Chinese Tea

Chinese Tea

Tea drinking has been synonymous with Chinese culture for thousands of years and the British carried it back with them to Great Britain, making it the national drink.

Reputedly discovered by Emperor Shen Nong in 2737 BCE, Chinese people use a wide variety of teas to quench their thirst, to aid digestion, for health benefits and as an ingredient in many dishes. Hong Kong has a large variety of teas imported from different Chinese provinces and cities, such as Fujian's Ti-guan-yin tea , Hangzhou's Dragon Well tea and Yunnan's Pu-erh tea . A popular one from Taiwan is Don-ding Oolong tea . There are also herbal teas and flower teas for sensitive palates.

Chinese tea is a great, reasonably priced gift, especially when attractively wrapped in souvenir packaging. Chinese tea is readily available in Chinese department stores, supermarkets, speciality teashops and teahouses.

Tips
			Tea-leaves are graded according to natural colour, aroma and lustre.
			Tea is available in a variety of forms including loose tea, cakes of tea, tea bricks or tea lumps.

The HKTB Cultural Kaleidoscope programme offers free Chinese Tea Appreciation Classes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoon. Enquiry & Registration hotline: +852 2801 7177.

Visit the Flagstaff Museum of Tea Ware on Cottontree Drive in the Hong Kong Park + 852 2869 0690

Check out QTS shops for Chinese Tea