Lock Cha Tea House (Central) - Immersive Tea and Vegetarian Dim Sum Experience

Tea, a staple beverage in China, can offer an exquisite tasting experience when sourced and prepared with care. LockCha, established in 1991, embodies this philosophy, focusing on premium Chinese tea. LockCha merges the Chinese words for "joy" and "tea," signalling a commitment to delivering pleasure and satisfaction through high-grade tea.

Founder Wing-Chi Ip initiated LockCha as a modest enterprise retailing loose tea leaves in Hong Kong. However, the blended tea on offer fell short of the standards of tea connoisseurs and aficionados. In response, Mr. Ip turned to sourcing and retailing single-species, unblended, single-harvest Chinese tea, now celebrated as "single-harvest" tea.

Outside look of Lock Cha Tea House — The restaurant is a combination of Chinese and Western, and there is a couplet at the door

Inside look of Lock Cha Tea House — The interior has the feeling of a Chinese-style residential house, with wooden windows, wooden tables, wooden benches and bird cage lighting decorations

The Tea

At LockCha, the emphasis is clearly on tea, offering an extensive selection to choose from. Novice tea drinkers may find the following suggestions helpful:

Rose Velvet
Honey Black Tea
Rose White Tea
Golden Flower Fu Brick Tea (2019 Gold Award)

Vegetarian Dim Sum

Complementing the tea is a menu of vegetarian dim sum, merging tea art, health care, and urban life. A hot favourite is the Golden Mushroom Samosa, showcasing golden mushrooms and carrots wrapped in delicate translucent squash skin. Other popular choices include Steamed Truffle Siu Mai, Longhua Temple plain rolls, and Traditional Vegetarian Cheese Spring Rolls.

Handcrafted tea beer

Its latest creation, the "LockCha Beer", takes premium tea leaves in a unique multiple steeping process to produce a beer that combines the aroma, taste and aftertaste of the tea seamlessly. It is an exclusive drink selling at Tai Kwun store only.

LockCha’s flagship tea shop

You can find a multitude of quality tea merchandise we sourced across the globe, including but not limited to Chinese tea, herbal tea, cold-brew tea, tea wares, tea publications, and tea clothing next to tea house.