Tea area
Dadaocheng大稻埕
Dadaocheng, in Taipei's Datong district, built Taiwan's 19th-century tea export trade — and century-old tea shops and merchants still scoop loose-leaf from big tins along and around Dihua Street. It's the city's natural place to taste, learn, and buy tea.
Best for
- Buying loose-leaf tea from long-established merchants
- Tea-trade history around Dihua Street
- Tasting Wenshan Baozhong, roasted oolong, and Tieguanyin
What to expect
- Traditional shops selling loose-leaf tea by weight
- A working heritage quarter of old and new
- Tea history alongside modern cafés and boutiques
Tea places in Dadaocheng
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Tea shop
TaipeiDatong (Dadaocheng)
Wang Tea (Youji Mingcha)
有記名茶
A Dadaocheng tea house and working tea refinery whose roots trace to 1890. Known for Wenshan Baozhong and charcoal-roasted oolong, it pairs a heritage refining floor with an open tea-culture space and the contemporary Wangtea Lab.
Source-backed · visit pending
HistoricTea RefineryHeritage
Tea shop
TaipeiDatong (Dadaocheng)
Lin Hua Tai Tea Co.
林華泰茶行
One of Taipei's oldest tea merchants, established 1883 in the Datong / Dadaocheng district. Positioned as a traditional wholesale-and-retail tea house, it scoops loose-leaf tea from large tins — Baozhong, oolong, and roasted styles — at the front of a working tea warehouse.
Source-backed · visit pending
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Tea shop
TaipeiDatong (Dadaocheng)
Lin Mao Sen Tea Co.
林茂森茶行
A historic Datong tea shop on Chongqing North Road, run by the family line that also founded Lin Hua Tai. Known for graded Tieguanyin and a deep wall of bulk loose-leaf teas sold by weight, near the Dihua Street heritage quarter.
Source-backed · visit pending
HistoricTraditionalBulk Tea
Tea shop
TaipeiDatong (Dadaocheng)
Chen Wey Tea House
臻味茶苑
A historic Dihua Street tea merchant set in a 19th-century Minnan-style residence in Dadaocheng. Run by a veteran tea family, it focuses on naturally farmed Taiwanese leaf alongside aged and Chinese teas, amid antique tea boxes and old-shop character.
Source-backed · visit pending
HistoricHeritage BuildingTea Merchant
Tea-culture site
TaipeiDatong (Dadaocheng)
Sin Hong Choon Tea Museum
新芳春茶行
A 1934 tea-processing mansion in Dadaocheng, designated a Taipei Municipal Historic Site and now a free cultural space combining exhibition rooms with a tea room. It tells the story of Dadaocheng's early-20th-century tea trade.
Source-backed · visit pending
Historic SiteHeritage BuildingTea Trade History
Tea-culture site
TaipeiDatong (Dadaocheng)
Chen Tian Lai Residence (Gen Kee Tea House)
陳天來故居（錦記茶行）
The 1920s mansion of tea magnate Chen Tian-Lai, founder of Jinji (Gen Kee) Tea Co., on Guide Street in the historic heart of Dadaocheng's tea wealth. A Taipei heritage building that opens for guided tours of its tea-trade history.
Source-backed · visit pending
Historic MansionTea Magnate HeritageGuided Tours
Tea shop
TaipeiDatong (Dadaocheng)
Wang Jin Jen Tea
王錦珍茶莊
A family tea shop founded in 1952 by an Anxi immigrant, on Minsheng West Road in Dadaocheng near the Tamsui River. It sells loose-leaf Taiwanese teas including high-mountain oolong, Oriental Beauty, Ruby 18 black tea and aged Tieguanyin.
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HistoricFamily-runLoose-leaf
Tea shop
TaipeiDatong (Dadaocheng)
Heji Tea
合記茶行
A Dadaocheng tea merchant on Minsheng West Road, run as a three-generation tea family with a cultural flagship space. It sells Taiwanese oolong (Alishan, Dayuling), roasted oolong, Taiwanese black tea and Yunnan pu-erh.
