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Fujian‑Style Tea Shop at One Avenue Shenzhen: Starfruit Green Tea & Brown Sugar Bobba

Cheryl Kong | 2026-09-06

This milk tea shop offers several interesting flavors that are worth trying, especially if you enjoy tea-based drinks. It focuses on tea inspired by Fujian Province and offers quite a few options for tea lovers.

📍 Practical Information

Name of the Shop:茶满芳庭 Cha Man Fang Ting

Location: 深圳市福田区卓悦中心北区负一层NB122号;NB122, B1 North Zone, One Avenue (Zhuoyue Center), Futian District, Shenzhen

Nearest Metro Station: 岗厦北站4口;Gangxia North Station, Exit 4

Price: ¥20 per person

Opening Hours: 10:00–22:00

This time, I tried their starfruit fruit tea and classic boba tea.

🧋 Mo Ran Lan Ting Bobba Tea

This is essentially a brown sugar boba milk tea. The sticky sweetness of the brown sugar goes really well with the chewy boba, creating a satisfying combination of sweetness and texture.

🍇 Green Oolong with Passionfruit anStarfruit

The fresh starfruit blends surprisingly well with the green tea, giving the drink a light and fruity taste. It also comes with jelly, which adds some extra texture.

I recommend ordering this sugar-free. Without the added sugar, the tea and fruit flavors are more noticeable, and the drink feels much lighter and more refreshing.

🧂 Southern Fujian Salted Starfruit Green Tea

This one is definitely more unusual — they actually add salt to the drink! It creates a slightly salty and refreshing flavor that tea lovers might really enjoy.

I’d also recommend ordering this without sugar. It tastes light, refreshing, and not heavy at all.

📚 Overall Experience

The shop has a traditional, vintage-style interior, which gives it a very different atmosphere from the typical modern milk tea shops. However, there is very limited seating, so I’d say it’s mainly designed for takeaway.

You can also see their tea leaves displayed on the counter, which is a nice little detail and fits well with the shop’s tea-focused concept.

Overall, I found the teas to be okay. The flavors are interesting, especially if you enjoy trying unusual tea combinations, but the taste itself is nothing particularly special. However, if you’re visiting Shenzhen as a tourist for a short trip, I wouldn’t say this is a place worth making a special trip for.

🧑‍⚖️Final verdict:

Drinks ⭐⭐⭐½

Atmosphere⭐⭐⭐½

Service ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Value ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Overall ⭐⭐⭐½

(First published: May 7th, 2026; Updated: September 6th, 2026)

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