Tea tour in Hong Kong
A tour of tea shops in Hong Kong:
“I started my tea trail at the Cat St trinket markets, a neighbourhood studded with tiny shops selling tiny teapots and even tinier teacups – about the size of a shot glass.
There’s a Chinese legend about getting drunk from drinking too much tea, but I’d need a bigger cup before that happened.
The shelves of the tea shops are decorated with ornate fine china styled with motifs of dragons, goldfish and the wise figure of Luk Yu. This eighth-century poet documented his passion for the cultivation and culture of tea, his status among centuries of Chinese connoisseurs reaching the realms of deity. An afternoon of shopping in Sheung Wan left me ready to relax and take the weight off my feet.
A short walk from the Star Ferry Terminal at Victoria Harbour is the Peninsula Hotel, where the service at afternoon tea could hardly be better if Queen Elizabeth visited daily.
The best cup of tea at the Peninsula is not the Earl Grey with cucumber sandwiches, but the one you get upstairs while waiting for a massage treatment at the Peninsula Spa.
What cup of tea wouldn’t be remembered fondly when you’re immersed in a world of sandstone and silk, awaiting the skilled hands of Hong Kong’s best masseurs?”
Visit DAAN’s product pages for a list of all the teas we carry. We’ve also put together some more detailed info about teas here.
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