Kung Lee Sugar Cane Drink - Refreshing Healthful Drinks That Reveal Hong Kong Culture

Name (English): Kung Lee Sugar Cane Drink
Name (Chinese): 公利真料竹蔗水
Category: Food & Beverages
Phone Number: +852 2544 3571
Address (English): 60 Hollywood Road, Central
Address (Chinese): 中環荷李活道60號地下
Address Google Map Link: https://goo.gl/maps/uYuhKK9RFPCaK5Sc8
Address longitude and latitude: 22.282935951501333, 114.15278870247155
Nearest MTR Station: Sheung Wan Station Exit A1
Nearest MTR Station Google Map Link: https://goo.gl/maps/7e7vto4keGqGw47G8
Nearest MTR Station longitude and latitude: 22.28639473234909, 114.15217716842395
How far from the nearest MTR Station: 8-minute walk from Sheung Wan MTR Exit A1
Opening Hours:
MON 11:00 – 21:00
TUE 11:00 – 21:00
WED 11:00 – 21:00
THU 11:00 – 21:00
FRI 11:00 – 21:00
SAT 11:00 – 21:00
SUN 11:00 – 21:00
Budget (per person): HKD30-50
Recommended Food/Drinks: 5 flower tea, sugar cane tea
Recommended Time to Visit: 14:30 – 17:00
Accessibility Note: Easy access

On Hollywood Road, you will find many art & craft galleries displaying mesmerising collections, from antiques to furnitures. But there is rarely a shop like Kung Lee that has so much to offer: history, architectural beauty, and refreshing healthful drinks that reveal Hong Kong culture.

Rooted in a century old building, Kung Lee keeps its true color of old school Hong Kong. Chinese calligraphy hung on the wall. Fans on high celling. Vintage hand painted ad. Soon as you walk into the shop, you travel back to the old days in colonial Hong Kong.

Before soft drinks and beer took over locals’ imagination of beverages, folks loved to come to herbal tea shops for a traditional drink. Kung Lee was just another popular hangout spots. What made it famous though, was its signature sugar cane juice.

Kung Lee takes pride in using sugar cane 100% made in Hong Kong. The sugar cane are all farmed in Yuen Long, an old town in the New Territories. A specific kind of sugar cane is selected; a special treatment when growing is applied; and a whole bunch of procedures are required before juicing, for the best quality of the drink.

Sugar cane juice might be a little too sweet for some, but people, especially labours, needed it in the past. Other drinks are just as refreshing as they are healthful. Go for sugar cane tea if you want less sweet. Or, plum tea if you like sour.

All in all, herbal tea helps calm your body under hot weather, while the “heat” terminator being turtle jelly, always. Nowadays, you can also find sugar cane beer, a new product co-produced with a local brewery. From a traditional Chinese cafe to a living monument, throughout the years, Kung Lee remains a place folks love and support.