Taka Tea Garden



Taka Tea Garden
ACN 081 930 225
ABN 46 081 930 225

320 New South Head Road
Double Bay Sydney
NSW 2028 Australia

Ph:	61 2 9362 1777
Fax:	61 2 9362 9777

E-mail:	helen@takateagarden.com.au
Website:	www.takateagarden.com.au
	www.japanesegreentea.com.au

Trading Hours:	1.00pm - 6.00 p.m.
	Tuesday - Saturday
360 degrees Panorama!!
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Taka Tea Garden is located in the heart of Double Bay Sydney, Australia. Taka Pan and Helen Kwok opened the Japanese tea house in 1999 to complement their lifelong passion for tea. Our key message to consumers is - Tea drinking for enjoyment and well-being. Taka Tea Garden is the first establishment of its kind in Australia and offers a wide selection of premium quality Japanese, Taiwanese, Chinese green tea and white tea, German herbal and Ceylon black tea, as well as Japanese traditional tea accessories.

The Strand Arcade CBD Outlet

Taka Tea Garden - Strand Arcade Branch is located in the heart of Sydney CBD. Please come and visit us at Shop 12 Ground Floor, The Strand Arcade, 412 - 414 George Street, Sydney NSW 2000. It is opened 7 days (Mon to Fri 9.00am - 6.00pm,Thurs 9.00am - 9.00pm, Sat 9.00am - 5.00pm & Sun 10.00am - 4.00pm). Phone: +61 2 9222 1577 Fax: +61 2 9222 1576 E-mail: tony@takateagarden.com.au

The Foodies’Guide to Sydney 2010 in association with The Sydney Morning Herald has honoured Taka Tea Garden with the prestigious Award for Excellence in Tea. Our dedicated team takes pride in offering excellent service and personal attention as well as in the on-going relationships we form with all our loyal tea lovers.

Premium Japanese Green Tea Specialists

Taka Tea Garden has the exclusive distribution rights of green tea products made by a premium Japanese green tea company called Chikumedio in Australia and New Zealand.

Chikumedio is one of the largest producers of premium quality green tea products in Japan. They have had a strong tradition of growing premium Japanese green tea on the slopes of Mt.Fuji since 1781. Their tea is renowned for its excellent quality, and today has 36 specialty tea branches operating throughout Japan. Click to see premium Japanese green tea farm at Chikumedio, beside Mt.Fuji.

	The Japanese Royal Family awarded The Royal Tea Room emblem in 1781 to Chikumedio Japanese Green Tea Company in recognition of the premium Japanese tea quality. It is the premium, top quality Japanese green tea brand within Japan.
	Chikumedio is well known in Japan, as is their Japanese Royal Tea Room emblem. It is recognised at the Japanese Tea Museum in Japan.
	Chikumedio’s unique Gyokuro is grown on the slopes of Mount Fuji in selected rare areas where climate conditions are ideally suited to harvest top quality, young Gyokuro tea leaves.
	Chikumedio also produces other ranges of premium Japanese green tea’s at the wider areas of Japanese tea farms around the Mount Fuji area. However, the best locations are reserved for Gyokuro.

Australia ABC Health & Wellbeing Online

Health Minutes video segment on Japanese green tea is now up on the website see http://www.abc.net.au/health/minutes/video/date2009.htm

King of Glass Heat Proof Laboratory Tea Glassware

Taka Tea Garden also have the exclusive distribution rights in Australia and New Zealand for a full range design of fine tea glassware and accessories produced in Japan since 1921 by Hario Glass Co. Ltd.

Selected Media Coverage
		The Sydney Morning Herald NOV 23-29 1999 "Taka presides over the tasting bench in the Taka Tea Garden. The French-style tea house is a cup of calm among the cafe frenzy that envelopes Double Bay - indeed the rest of Sydney." "Perhaps the art of tea is finally making its mark on cafe society." read more..
		Nichigo Press June 1999
		Sydney Style 2000 Edition "It is an intriguing shop with comfortable chairs..." Taka Tea Garden is featured in the 2000 edition of Sydney Style - a prestigious guide to Sydney's most stylish shops. Sydney Style profiles 100 signature lifestyle shops
		Cheap Eats 2000 "Your guests will know their true worth by the tea served, Gyokuro for more valued guests, Bancha for the family after a meal, Matcha used for the Tea Ceremony. It can be overwhelming so consult an expert and visit Taka-san at his Taka Tea Garden.."
		The Sydney Morning Herald good living Jun 8th 2004 Feed back by Lissa Christopher Hot Stuff "The Taka Tea Garden, specialising in premium Japanese green tea, has been in Double Bay for years. Now there's an outlet in the Mid city Centre (just one month old) in which this appealingly simple, handmade glass tea-set ($68) was discovered." read more..