{"id":302950,"date":"2026-06-10T19:35:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T19:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/302950\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T19:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T19:35:08","slug":"new-tea-cafe-oou-cha-opens-tomorrow-in-pinellas-park-with-matcha-hojicha-and-vietnamese-cuisine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/302950\/","title":{"rendered":"New tea cafe Oou Cha opens tomorrow in Pinellas Park with matcha, hojicha, and Vietnamese cuisine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Other offerings include a Pandan Matcha Latte, Coconut Matcha Latte, Floral Jasmine Tea Latte, Peachy Oolong Tea Latte, and a Matcha Einspanner, which is Oou Cha\u2019s tea-based take on the traditional Viennese beverage typically made with espresso and whipped cream.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Beyond drinks, Oou Cha offers a menu of Vietnamese dishes, including pho made with a 100% bone broth base, Trieu Chau egg noodles with shrimp and pork tenderloin, slow-braised beef stew served with toasted baguette, crispy shrimp with tamarind sauce, chicken wings, and egg rolls.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The sisters said the business is deeply personal, down to the smallest details. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Their father, who also has construction and engineering experience, spent the past several months renovating the space, reconfiguring the layout, and upgrading the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The cafe\u2019s warm, earth-toned interior was inspired by traditional Chinese tea ceremonies, with teapots and other tea accessories displayed throughout the space. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Even the business logo carries a personal touch, featuring an illustration of the sisters\u2019 childhood dog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Other offerings include a Pandan Matcha Latte, Coconut Matcha Latte, Floral Jasmine Tea Latte, Peachy Oolong Tea Latte,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-302950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}