Kim Vo and Tammy Lien open Oou Cha this morning at 6251 34th St N in Pinellas Park, launching what the operators describe as Tampa Bay's first modern tea latte café. Doors open at 11AM, with a build-your-own bouquet flower cart and swag bags for early guests while they last.
The menu centers on two formats. Tea lattes are built on teas sourced overseas and served through a three-channel straw the sisters say is engineered to slow the sip — the hardware is one of the brand's defining specs, per the operators' Instagram. Matcha lattes are built on Okumidori, specified as single-cultivar rather than a blended powder grade.
Vo and Lien trace the concept to their parents' tea ritual, per a longer piece published on the café's website. The brand's logo carries the family dog — a detail they surfaced on Instagram ahead of today's opening.
The "Tampa Bay's first modern tea latte café" designation comes from the operators' own Instagram caption. No independent verification is available from permits, lease filings, or direct operator statements beyond social media.
No expansion timeline has been announced. The reception at 6251 34th St N will be the first test of whether a purpose-built modern tea latte format — defined by cultivar-specific sourcing and engineered serve-ware — finds a customer base in north Pinellas Park.
