{"id":92106,"date":"2026-10-11T18:35:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T10:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=92106"},"modified":"2026-10-11T18:35:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T10:35:04","slug":"4-tokyo-cafes-that-serve-hong-kong-style-milk-tea-from-chenputon-to-victoria-1842","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=92106","title":{"rendered":"4 Tokyo cafes that serve Hong Kong-style milk tea, from Chenputon to Victoria 1842"},"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\/10\/10\/259cea79-b0aa-42dc-8848-8b519ea9094e_389e3aba.jpg?itok=ulKep4gj&amp;v=1791645797\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Hong Kong milk tea \u2013 a mainstay of <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">cha chaan teng<\/span>, or Hong Kong-style diners \u2013 is taking on a new role in Tokyo\u2019s cafe culture. According to the Japan Tea Association, the country is in the midst of a \u201cthird black tea boom\u201d and more cafes are offering black tea menus.<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Even convenience stores are revamping their takeaway drink options, with 7-Eleven, for example, expanding its Seven Cafe tea machines to around 2,000 stores in early 2026. Suntory also released a <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Hong Kong-style milk tea<\/span> under its Craft Boss soft drinks line earlier this year.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">There is even a growing trend of <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">nunkatsu<\/em> where usually young women enjoy upscale afternoon tea and take photos for social media.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Against this backdrop, there is room for variety in the tea scene. While Taiwanese milk tea or English tea are far more familiar to Japanese consumers, a small number of new cafes have added Hong Kong-style milk tea to their menus. Here is where to try it in the Japanese capital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/food-drink\/article\/3370263\/4-tokyo-cafes-serve-hong-kong-style-milk-tea-chenputon-victoria-1842?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hong Kong milk tea \u2013 a mainstay of cha chaan teng, or Hong Kong-style diners \u2013 is taking on a new role in Tokyo\u2019s cafe&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[738,31473,3569,12198,5153,5193,549,8103,10634],"class_list":["post-92106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-cafes","tag-chenputon","tag-hong","tag-kongstyle","tag-milk","tag-serve","tag-tea","tag-tokyo","tag-victoria","wpcat-33-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92106","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=92106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/92107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}