HK$ 380 | 75 g |
| MCC200 Phoenix Supreme (鳳凰單欉) | Oolong tea | HK$ 380 | 55 g |
| MCC100 Teguanyin Supreme (鐵觀音) | Oolong tea | HK$ 480 | 120 g |
| MCC601 First Flush Longjin (明前龍井) | Green tea | HK$ 800 | 90 g |
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