📍Coordinates: Taichung, Taiwan

Visiting the famous “Tea 3000” on a holiday afternoon is practically a suicide mission. The shop is packed from the first floor to the second, with people sitting everywhere. The third floor is a reservation-only space for tasting tea and the rooftop tea garden, which is less crowded since there is nowhere to sit, allowing you to appreciate the elegant decor and atmosphere a little more.

Especially the rooftop tea garden is quite impressive; it's rare to see such a large tea garden created indoors. If you come here, you might as well head upstairs to check it out while you wait for your drinks since the wait can be quite long anyway.

In addition to serving drinks, the store also offers a free tea tasting experience. On weekends, expect to wait at least an hour for drinks. It’s recommended to grab a number for the tea tasting as soon as you enter, then queue up slowly to decide what to drink. This way, you're waiting for your drink and the tasting experience simultaneously, which saves time 😂. This time, my friends and I managed our time quite well; we finished the tea tasting just as our drinks were ready 👍.

For drinks, we ordered:

• Cassia Seed Red Oolong + Royal Thick Milk (+ Royal Pearls $0, no sugar, no ice, $120)

✨ Here’s a little tip for budget-conscious customers: I suggest joining the “Tea 3000” membership before ordering; they offer some drink discount coupons. If you visit during your birthday month, they also give a free coupon for Royal Pearls, which you can use immediately. A drink isn’t cheap, so a discount is helpful!

Next to the counter, there’s a tea tasting area. Since I love the scent of Cassia Seed Red Oolong, I chose this tea with thick milk to make a milk tea. The thick milk has a strong flavor, which somewhat overshadows the tea taste; it’s a bit of a pity. Opting for straight tea might let you better enjoy the floral notes. The pearls have a nice chewiness, but overall, it tastes just average; perhaps I didn’t pick a particularly good drink 🥺.

Considering the tea tasting experience paired with the drink, I think it’s quite a good value. Besides spending too much time waiting, the experience part is quite nice. However, if you exclude the experience, just the drinks are really on the pricey side. This time I came along with friends who hadn’t been before, otherwise, I wouldn’t have come specifically to buy them. But for those who haven’t been, I still highly recommend coming if you get the chance.

🍵Chicha Sanqian Taiwan Concept Store🍵

If you love tea, you can’t miss this place
Hermès in the Tea Industry: Three Thousand People to Eat Tea in Taichung
This restaurant has been on my pocket list for a long time.
I definitely can’t miss it when I come to Taichung this time.
It can be said to be a must-visit trip

The whole store looks like an online beauty store
There are quite a few locations and the whole store is very bright.
Everywhere is perfect for taking pictures. It’s great.
There are three floors in the store. You can go to the second floor and overlook the entire first floor.

Because I went there on weekdays
Business is actually pretty good. There are a lot of people in the store, so it’s a bit crowded.
This time I ordered Lishan Oolong Cold Brew Tea Muxia
A relatively heavily roasted tea
Anyone who drinks tea should know
Taiwan Lishan Mountain Tea is the top tea species in Taiwan.
The price is also very expensive
A small bottle of cold brew tea costs 150 yuan
But if I love tea, I will still buy it hahaha

Because I rarely drink heavily roasted teas
After drinking it, I actually didn’t like it very much. Maybe I’d rather drink something with a lighter flavor.
They also have tea tasting on site
It is conducted in the form of tea competition
Strictly control the grams of tea, the temperature of the water, and the soaking time
It’s exactly the same as the competition tea, allowing you to drink the tea’s advantages

This time I drank a more fragrant tea, and I can only say that it is indeed Lishan tea. In addition, there is no extra charge for participating in the tea tasting. I suggest that everyone can participate if you have time!

Had a glass of lemon tart juice.

After dinner, I still had some time, so I went to this famous restaurant in Taichung to have a drink and see what was special.

The decoration of the store is very comfortable, which is impeccable for a beverage store. While waiting to order, the waiter let me drink pine needle thick milk. The pine needle thick milk is really good, with a creamy texture and an aroma that is not found in ordinary milk tea. I myself ordered the Lemon Tart and Fresh Fruit Park.

Also, I really can't do lemon tart. I'm here to drink "tea", not "lemon tart juice". It's too sweet and greasy, making it uncomfortable to drink. Fresh Fruit Parkway is a delicious fruit tea, but nothing too special.

Except for the lemon tart juice, everything else is pretty good. But none can compare to Tennin 913 Tea King. As for the drinks alone, I would give it 3 stars, but due to the price, I would not come here to consume under normal circumstances, so I can only give it 2 stars.

It is recommended to order food first and then come to get drinks on site, otherwise you will have to wait for a long time. I passed by it the last time I came to Taichung, and the wait was always fifty minutes, so I gave up. I just have time today.

A very special tea shop. The whole building is very artistic. The floors are well designed and textured. Each floor has a different design. Different from ordinary beverage shops, the environment is clean and bright, suitable for checking in and taking photos. There are service staff cleaning every now and then. The whole store is full of tea fragrance. There are also tea tastings. There is an area where dedicated people explain the differences and characteristics of 6 different kinds of tea.
This time I ordered narcissus osmanthus honey, which has the fragrance of osmanthus and sweet honey. The two go well together, it is very good, and it is also suitable for enjoying in hot weather.

If you come to Taichung, you must come here (Chacha Sanqian Taiwan concept store). It is different from other hand-crank beverage shops. Except for the three-story store, the tea is freshly extracted using a tea extraction machine.
The store is filled with the smell of all kinds of tea. The seating areas on each floor are very casually arranged. There are standing and sitting seats, but there are no seats with ordinary tables and chairs. There is also a greenhouse sky garden on the third floor.
There are many choices for tea and drink pairings, almost all of which are unique to you, but the waiting time is a bit long, at least about half an hour, depending on the number of people waiting.
In terms of packaging, they are very careful (because the unit price is not cheap) and provide free branded paper bags. Some people may think it is not environmentally friendly, but I think its value can be exerted as long as it is used repeatedly.