Best Herbal Teas in Ipoh

Otherwise known as “Tea, Warmer, Treat”, this café is yet another establishment riding on the trend of tea-drinking culture. Some of the familiar herbal teas available here include lavender, chamomile, rose and green tea. They have ice-cold tea selection as well, but it is their hot herbal/flower tea varieties that easily topped the must-order list.

The history of Poh Woh Thong stretches way back to 120 years ago, and the age-old recipe for brewing traditional herbal tea remains the same until today. One of their signature recipes is “Fever Tea”, which comes in two variants: diuretic and non-diuretic. The tea is boiled using traditional open-stove method over slow heat up to an hour. It’s a bitter, yet cooling remedy that best enjoyed warm. A piece of Chinese olive is also served to the customer to offset the bitterness of the tea upon consumption.

Located at the Ipoh’s Chateau Garden, this elegant two-storey bungalow café is known for its quality Sabah tea varieties. Here, you’ll be spoilt for choice because the list of teas available here is comprehensive. For the first timer, the popular geranium-flavoured Sabah tea is a good place to start. Not only the tea tastes aromatic and distinctive, but also has the cleansing properties best paired with heavy meal together.

No herbal tea in Ipoh would be complete without nary a mention of the famous Tan Ngan Lo. After all, Tan Ngan Lo is manufactured in Ipoh itself under Wen Jiang Medical Industries Sdn. Bhd. in Silibin Industrial Estate. The shop itself, which is located at the busy row of Jalan Yau Tet Shin, housed a number of brews including the classic Tan Ngan Lo Herbal Tea and Five Flowers Tea. Likewise, if you can’t stand the bitterness of an herbal tea, sugar syrup is available for sweetening the flavour.

Mention about Yee Fatt Tea Shop in Ipoh, the first thing that often comes to mind is their famous bowl of curry mee. However, this popular coffee shop isn’t just about curry mee as Yee Fatt is also known for its Wu Yi herbal tea egg (tan cha). A perfect yin-and-yang complement to balance off the piping-hot spicy meal of the curry mee, the black tea itself is sweet and packed with loads of herbal goodness.  

With over 100 different types of premium loose leaf tea to choose from, Tea & Tattle is certainly a true tea-drinking haven ever graced in Ipoh. Each tea comes with a different sand timer to indicate how long you need to wait before you able to take your first sip. Not to mention there are plenty of unique herbal teas waiting for you to be discovered. For instance, there’s the “Sweet Memories Tea” – a trio of 3 colours (black, white and green) tea infused with pink rose, osmanthus and lychee essence. This is a kind of tea that relaxes your senses after a long day of work.

If you love everything – and we mean, everything – that relates to tea, then Purple Cane is the best place to visit. From the main course to dessert, their dishes are all infused with tea. But best of all is their extensive traditional herbal tea selection. Some of the familiar hot brews to be found here includes pu-er, long jeng, oolong and jasmine green tea.