China Guide
Jiangsu and Zhejiang
Tea Museum
Opening time: Daily 8am–5pm
Price: Free
Address: In the southwestern quarter of the lake (bus #27 from Pinghai Lu)
Down In the southwestern quarter of the lake, the dominant theme is tea production: gleaming green tea bushes sweep up and down the land, and old ladies pester tourists into buying fresh tea leaves. Fittingly, this is where you'll find the Tea Museum, a smart place with lots of captions in English, covering themes such as the history of tea and the etiquette of tea drinking. There are displays on different varieties of tea, cultivation techniques, the development of special teaware, and finally, reconstructed tearooms in various ethnic styles, such as Tibetan and Yunnanese.