Tag archive for ‘green tea’
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Guo’s Villa | 郭庄
Guo’s Villa is one of those places you wish were a secret. On a slightly off-colour day, the weather I mean, there are few people there and sitting right on the bank of West Lake drinking green tea with a book or friend is one of those unique-to-Hangzhou ways of whiling away an afternoon. Whoever [...]
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Longjing New Tea 1Y per Leaf
Despite the dustbowl that Hangzhou became on Sunday – something to do with the Gobi desert migrating to Japan – we decided to go for a wander and see of they had started picking the new tea yet… …I couldn’t figure out if they were trying to park, or drive, or just organise an impromptu air horn requiem to google.cn. Whatever it was, it was time to walk, because the cars wouldn’t be going anywhere for a while…
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Green Tea Restaurant
No place is perfect, and Green Tea is no exception. Despite the name, this restaurant doesn’t really have anything to do with green tea or even Hangzhou, but it is one of those places that would be a shame to miss. It’s just the character of place really. Aside from the food, which is excellent [...]
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Walk to Meijiawu | 梅家坞
It was one of those magic days that you get in the spring in Hangzhou and so it was with a little trepidation we set off looking for a cab – Sunday, nice weather means no cabs. Of course I have no qualms at all shoving some nice old lady out of the way, afterall [...]
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Not good on a day like this: Jura Restaurant / 汝拉餐厅
Jura Restaurant in Hangzhou’s Longjin (Dragon Well) tea fields serves delicious food out in the open.
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