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Lau Sun Mou Tea Company
Category: Food Coffee & Tea Coffee & Tea [Edit]
4400 Sheppard Ave EToronto, ON M1S 1T8
Neighbourhood: Scarborough
(416) 321-8618
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
2 reviews for Lau Sun Mou Tea Company
2 reviews in English
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Review from Jennifer K.
Markham, ON
Lau Sun Mou Tea Company is this little tea shop that specialized in Chinese Tea.. and Chinese Tea only.
How traditional is Lau Sun Mou Tea Company?? I don't know have you been to business that doesn't really care about marketing, making tons of money.. and have their principle...
It is family business where you really can talk to and discuss tea with a Mr. Lau..... and you better know a little about tea...and if you can communicate with the same language, then you really have an enjoyable time.
Though this is not David's Tea, you won't find all those fancy flowery tea or herbal calm your mind tea. Here all the tea tins are labelled in Big Chinese characters but if you look closely there's small English wording too.
Bao Shan Tie Guan Yin (Iron Goddess) $36/lb
- Has a really complex taste, just love the smokey, bold and strong nutty flavour
- Dark roasted give this tea extra body and amber hue
- great value as it last a few infusions
Wu Yi Shan Shiu Xian Tea Class A (Water Fairy) $28/lb
- First grade Shui Xian oolong tea is hand processed and allowed to oxidize to about 40% to 60%.
- Medium roasted.. still have a slight smokey smell but more floral undertone...and a lot lighter in body
Prices wish is cheaper than David's Tea or other franchised tea shop.. FYI, 1 lb equals to 450g... at Teaopia Iron Goddess is selling for $36/100 g... you can do the math...
BTW, Oolong Tea may help in weight management and other health benefits... so I guess I need to go back to Lau Sun Mou to get more Oolong and drink them between my meals....
My friend is eyeing a $120/lb tea at Lau Sun Mou.. now it start sounding like a bargain! I want to try some of that!Listed in: Loose Leaf Teas!
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Review from WaYnE c.
Maple, ON
5/19/2011
Lau Sun Mou was open so I went in looking to test some of my rookie Tea education at a "Chinese" Tea Shop. Chinese enough that an English speaker came in and Mr. Lau completed the transaction by just putting on a smile and nodding his head in a friendly manner. Good thing I speak both his languages: Tea & Cantonese.
I told him I got some decent Wenshan Baozhong and he thought I wanted something just as spectacular. $120.00/lb glass jar full of Tea was the direction he pointed me towards. Too bad the business doesn't make sense to serve Tea or give samples but he wasn't exactly trying to hardsell me in any manner anyways.
Being rookie, I didn't know the weight linguo but all of a sudden he said "Korta". I was wondering what kind of chinese he's speaking of until I realize he was speaking an English word, QUARTER. Anyways, I told him I'll work my way towards the premium stuff in the future. For now, a quarter of this a quarter of that....
Bao Shan Tie Guan Yin($34/lb)
High Mountain Green Oolong($24/lb)
Aside from his normal large tin Loose Leaf stock, he also had some behind glass display that were packaged in smaller tins as well as Tea Cakes(Pu-erh) which is a commodity asset in itself.
I wonder how he would get those BIG tins on the top top shelf if I ever ask?Listed in: T
