Tea Route
Half dayTaipeieasy
Tea Lover's Taipei
台北愛茶之旅
A single perfect day moving from a hushed, reservation-only tea room to a temple-lodge wagashi salon and a modern tasting bar — the city's tea soul in three stops.
Begin in the quiet of a hidden, reservation-based tea house near Dongmen, move through a restored Japanese-era temple lodge for tea and seasonal wagashi, and finish at a design-forward tea bar in Xinyi. This route is an ideal first encounter with Taiwanese tea for visitors based in central Taipei.
- Duration
- Half day
- Region
- Taipei
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Stops
- 3
- Tea focus
- Oolong & modern tea bars
- Best for
- Traditional · Modern · Educational
The Route
- 1
Reserve ahead — this is a quiet, booking-based tea room, so confirm availability before you go.
≈ 90 min
- 2
Pair a single-origin tea with seasonal wagashi in the restored temple lodge.
≈ 75 min
- 3
Finish the afternoon with gongfu-style tea or a bottled cold brew at this design-forward Xinyi tea bar.
≈ 60 min
What to drink
- Aged and roasted Taiwanese oolong
- Single-origin high mountain oolong
- Cold-brew oolong and bottled tea
Before you go
- Xiaoyin is reservation-based and deliberately quiet — book ahead and arrive unhurried.
- The three stops sit across central Taipei; verify each venue's current opening status on its official source before planning your timing.
- Carry some cash alongside cards — smaller tea houses don't always take every payment method.
Venue details and opening status can change. Always verify current details before visiting.
If this is your first tea route
New to tea routes? Don't rush. Three unhurried stops beat six hurried ones — let each tea house set the pace, and ask staff what they'd brew for a first-timer.