CHICHA San Chen (吃茶三千) at Lot One Shoppers' Mall is the Choa Chu Kang outpost of the Taiwanese tea brand founded in 1998 with a mission to make high-quality, freshly brewed teas accessible to discerning tea drinkers. Everything starts at the source: the brand's tea leaves are naturally grown on its own tea mountain, cared for with natural sunlight and water, and every blend is guided by Taiwanese tea masters with over 20 years of experience, backed by professional tea tasters and tea roasters. Its green tea holds the prestigious Highest International Authority ITI certification for quality.
What sets the brand apart is craft. Each cup is freshly brewed one at a time using an exclusive patented teapresso technology with more than 1,000 custom settings and a three-stage temperature control brewing technique, designed to draw out each tea's best flavour and natural scent while keeping quality consistent. Even the roast of its Lishan oolong spans a careful spectrum, from light through medium to heavy.
The Lot One counter makes that craft easy to enjoy. Pick a base — green tea, osmanthus oolong, high mountain pouchong, black tea, dong ding oolong or cassia black tea — then add a flavouring such as honey, fresh milk, mousse or oat milk, and a topping like king pearls, grass jelly or sakura konjac jelly. Sugar runs from 100% to zero, and ice from normal to none or hot. Standouts include the Honey Emerald Tea with green plum and green plum jelly, and the sparkling Perrier Lemon Black Tea. Members enjoy rewards benefits, and digital gift cards redeemable for any drink are available islandwide.
Tucked at #01-05 of Lot One Shoppers' Mall along Choa Chu Kang Ave 4, CHICHA San Chen (吃茶三千) brings a slice of Taiwanese tea culture to one of the neighbourhood's busiest shopping centres. Open daily from 11am to 9.30pm, the counter is a handy stop whether you are running errands, meeting friends, or simply craving something better than the usual grab-and-go drink. The brand's tagline — "Made with care and love just for you" — is not just marketing; it sums up a process that treats every single cup as its own small project.
CHICHA San Chen was founded in Taiwan in 1998 with a clear mission: to make high-quality, freshly brewed teas accessible to discerning tea drinkers. That mission begins at the source. The brand's tea leaves are naturally grown in tea farms on its own tea mountain, carefully cared for with natural sunlight and water — because, as the company puts it, tea starts from a leaf.
From there, the leaves pass into the hands of Taiwanese tea masters with more than 20 years of experience, supported by professional tea tasters and tea roasters. The result is tea with credentials: CHICHA San Chen's green tea holds the prestigious Highest International Authority ITI certification for quality.
What really distinguishes a CHICHA San Chen drink is how it is made. The brand utilises an exclusive patented product and technology — a teapresso machine that allows more than 1,000 custom settings and a three-stage temperature control brewing technique. The goal is to bring out each tea's best flavour and natural scent while maintaining consistency across every cup, and every cup is freshly brewed one at a time.
Time matters here too. The brand's Lishan oolong is offered across a spectrum of roast levels — light, light medium, medium, medium heavy and heavy — a reminder that "time makes the tea different" and that tea is treated as a genuine craft, not just a sweet drink.
Ordering at CHICHA San Chen follows a simple five-step ritual. First, choose your tea base: green tea, osmanthus oolong, high mountain pouchong, black tea, dong ding oolong or cassia black tea, all freshly extracted. Second, choose a flavouring — honey, lemon juice, passion fruit, mango, royal cream, fresh milk, mousse or oat milk — matched to your preferences. One note from the menu: fruit juice flavourings are not suitable for black tea, dong ding oolong tea and cassia black tea, which shine best with milk or honey instead.
Third, pick your toppings, freely chosen from king-size bubble pearls, tender grass jelly, tropical coconut jelly, konjac jelly and sakura konjac jelly. Fourth, set your sugar level — perfect 100%, light 50% or no sugar at 0% — and your ice: normal, less, none, or even hot. Then your order is complete.
The popular items list says a lot. The Honey Emerald Tea layers green tea with honey, green plum and green plum jelly for a sweet-tart, refreshing cup. The Perrier Lemon Black Tea adds a sparkling lift to a classic black tea. And for purists, a straight green tea or osmanthus oolong — no toppings needed — is the best way to taste what the ITI certification and the tea mountain are all about.
The Lot One outlet fits neatly into mall life: a bright counter, quick service, and a cup made exactly to your spec while you continue your shopping. Regulars can sign up for the rewards programme for exclusive member benefits, and the CHICHA digital gift card — redeemable for any one drink at any CHICHA San Chen outlet islandwide — makes an easy little gift. Open daily from 11am to 9.30pm, it is a small counter with a serious tea pedigree, serving Choa Chu Kang one freshly brewed cup at a time.