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21/05/2023

🫖☕️🍵🧋 521 International Tea Day

The annual International Tea Day is here again! The establishment of International Tea Day is not only to promote tea culture, but also to pay tribute to the tea farmers who work behind the scenes. LockCha has always supported small tea farmers to bring the best tea to your cup.

Enjoy 20% off entire purchase today only with promo code "ITD2023".

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21/05/2022

🫖☕️🍵🧋 International Tea Day
Today is International Tea Day. Did you know 2 out of 5 people in the world drink tea on a regular basis? Tea is so influential to our culture from past to present, and hence United Nation designated today to recognise tea - not only for its importance but also those who are behind it especially the farmers. LockCha has been working with independent farmers directly for years, so we bring you the best tea that also support them!

Enjoy International Tea Day! Today only, enjoy 20% off our entire store with discount code ITD2022!

17/05/2022

🎉 We're back! And so is our new tea of the year! It's been a long break from us at lockcha.com as Hong Kong was under COVID lockdown. Our physical locations are now open (see 樂茶軒 LockCha) and so as our online store! What's better than resuming with our green tea of the year - now available in both Longjing and Biluochun, our favourites.

This year the teas are harder to get due to lockdown situations in Hong Kong and the mainland. Our costs have gone up, but we're keeping our prices the same, hoping that you can all enjoy these two teas during this year. Please be aware that we have not resumed normal shipping times to all countries, so it will take longer to get to you. Nevertheless, good things take time, so order today❣️

2022 Premium Shifeng (Lion Peak) Mingqian Longjing: https://bit.ly/3ghjH5j
2022 Suzhou Dongting Biluochun: https://bit.ly/3alNzcS

25/12/2021

Wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Thank you all that supported our International growth this year. Here's to another great year ahead.



Photo courtesy of Tai Kwun; Christmas vector created by pikisuperstar - www.freepik.com

26/11/2021

Our Black Friday shopping event is here! Today only, enjoy 30% OFF entire site! Use BF2021 on checkout to receive discount. FREE shipping to many places around the world with purchase of $800 or more.

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05/11/2021

Thirty years ago, LockCha opened its first tea shop in Sha Tin, Hong Kong. Although we saw lots of ups and downs in these years, our persistence in finding the “best” tea in terms of taste, health properties, authenticity, and value paid off and we made ourselves known in the Hong Kong tea industry. Thanks to all of your support, LockCha today is a world renown Chinese tea brand that is proudly rooted in Hong Kong. 🥰

To celebrate the occasion, we are picking 3 of our most representative products on sale at their introductory prices!!! That includes the $88 LockCha 6 kinds of tea gift set (Nov 5th to 11th), 30% off LockCha Cold Brew Tea Refills (Nov 12th to 18th), and the $48 LockCha Element Series Hanging Tea bags (Nov 19th to 25th). Available in store and online.

For online store simply use discount code LOCKCHA30 at checkout
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26/07/2021

Celebrating Hong Kong's gold! Even we've grown internationally, LockCha is still very proud of our home, Hong Kong. Today is a big day for us, as we won our Olympic gold in 25 years! We're overjoy to hear this so we're celebrating this with everyone! From now until July 28, enjoy 20% all items on lockcha.com! Use discount code OLYMPICGOLD on checkout.🥇🙌🏻🎉

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08/07/2021

🍵 One tea one story - “Taiwan’s God of tea" - Dongding Oolong 🍵


The origin of the Dongding Oolong (literally frozen top) tea comes from several accounts. One said that in 1855, a student named Lin Sanxian substituted Lin Fengchi to take a test in Fujian Province. When Lin returned to his hometown after becoming an imperial scholar, he brought back tea trees from the Wuyi Mountains as an gratitude. Lin planted 12 of them on the mountain next to Qilin Lake and became the beginning of Dongding Oolong.

The name of the mountain where these teas are grown is called "Dongding Mountain," which is derived from the Hakka dialect "King-ding" (literally frozen top). It is said that the ancestors had no shoes to wear and had to "climb to the top of the mountain with their toes frozen” in the cold winter. Before the popularity of high altitude tea, Dongding Oolong was very popular, and tea vendors crowded the area. However, soon after the high altitude oolong took the market by storm and few farmers actually grow tea in the area today.

LockCha Dongding Oolong is made using an "old-fashioned" method, which emphasizes the rich sweetness of the tea rather than the aroma. The process brings out the characteristic of the traditional Dongding Oolong. The tea is clear and delicate with floral fragrance.

   

26/06/2021

🍵 One tea one story - "the original black tea" - Lapsang Souchong 🍵

The oldest black tea in the world was produced at Tongmuguan in Wuyishan, Fujian. In the high and cold mountains of Wuyi Tongmuguan, the natives use pinewood as fuel for fumigation to preserve tea. The end result is a black tea that can travel around the world. It is also very popular because of its unique pine smoke taste. "Lapsang" means authentic and "Souchong" means that its tea are small, and hence it's named Lapsang Souchong.

At the beginning of the 17th century, Lapsang Souchong was brought into Europe by Dutch merchants, and it became popular in the British royal family and throughout Europe, and set off the "afternoon tea" trend that has been passed down to this day. Since then, Lapsang Souchong black tea has become a symbol of Chinese red tea (black tea) in Europe, and has been recognized as the originator of black tea.

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13/06/2021

[Early bird; early tea] To accommodate 大館 Tai Kwun opening earlier starting tomorrow (June 1st), LockCha 樂茶軒 will be serving breakfast. Enjoy steamed rice noodles rolls with Kowloon Soy Co. mixed sauce, selected steam bun and dim sum (2 pcs) with a cup of tea for $40 only! Add $15 for a bottle of LockCha Cold Brew Tea.

13/06/2021

Tai Kwun "The Stories Behind…" series comes to LockCha. In this episode, our founder Mr. Ip Wing-chi explained his encounter with tea, the way of business for 30 years, and the discovery of the joy in tea culture.

Available in English subtitles.

【一店 一點故事】| 大館消閒娛樂The Stories Behind… | Tai Kwun Lifestyle Enjoyment翻開大館故事書，歷史紀錄以外，你會發現一點一點的店鋪小故事藏身館中各處。《一店 一點故事》短片系列，與你逐一敘說隱身店中的小故事，發掘店....

13/06/2021

🐉 Dragon Boat Festival Traditions 🐉 Apart from eating rice dumplings to commemorate Qu Yuan, there are other lesser-known traditions on Dragon Boat Festival. For example, it is necessary to exorcise evils and disasters that day, because the fifth month of the lunar calendar was called the "evil month" and the fifth day was the "evil day." Therefore, the fifth day of May is the evil month and the evil day, which is the most taboo day of the ancients. Therefore, traditionally on Dragon Boat Festival people wear sachets, draws patterns on the forehead, and wraps colorful silk threads in order to repel mosquitoes, ward off evil spirits, fight off plagues, and pray for long life.

This year on Dragon Boat Festival, LockCha will provide pigments for everyone's to draw on their foreheads to relive the tradition. We will also be selling incense sachets and sticks made by Hong Kong Traditional Incense Culture at all LockCha locations. Their incenses are hand-made locally, with high quality, with a concept like LockCha’s. Finally, we will also be selling rice dumplings that you can "drink”, Naka and Badashan "rice dumplings" green tea. After ten years of aging, they are sweet and pure.

If you’re coming on the Dragon Boat Festival, please make a reservation for lunch, thank you for your support.