Source-backed · visit pending
Tea MerchantLoose-leafHigh Mountain Oolong
Tea house
TaipeiDatong (Dadaocheng)
South Street Delight
南街得意
A second-floor heritage tea house inside the Minyi Cheng building on Dihua Street, on the site of a former tea-merchant reception hall. It serves curated Taiwanese teas sourced from long-established Dadaocheng tea shops.
Source-backed · visit pending
Heritage BuildingTea HouseDihua Street
Tea shop
TaipeiDatong (Dadaocheng)
Dihua Tea (Dongtai Ming Tea)
東泰茗茶
A Dihua Street tea shop in Dadaocheng selling high-mountain oolongs (Lishan, Dayuling, Shanlinxi, Alishan), black tea, white tea, jasmine and aged pu-erh, alongside tea ware.
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Dihua StreetLoose-leafHigh Mountain Oolong
Tea shop
TaipeiDatong (Dadaocheng)
Wang Rui Zhen Tea
王瑞珍茶業
A century-old traditional Taiwanese-tea wholesaler in the Dihua Street area of Dadaocheng, now run by the fourth generation. It sells exclusively Taiwan-grown teas — oolong, Tieguanyin, Oriental Beauty and aged tea — from long-standing farmer relationships.
Source-backed · visit pending
HistoricWholesaleLoose-leaf
Tea bar
TaipeiDatong (Dadaocheng)
Wangtea Lab
有記名茶 Wangtea Lab
A modern Taiwanese tea bar in Dadaocheng launched by the century-old Wang Tea (有記名茶) refinery and run by a fifth-generation maker. It serves pure, sugar-free Taiwanese tea via pour-over, nitro/CO2 draft and concentrate methods.
Source-backed · visit pendingBeginner-friendly
ModernTea BarDraft Tea
Tea house
TaipeiDatong (Dadaocheng)
Dihua Halfday
迪化半日
A restored heritage shophouse on Dihua Street combining a tea house, a roasting label, pottery workshops and curated retail. Its tea focus is roasted specialty Taiwanese oolongs served in a quiet courtyard space.
Source-backed · visit pending
Heritage ShophouseRoasting LabelCourtyard
Tea house
TaipeiDatong (Dadaocheng)
Ing Lok Tshun Hong Formosa Tea
永樂春風茶館
A 1920s-style tea house on Dihua Street serving Taiwanese tea alongside curated goods, diagonally across from South Street Delight. The name nods to the colonial-era Eiraku district and the 1920s Dadaocheng cultural gatherings.
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1920s StyleDihua StreetHeritage
Tea house
TaipeiDatong (Dadaocheng)
ASW Tea House
沃森
A 1920s-retro tea house in the historic A.S. Watson's building on Dihua Street, curating Taiwanese black (red) teas from across the island for tasting and purchase. By night it converts into the WOSOM tea bar.
Source-backed · visit pendingBeginner-friendly
Heritage BuildingBlack TeaRetro
How to choose
These are tea shops and merchants more than sit-down salons — come to taste and buy. Ask about region, cultivar, harvest season, and roast, start with small amounts, and confirm a shop's current details before visiting.
Before you go: opening status and details can change. Listings here are editor-visited or source-backed with visits pending — always verify current details on a venue’s official source before visiting.
Frequently asked questions
- Why is Dadaocheng important for tea?
- It was the centre of Taiwan's tea export trade in the 19th century. The old merchant quarter and its tea shops are a living link to how Taiwan became a tea power.
- Can I sit down for tea, or is it mostly buying?
- It leans toward buying — historic merchants sell loose-leaf by weight. Some venues offer tasting or a tea-culture space, but for a long gongfu session a dedicated salon elsewhere in Taipei may suit better.
- How do I buy tea here without overpaying?
- Taste before you buy where possible, ask about region and harvest, judge by the cup rather than the packaging, and start with small amounts of several teas.
- Are the listed shops verified?
- They are source-backed from official and tourism sources, with Leaf Guide visits still pending and clearly marked. Confirm current details on each shop's official source before visiting.