Tea area
Hsinchu / Beipu新竹
Hsinchu's hill towns — Beipu, Emei and Guanxi — are the heartland of Oriental Beauty (Bai Hao / Pengfeng) tea and of Hakka lei cha, the ground-tea tradition. This page collects our source-backed Hsinchu listings: Oriental Beauty growers and merchants, lei cha tea houses on Beipu Old Street, and restored historic tea factories and museums — a useful starting point for the region.
Best for
- Oriental Beauty (Pengfeng) tea at its source
- Hands-on Hakka lei cha experiences
- Historic tea factories and tea-trade heritage
What to expect
- Family Oriental Beauty growers and tea merchants
- Lei cha (擂茶) tea houses in Beipu old town
- Restored tea factories and tea-culture museums
Tea places in Hsinchu / Beipu
Open in the directory →11 listings
Museum
HsinchuBeipu
Beipu Pengfeng Tea Museum
膨風茶文物館
A privately run museum in Beipu dedicated to the region's Oriental Beauty / Pengfeng tea, with displays of historic tea-making equipment and local tea history. It combines exhibits with tea, dining and DIY tea-grinding activities.
Source-backed · visit pending
Oriental BeautyMuseumHakka Tea
Tea-culture site
HsinchuBeipu
Chiang A-Hsin Mansion
姜阿新洋樓
A restored 1946 Sino-Western mansion built by Beipu tea magnate Chiang A-Hsin, whose firm exported black tea and Oriental Beauty. An inspiration for the TV drama 'Tea Gold', it now opens for guided heritage tours.
Source-backed · visit pending
Historic MansionTea Magnate HeritageGuided Tours
Tea shop
HsinchuBeipu
Beipu Township Farmers' Association
北埔鄉農會
The official Beipu farmers' association supply outlet, selling locally produced, competition-grade Oriental Beauty (Pengfeng) tea. A reliable source-backed place to buy the region's signature tea.
Source-backed · visit pending
Farmers' AssociationOriental BeautyCompetition Tea
Museum
HsinchuEmei
Fuxing Tea Culture Museum
富興茶業文化館
A ~1928 tea factory in Emei, registered as a Hsinchu historic building and restored as a tea-culture museum showcasing antique tea-processing machinery. Free entry, with Oriental Beauty tea tasting and purchase on site.
Source-backed · visit pending
Historic FactoryOriental BeautyAntique Machinery
Tea house
HsinchuBeipu
The Well Tea House
水井茶堂
A teahouse set inside an ~80-year-old building beside the Grade-1 heritage Tianshui Hall on Beipu Old Street. It is known for hands-on Hakka lei cha (擂茶) and the region's Oriental Beauty tea.
Source-backed · visit pending
Historic BuildingHakka Lei ChaOld Street
Tea house
HsinchuBeipu
No. 39 Beipu Lei Cha
三十九號北埔擂茶
A Hakka lei cha specialty shop on Beipu's Temple-front Street, billed as Taiwan's first dedicated lei cha store (since 1998). It offers prepared lei cha drinks plus hands-on mortar-and-pestle grinding experiences.
Source-backed · visit pending
Hakka Lei ChaSince 1998DIY
Tea shop
HsinchuEmei
Hsu Yao Liang Tea Garden
徐耀良茶園
A family-run, award-winning Oriental Beauty (東方美人) tea farm and shop in Emei, Hsinchu, established 1980. Direct grower sales of the area's honey-scented signature tea.
Source-backed · visit pending
Oriental BeautyFamily FarmSince 1980
Museum
HsinchuGuanxi
Formosa Tea Industry & Culture Gallery
臺紅茶業文化館
A cultural museum inside the still-operating 1937 Taiwan Red Tea Co. factory in Guanxi, a county-registered historic building from Taiwan's black-tea export era. Visits are by paid guided appointment.
Source-backed · visit pending
Historic FactoryBlack TeaMuseum
Tea house
HsinchuBeipu
Guangfu Tea House
廣福茶坊
A traditional wood-and-brick Hakka tea house in Beipu old town offering lei cha (擂茶) DIY experiences. Lei cha is the signature Hakka ground-tea tradition for which Beipu is renowned.
Source-backed · visit pending
Hakka Lei ChaOld TownDIY
Tea-culture site
HsinchuGuanxi
Jintai Tourist Tea Factory
錦泰茶廠
A third-generation Guanxi tea factory founded in the Japanese era (mid-1930s), now operating as a tourist factory and relics museum preserving historic tea-making machinery. Known historically for Guanxi black tea and today for sour-citrus tea and honey-aroma black tea.
Source-backed · visit pending
Historic FactoryTourist FactoryRelics Museum
Tea shop
HsinchuEmei
Emei Township Farmers' Association
峨眉鄉農會
The Emei Township Farmers' Association runs a competition-tea and retail programme for the township's signature Oriental Beauty tea, and hosts the annual Oriental Beauty tea festival. Emei is a core production area of Oriental Beauty.
Source-backed · visit pending
Farmers' AssociationOriental BeautyCompetition Tea
How to choose
Decide whether you want to taste and buy Oriental Beauty, try hands-on lei cha, or tour a historic factory — then pick a listing. Some venues run on reservation and hours vary, so verify current details on a venue's official source 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
Frequently Asked Questions
- What tea is Hsinchu known for?
- Oriental Beauty (東方美人 / Pengfeng), a honeyed, fruity oolong made from leafhopper-bitten leaves, is the signature tea of the Beipu and Emei hills. Beipu is also famous for Hakka lei cha.
- What is lei cha?
- Lei cha (擂茶) is a Hakka 'ground tea' — tea, seeds and grains pounded in a mortar and mixed with hot water. Several Beipu tea houses on this page offer hands-on lei cha experiences.
- Are these venues visited by Leaf Guide?
- They are source-backed listings compiled from official venue sites and government tourism sources, with visits still pending and clearly marked. Verify current details before you go.