Unmatched China Tea Sets At Beijing’s Most Famous Tea House

Many people don’t know it, but Beijing’s Lao She Tea House just may be the best place in the world to admire some truly great china tea sets and drink some amazing Chinese tea.

Former U.S. Former U.S president George H. and Jordanian queen Rania have even been here and rave about the service.

It, indeed, has much to offer.

From the moment you walk in, you can feel the atmosphere. The waiters are all dressed in ancient outfits, and greet you in a old-style way. In fact, the tea house site right in an ancient Qing dynasty compound! It’s literally a blast from the past.

If you’re looking for some entertainment with your tea, the Lao She Tea House will never disappoint. From Kung Fu to Peking Opera, you can see it all here, while a great China tea set is sitting on your table. Some art forms are never seen outside of China, like cross-talk, and are really a sight. Cross talk is actually quite funny, if you like Chinese humor.

There’s one act in particular that never fails to draw large crowds. It’s called Face Changing, and it comes from Sichuan province in southwestern China. In this act, the performer wears a brightly colored mask and dances around the stage. Moving his arm in front of his face, he almost magically changes his mask in just a fraction of a second. He repeats this movement over and over, and you can clearly see the bright color of his mask changing.

But that’s not you’ll get at the Lao She tea house.The waiters here perform a kind of acrobatics when they pour your tea. But before even beginning, the China tea sets they use are quite usual and have a long, thin spouts with a length of over 5 feet! To serve your tea, the waiter spins the pot around his body, and then pours tea into each and every cup, never spilling a drop. It takes years of study to serve tea in this way, and you’ll never see anything like it anywhere else in the world.

And don’t worry, there;s no shortage of snacks to go with your meal. Many China tea sets have little saucers to put the snacks on, which makes it very convenient. Many of the snacks at this tea house have interesting names, like “rolling donkey”, and their taste is special to boot.

Prices are reasonable; an average of 50-60 dollars should be enough to cover the fare of the shows, tea and a couple of snacks. The tea house is open from 14:00 to 22:00.

The Lao She Tea House’s location in central Beijing is very convenient, so stop buy, check out their authentic China tea sets, and enjoy some Chinese tea!