Chinese tea in Singapore?
Pek Sin Choon for yancha:
https://goo.gl/maps/X95MoHjrYhw
D’Art Station Singapore (for puerh and teaware):
https://goo.gl/maps/EwbHHob46Ms
Overall I have found SG to have great storage but above average prices.
I am back from my trip and figured I would update this thread, for anyone interested.
Singapore – I was only able to visit three places, all rather centrally located, you could pass all three in ten minutes walking.
Tea Chapter – There is a shop on the street level, and a tea house on the upper levels where you can have a gong fu session with their tea. They have different booths with different seating arrangements (Korean style, Japanese style, etc). You order tea and snacks. They will bring you a generous portion of the tea and an appropriate vessel to steep it in along with cup(s), a tea tray, kettle full of hot water on a warmer, and so on. They will ask if you want someone to show you what to do, but are happy to leave you on your own. I believe they asked for a limit of 2 hours, though when I visited there it was not very crowded. They have a good variety of teas to pick from. I tried a rou gui oolong and some cookies and it was a delightful visit. The tea shop had a good variety of teaware, and the teas that were available upstairs for retail sale.
Yixing Xuan Teahouse – This is a smaller shop but it has a great variety of teaware, including a large selection of clay pots (they don’t take up much room!). You can also order hot or cold tea. I was served my dian hong in a large mug with a strainer, along with a double-walled water bottle full of hot water for more steeps. There were other options (including a station where they could do tastings gong fu style), but I didn’t find out how that worked.
D’Art Station had moved from where I expected it to be (and first went); it is now at 20 Sago St. They have a large selection of teaware and a good mix of packaged teas, most with a sample package that you can sniff/see. They don’t really serve hot tea, but they do have a set-up where the staff could steep something for you to try.
Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Monsoon Tea – They have a couple shops in Chiang Mai; I visited the one NW of the old city, in the One Nimman Community Mall. You can get a fresh cup of hot or cold tea, or buy their loose leaf teas, some grown in Thailand. They have blended and straight teas available.
Chaseki Tea – Near the North Gate, inside the old city. Their specialty is Matcha and Japanese green teas. You can choose from several grades of matcha to drink hot and a variety of iced drinks (made with matcha, genmaicha, hojicha). They also have some sweet treats to go with (cookies, brownies, ice cream). They also had teaware, with a good selection of bowls, cups, and kyusus.
That’s nice of you to update this; people usually forget to, or don’t consider how that would help others. If you make it to Bangkok sometime look me up prior to the visit and we can do a tasting. I don’t sell tea but I do go out of my way to share it.
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