The family behind Jitlada, L.A.'s most influential Thai restaurant, is opening a Thai tea shop in Orange County.

There’s a delicate art to brewing the Thai tea at ChaTraMue, the Thailand-based tea shop that’s been around since 1945. It starts with Thai tea leaves sourced from a farm in Chiang Rai.

using the chak cha method to make the teas for the shop. In addition to the classic Thai tea, there will be coffee, matcha milk tea, lattes and an entire line of vegan drinks. The rose tea gets ...