{"id":86872,"date":"2026-09-22T07:49:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T23:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=86872"},"modified":"2026-09-22T07:49:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T23:49:12","slug":"how-a-hong-kong-style-milk-tea-shop-in-tokyo-has-customers-queuing-out-the-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=86872","title":{"rendered":"How a Hong Kong-style milk tea shop in Tokyo has customers queuing out the door"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/09\/16\/c23edfcf-d708-44a4-8040-69f7bcc4d5f2_81deaab9.jpg?itok=kjfG8GZL&amp;v=1789551725\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">With its dark-wood-furnished interior that is part-boutique, part-workshop and part-cafe, there is a lot to notice about Urushi to Hibi in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The daily line of customers outside the door, however, is mostly here for one thing: its Hong Kong-style milk tea.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Behind the counter, the three co-founders \u2013 Lei Shengyu, Zhang Qingyue and Ji Qiuzi \u2013 work tirelessly, alternating between taking and prepping orders. On this day, Ji is making the milk tea, face full of concentration as he strains it again and again through a cloth tea bag.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">For those acquainted with the drink, the signs are clear: this <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Hong Kong-style milk tea<\/span> is not only the real deal but is made with exceptional dedication and craft.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/food-drink\/article\/3367719\/how-hong-kong-style-milk-tea-shop-tokyo-has-customers-queuing-out-door?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With its dark-wood-furnished interior that is part-boutique, part-workshop and part-cafe, there is a lot to notice about Urushi to Hibi in Tokyo. The daily line&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":86873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[746,11300,3569,12198,5153,23901,373,549,8103],"class_list":["post-86872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-customers","tag-door","tag-hong","tag-kongstyle","tag-milk","tag-queuing","tag-shop","tag-tea","tag-tokyo","wpcat-33-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/86873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}