About This Project

宿舍茶馆 dormitory teahouse
a tribute to BLCU Dorm, Bldg 17, Room 841

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A teahouse and curatorial project in Jakarta, Indonesia, dedicated to the purity and depth of single-origin Chinese and Japanese teas. Run by a longtime tea practitioner, its offerings are shaped by years of tasting, sourcing, and study across Asia.

Operated entirely online, the project cultivates a quiet but discerning community. Each tea is selected for clarity, balance, and resonance/aftertaste, with an emphasis on seasonality and provenance.

As both a personal archive and public offering, 宿舍茶馆 bridges past and present through tea, curation, and honest conversation.

We don’t follow trends. We don’t aim to please everyone. We simply offer what we believe is good.

Available only in Indonesia.

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Anecdote

Boston, USA

It was so cold.

I needed warmth—something to carry me through long nights of studying,
through the walk to class,
through the winter air that cut right through my coat.

Water was too plain.
Coffee was too much.
Tea, then.

I started searching for something better.
Specialty teas, loose leaves,
anything beyond the sad bags of dust.

Ironically, a journey of a thousand miles began with…

Gunpowder tea.

Better than the “Birthday Cake” blend.
Better than the “Black Forest" blend.
Those smelled sweet but tasted like nothing. Utter disappointment.

My daily routine was Gunpowder tea and cheap sencha teabags.

I didn’t know any better. But I drank them anyway.

Four years of college.

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Osaka + Kobe, Japan

The tea was on another level.

Good tea was everywhere in Osaka.
Good Chinese tea, too.
Even Himalayan teas.

Completely changed my understanding of what tea could be.
Layers of flavor, depth, complexity.

What had I been drinking all my life?

I looked forward to my post-lunch tea.
My 3 PM afternoon tea.
Every single day.

At that time, I was working in a Japanese company in Kobe.

Brewing tea became a ritual—something I truly enjoyed.

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Beijing, China

BLCU Dorm, Bldg 17, Room 841.

Tea after school, after lunch, after dinner.

A quick break before studying, before the night stretched on.

Over time, 841 became a space to breathe.
A room where friends gathered,
where tea was always on the table,
where the world outside could wait.

I went to teashops every week.

At first, exploring. Trying out different places.
Eventually, returning to a few.

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Jakarta, Indonesia

Later, the year of the Dragon—I made this website.

A year later, the year of the Snake—you are reading this page.

I drink tea because it makes me happy.

If I sell tea...
I can drink more tea. Buy more tea. Stock more tea.
Multiple kinds at once.
I can drink all day and call it work.

So that’s what I do.

I look for teas that are grown with care,
processed with skill—above the ordinary,
beyond the mass-produced.
I collect teaware and objects that mean something.
Everything here is something I drink and use myself. Chosen with intention.

And I want to build that kind of space again.

Here. In Indonesia.
A place to sit. To make tea. To share it. To pause, then carry on.
That’s 宿舍茶馆.

Let’s see where the next cup takes us.