227 Yongjia Lu, near Shaanxi Nanlu
021/6433-8283
www.songfangtea.com [1]
HOURS: Daily noon-10 p.m.
METRO: South Shaanxi Road (Line 1, Line 10)
This attractive three-story shop and teahouse is owned and managed by a French tea enthusiast named Florence Samson, who also happens to be a Harvard Business School graduate. She opened the store in 2007 inside a converted 1930s lane house.
Choose from over 70 varieties of Chinese and European teas, as well as a selection of covetable caddies and cups decorated with Song Fang’s signature powder-blue and pink logo. China is synonymous with tea, so if you want to go home with a special tea-related souvenir or gift, this is the place to find it.
Samson sources her tea in the provinces of Yunnan and Fujian and blends her brews with almonds and lavender.
Links:
[1] http://www.songfangtea.com