Tea shops · Panama City, Panama
Tea shops · Panama City, PanamaSalón del Té Chino
A two-floor Chinese tea house on Vía Argentina, open since 2023, with tea ceremonies at the table and a store that sells its leaf by the half pound.
Fifteen hundred square metres of tea, teapots and vases in the middle of El Cangrejo: the only place in Panama where you can sit through a ceremony and walk out with a pound of Tie Guan Yin.
Salón del Té Chino opened in 2023 on Vía Argentina, diagonally across from Arrocha in El Cangrejo, with free parking and hours from Tuesday to Sunday, noon to 10pm; it closes on Monday. It is a woman-owned business founded by a Chinese immigrant, and it is big: more than 1,500 m² over two floors and more than 5,000 products, with loose green, black, white, oolong and pu-erh teas, floral infusions, teapots and tableware on the ground floor and a whole floor of vases and art above.
The house sells tea as an experience as much as a product: a ceremony with a tea specialist in the main hall costs US$ 20 for one person, US$ 35 for two or three and US$ 50 for four or more, each with a tea and a snack, a table without specialist starts at US$ 10, and private rooms go from US$ 100 to US$ 170 by group size. Walk-ins are welcome, and the hall hosts birthdays, team events and the Chinese Embassy's tea gatherings.
The online store carries the star products of the hall and sells them by the half pound and the pound, which makes its prices read differently from the 50 g bags elsewhere in the city: a high-mountain green at US$ 8 the half pound, Tie Guan Yin at US$ 19, pu-erh at US$ 18, jasmine pearls at US$ 30, Silver Needle at US$ 35, the smoky Zheng Shan Xiao Zhong at US$ 43 and a grade 2A Longjing at US$ 65, with Japanese ceremonial matcha in 35 g tins from US$ 25. Orders ship to the whole country.
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Where it is
Vía Argentina
Vía Argentina, diagonal a Arrocha, El Cangrejo, Ciudad de Panamá
Hours: Tue–Sun 12:00–22:00 · Mon closed
What to buy here
Tieguanyin
Té Oolong Tie Guan Yin
from US$ 19 · 1/2 lb
Tie Guan Yin by the half pound: the house oolong, the one poured at the ceremonies, and in this quantity the best value oolong in the city for anyone who drinks it daily.
See our page on this tea →Lapsang Souchong
Zheng Shan Xiao Zhong (té rojo)
from US$ 43 · 1/2 lb
Zheng Shan Xiao Zhong, the original Wuyi black that the West renamed Lapsang Souchong, sold under its Chinese name and by the half pound, as a Chinese shop would.
See our page on this tea →Silver Needle
Té Blanco Aguja (Bai Hao Yin Zhen)
from US$ 35 · 1/2 lb
Bai Hao Yin Zhen, Silver Needle, a white tea of buds alone: half a pound of it is a serious quantity, and the house also sells an aged Gong Mei for those who want the darker side of white tea.
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The one worth the trip
Té Verde Longjing Premium (nivel 2A)
from US$ 65 · 1/2 lb
A grade 2A Longjing, the flat, pan-fired Dragonwell of Hangzhou, at a price that says it is not the everyday grade: the tea to drink at the table with the specialist before deciding whether to take a half pound home.
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| Tea | Type | Price | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Té Verde de Alta Montaña | Green tea | from US$ 8 | 1/2 lb |
| Polvo de Té Matcha 100 g (bolsa sellada) | Matcha | from US$ 10 | 100 g |
| Té Pu-erh | Pu-erh tea | from US$ 18 | 1/2 lb |
| Té Oolong Tie Guan Yin | Oolong tea | from US$ 19 | 1/2 lb |
| Té Blanco Añejado (Gong Mei) | White tea | from US$ 20 | 1/4 lb |
| Matcha Premium Ceremonial Wakatake | Matcha | from US$ 25 | 35 g |
| Perlas de Jazmín | Green tea | from US$ 30 | 1/2 lb |
| Té Blanco Aguja (Bai Hao Yin Zhen) | White tea | from US$ 35 | 1/2 lb |
| Zheng Shan Xiao Zhong (té rojo) | Black tea | from US$ 43 | 1/2 lb |
| Té Verde Longjing Premium (nivel 2A) | Green tea | from US$ 65 | 1/2 lb |
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