Hi there, welcome to Chamber Tea!
We are a small teahouse located in the Põhjala Tehas community in Tallinn, where you can experience tea in a traditional and unhurried way.
Our main focus is Chinese tea — the birthplace of tea itself. We aim to bring exceptional teas that are often difficult to find to Europe, and to share them with everyone who truly enjoys tea.
Our Team
At the moment, we are a team of two:
Xiangting Liu, or you can call me Cyrano Liu, and my friend Zhengnan Xu.
We are both musicians. So if you hear the sound of a guitar coming from the teahouse, just consider it an invitation.
Why open a tea room in Estonia?
We both graduated from the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. During my years of study, I began drinking tea as a way to avoid relying on alcohol during the long winters here — and it worked.
Over time, I started exploring different teas, learning about tea, and reconnecting with the culture of my homeland. Gradually, tea became something I truly loved. Alongside tea, I also developed a deep appreciation for ceramics, which have long been intertwined with tea culture in the East.
From that point on, owning a teahouse became one of my dreams. While traveling, I made a habit of visiting teahouses in different countries and learning from their owners. Later, I reconnected with Zhengnan, who had returned to Tallinn for other reasons. We immediately shared the same vision and decided to open a teahouse of our own.
Where does our tea come from?
Most of our teas come directly from tea gardens and tea makers. They are often produced in very small quantities — usually less than 20 kg per year — and in many cases are sold in China only as private, small-batch teas.
All of our teas comply with EU standards. Small tea gardens often cannot afford the high cost of EU organic certification, especially since they also sell to Southeast Asia and North America rather than exclusively to Europe. However, these teas are certified organic locally, and we hope you can feel confident about their quality and safety.
Our Projects
We plan to gradually develop three main tea categories:
Chinese tea, Taiwanese tea, and Japanese tea.
In addition, we hope to introduce handcrafted Chinese ceramics for display and sale in the tea room, as well as collaborate with Estonian ceramic artists to create tea-related ceramic pieces.
Promoting tea culture is not an easy task, but we believe in the power of tea — and in the connections that culture can create.