Herb Tea Man

Herb Tea Man is a narrative-driven simulation-adventure set in 1990s Guangdong, in the Lingnan region that includes Hong Kong and Macau. You play as Sung, a young man from Northern China who travels south to work at a long-established herbal tea shop. You help your master brew tea, prepare medicinal ingredients and serve customers, while solving humorous incidents linked to traditional Chinese medicine symptoms such as “internal heat” and “excess dampness.”

The tea shop

The game combines story progression and light environmental puzzles with simulation and management elements. Customers’ symptoms have Dampness, Heat, Cold and Toxin attributes; you use the properties of herbs such as chrysanthemum, honeysuckle and licorice root to make suitable tea formulas. Each bowl you brew may reveal a warm or mysterious Lingnan street legend.

At the shop, you meet four mischievous spirits representing Dampness, Heat, Cold and Toxin, and gradually uncover your master’s hidden past.

The neighborhood

The game features around 50 NPCs, most with their own short, heartwarming or humorous side stories. Its hand-drawn indoor and outdoor environments draw on 1990s Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau architecture and neighborhoods.

Hand-drawn scenes

Frame-by-frame hand-drawn cutscenes bring the story to life through animated moments.