WHY HOKO MILK TEA?

Our “silk stocking” milk tea is hand-brewed fresh
everyday in London in small batch using the finest selection of Ceylon tea.

 

HOKO house blend is a mixture of different Ceylon black tea brought from our origin of Hong Kong. The tea combination is meticulously formulated for the best aroma, flavour, colour and character. It requires rich experience and knowledge of tea to brew a top quality cup of milk tea.

We at HOKO take every step seriously while making sure we enjoy everything we do - in brewing, pouring, filtering, serving (and doing the beautiful things…)

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“Silk-stocking” milk tea…!?

Wait - let’s listen to the story before you smell the “tight”.

In 1950s, Cha-chaan-teng (Hong Kong style cafe) and bing-sutt (ice room) were opened to meet the demand for English afternoon tea amongst the HK working class.

It was the time when ‘silk stocking’ milk tea was invented - which is nicknamed because the tea is repeatedly filtered during the tea pouring process in a sackcloth strainer. This is also the secret to the tea’s silky and fine texture!