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wugehaize
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Sep 03, 2004 - 07:33 AM |
 
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While I am in Shanghai I think it would be cool to take the kids to something tea related, like a tea plantation or a factory where they process tea, not just a tea room where they sell tea. Are there any places close to Shanghai where they grow and or do interesting things with tea? |
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jenming
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Sep 03, 2004 - 09:54 AM |
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LOTS of that around Hanghzou. That's a couple hours away, though... |
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wugehaize
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Sep 03, 2004 - 01:07 PM |
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| jenming wrote: |
| LOTS of that around Hanghzou. That's a couple hours away, though... |
What is the best way to get there, and how do you find the places when you do get there? |
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panda
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Sep 03, 2004 - 02:57 PM |
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take a 2-days round trip shanghai to hanzhou (you can find it in any of travel agency), the trip shows most of famous attractions in hanzhou, and it includes one tea farm attraction. the tea farm introduces something tea history in hanzhou(the introduction is in chinese), but at last, they will ask you to buy some tea at there.
i was there last Oct, i wouldn't recommond unless you really are a tea-drink-lover |
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edbreejen
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Location: Shanghai, Zhongshan park area
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Sep 03, 2004 - 05:15 PM |
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Train tickets to Hangzhou are easy to get and from the Hangzhou train station (check if the train does not run to the old Hangzhou -East station, as from there it's a long drive through Hangzhou), you can take buses to the Longjing area. Get of the bus there and after you walk uphill to the Longjing village, you can buy good tea everywhere, but the best option is to talk with the farmers along the main road (in fact the only real road in the village). We go there to buy tea since 1999 and the tea bought there has a much price-quality ratio than in other areas.
Alternative in Shanghai: Tianshan Chacheng (Tianshan Tea City) at the intersection of Tianshan lu and Zhongshan elevated highway, lots of teashops competing for the occasional customer.
For both alternatives: speak Chinese or go together with someone who speaks Chines |
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shan_trekker
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Sep 04, 2004 - 01:43 AM |
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Would suggest that you get the high-grade Longjing tea. The medium- and regular-grade ones are not as fragrant. They even have a demo comparing the ordinary tea types vis-a-vis Hangzhou Longjing tea.
While in Hangzhou, maybe you'd also want to visit one of their famed silk factories. Your kids will see the process from the cocoons to the finished silk clothes. |
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