Destination: China's National Tea Museum

July 20, 2019

China’s National Tea Museum, established in Hangzhou in 1991, is considered the epicenter of knowledge and appreciation of China’s most treasured beverage. Whilst there are small tea museums sprinkled across China and several provincial museums with teaware exhibits this is the place to thoroughly explore China’s tea history and culture. The museum is su

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Jaq James

Jaq is an Australian who became a Chinese tea enthusiast after moving to Mount Wuyi, Fujian, in 2016. She was kindly taken under the wings of several lecturers of Wuyi University’s School of Tea Science for private tutorage. She has since travelled to different tea-producing provinces across China to learn more about Chinese tea culture. In 2018 she published a novella, called The Found One, about Mount Wuyi’s tea culture. She hopes to introduce many fellow Australians to the benefits of drinking fine teas through The Artisan Tea Hut.

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4 Comments

Thomas M Edmonds
on July 23, 2019 at 6:05 am •Reply

How can we know if a tea is safe, in that it contains no pesticide residues or pollution?
Dawn
on July 24, 2019 at 10:26 pm •Reply

So interesting! I didn’t know there was so much to learn about tea. I will definitely put the China Tea Museum on my list of places to see next time I am in Hangzhou.
Isabel
on August 4, 2019 at 4:31 am •Reply

I was in this museum in 2018, this article explains very well how the museum is! Thank you!
Jaq James
on August 16, 2019 at 3:36 am •Reply

Thanks Dawn and Isabel.