Tea shops · Singapore, Singapore
A three-storey Neil Road shophouse where thirteen friends opened a teahouse in 1989: you drink upstairs and buy Chinese leaf by the 30–50 g downstairs.
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The house
Tea Chapter began on 1 October 1989 as a joint venture between thirteen tea enthusiasts who had been shown a Chinese tea ceremony by a Taiwanese friend and decided to build a house around it. It occupies 9 Neil Road, a three-storey shophouse on the Tanjong Pagar edge of the Chinatown Historic District and, by the shop's own account, the first pre-war shophouse restored under the Urban Redevelopment Authority's conservation project, in 1988.
Not long after it opened, the teahouse was visited by Queen Elizabeth II, and the lightly oxidised Fujian oolong poured that day became the tea the house serves to distinguished guests. In 2025 it was admitted to the National Heritage Board's SG Heritage Business Scheme. The retail counter carries twelve teas in 30–50 g packets: five oolongs, three greens, two whites, one ripe pu'er and a single black.
Prices run from S$ 14 for the jasmine to S$ 63 for the Wild Dian Hong, and the shape of the list is the shape of the house: oolong first, everything else after. Upstairs there is a tea room where a pot is brewed for you before you decide what to carry home, and the shop runs tea appreciation workshops. The retail store opens at 10.30am every day and stays open until 10.30pm on Fridays and Saturdays.
Singapore · Singapore
9 Neil Road, Singapore 088808
A three-storey shophouse on the Tanjong Pagar side of the Chinatown Historic District.
Published hours: Retail store: Sun–Thu 10:30–21:00 · Fri–Sat 10:30–22:30 · Tea house: Sun–Thu 11:00–21:00 · Fri–Sat 11:00–22:30
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The FindMeTea edit
01 · Pu-erh tea
The only pu'er here and the only tea on the counter sold with its age stated: ripe leaf, more than ten years in storage before it goes into the 50 g packet.
from S$ 38· 50 g
Explore this tea →02 · Oolong tea
A Dan Cong from Phoenix Mountain, one of five oolongs on a twelve-tea list — the clearest sign of what this counter is actually built around.
from S$ 39· 40 g
Explore this tea →03 · Green tea
The cheapest tea in the shop and the only scented one: 50 g of jasmine green for about half what the Dragon Well beside it costs.
from S$ 14· 50 g
Explore this tea →The one worth the trip
S$ 63 for 50 g makes this the most expensive tea on the counter, and it is also the only black one — a wild Dian Hong from Yunnan sitting alone among five oolongs, three greens, two whites and a pu'er. The rest of the list shows what a Chinese teahouse pours every day; this is the one that explains why the price range goes as high as it does.
from S$ 63· 50 g
Explore this tea →Prices
Prices are indicative. Each price keeps its currency and pack size; this selection does not necessarily cover the house's complete range.
14 prices
| Tea | Type | Price / pack |
|---|---|---|
| Jasmine Tea | Green tea | from S$ 1450 g |
| Aged Narcissus (Shui Xian rock oolong) | Oolong tea | from S$ 2240 g |
| Keemun Red Tea | Black tea | from S$ 2250 g |
| Tie Guan Yin | Oolong tea | from S$ 2550 g |
| White Peony | White tea | from S$ 2630 g |
| Dragon Well | Green tea | from S$ 2750 g |
| Yue Guang Bai (Moonlight Beauty) | White tea | from S$ 3230 g |
| Bi Luo Chun | Green tea | from S$ 3650 g |
| Imperial Pu'er (ripe, aged 10+ years) | Pu-erh tea | from S$ 3850 g |
| Phoenix Shrubbery (Dan Cong) | Oolong tea | from S$ 3940 g |
| Dong Ding Oolong | Oolong tea | from S$ 4350 g |
| Oriental Beauty | Oolong tea | from S$ 4440 g |
| Top Grade Rou Gui (Wuyi rock oolong) | Oolong tea | from S$ 6140 g |
| Wild Dian Hong | Black tea | from S$ 6350 g |
Indicative prices, with each product’s pack size. Prices may change; check with the shop. Price verification dates: 2026-10-11.
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