New Tea Place

We were in town yesterday to sign up for private health insurance (that's another story) and went down to Northbridge to hunt for a stove ring (I think it's call a stove ring. It's a ring that you put on the stove for use with a Chinese wok whose base is semi-circular instead of flat.) We were hunting for it for the past week around our place but there wasn't any. So we thought maybe Chinatown would have it. Boy were we wrong ( or we really don't know where to look)! None to be found there as well!

I picked up the free Chinese newspaper and were about to head home when I saw this advert of a tea place. I've seen the advert a few times in the papers but wasn't really paying attention to it. Told hubby about it and he said that since the place is in Northbridge and we were still in Northbridge why not head over for a look.

Its More Than a Sip Tea Art Gallery, 5-7 Palmerson St Northbridge Perth WA 6003, is a 6 month old tea place. It's situated at a quiet corner in the busy Northbridge. They sell Chinese tea leaves and the tea utensil sourced mainly from China. The cups and pots are really nice and some very unique.

The lady who greeted me, Charmine, is really nice and sweet. I was invited to taste some tea and being a tea drinker I readily agreed. The tea that was served is their house special called Tie Guan Yin "Organic Glacial Tea". Its taste is very different from the usual Tie Guan Yin. It does not have the usual smoky taste, instead, it is more like green tea but stronger. The colour of the tea is a strong yellow and it is still quite fragrant after 3-4 brew. The unusual thing is that the tea leaves are stored in the freezer so you will need boiling hot water to bring out the taste from the frozen tea leaves. Boiling water is hardly ever used on Chinese tea especially the white and green tea.

I had wanted to buy some back but they only have it in a box of 25 packs, which is a little too much for the 2 of us. Moreover, we still have some tea back at home. We will go back there for a refill when our tea leaves run out. I really enjoy the taste of this house special.