Osulloc Tea Museum
오설록 티 뮤지엄
The museum itself is free and takes under an hour; the tea fields around it are the reason most people stay longer. It sits in Andeok, in Jeju's south-west — a long way from Seogwipo city and from Jeongbang, so plan it with the west, not with the south coast.
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Place information
- Korean name
- 오설록 티 뮤지엄
- Address
- 15 Sinhwayeoksa-ro, Andeok-myeon, Seogwipo-si, Jeju-do
- Opening hours
- Otherwise 09:00–18:00 Summer 09:00–19:00
- Closed
- Open year-round
- Hours notes
- The source says "summer" without naming the months it means.
- Time needed
- 2 hours
- Opened
- 2001 · Opened in September 2001 as Korea's first tea museum.
What to see
The main building
The teacup-shaped main building was rebuilt inside in 2023 so that the rooms look out onto the tea fields and the gotjawal forest. It covers the history of tea in Korea alongside tea cultures east and west.
The tea roastery
Where the leaves are pan-fired into tea in front of you, and where the result can be tasted and bought the same day.
The tea house
Teas, drinks, the green-tea ice cream and tea food.
Osulloc Tea Stone — the premium tea course
A timed course rather than a room: ten minutes walking the front garden and the tea field (replaced by a media-art piece in bad weather), twenty minutes of a brewing session themed on the scholar Chusa and Jeju, thirty minutes of tea cocktails and three garnishes made from Jeju ingredients, and twenty minutes at the end firing and packing an organic tea of your own.
The Seogwang tea fields and the gotjawal
The museum stands at the entrance to the Seogwang tea garden, and the fields and the gotjawal forest are visible from inside as well as out.
The main building selected
Nearby
Yongmeori Coast
A sea cliff where the foot of Sanbangsan runs out into the water, named for its likeness to a dragon's head going under. Volcanic debris from three craters offshore piled up here and the waves cut it into layered, curving rock. In front of the cliff — about 700 m long and 25 to 40 m high — a flat wave-cut platform carries the walking route. The monument to Hendrick Hamel's 1653 shipwreck, put up in 1980, stands nearby. What governs a visit is not the posted timetable but the tide on the day: at high water or in heavy swell the route is closed outright.
Saebyeol Oreum
Choose the east trail unless you want the climb: the west one is the steeper of the two. It is open all year with no forest-fire closure period, which is not true of every Jeju trail, and the Jeju Fire Festival held here no longer sets the hillside alight — see the article.
Sanbang Sikdang
A milnaengmyeon house that began in Moseulpo in 1971, serving the Jeju style made with anchovy broth and fresh wheat noodles, alongside boiled pork.
Hallim Park
A private theme park immediately south of Hyeopjae Beach. The publisher describes nine themed sections across a hundred thousand pyeong; besides the palm avenue and the gardens, lava tubes including Hyeopjaegul and Ssangyonggul lie inside it. What is worth noticing on this record is that the operator states its times only as when ticketing opens and when it closes, and publishes no closing time for the park at all.
Frequently asked questions
Is O'Sulloc Tea Museum free?
Yes, the museum has no admission charge. The paid option is the Tea Stone course next door, at KRW 60,000 per person for 80 minutes.
Can I still get the green-tea roll cake there?
Possibly, but do not count on it. Visit Jeju notes it is currently sold via O'Sulloc's official online shop and that on-site availability should be confirmed against current information.
What is Tea Stone?
O'Sulloc's premium tea course, 80 minutes for KRW 60,000 per person: a ten-minute garden tour, twenty minutes of tea brewing with a Chusa and Jeju story, thirty minutes of tea cocktails with three garnishes, and twenty minutes roasting and packing an organic tea to take home.
Stories about this place
- Eight Places to Visit in Jeju, Compared: What to Check Before the Price
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