At the foot of the Phoenix Mountain, under the shade of green trees, there is a small courtyard with a black tile stone gate, the courtyard pond is full of fish and flowing water, accompanied by the sound of the guqin from time to time, and the bright red Huanxi Teahouse at the door indicates its identity. The teahouse is open on the edge of the scenic spot where there are few tourists, and still enjoys a unique quiet scenery, and it is a popular teahouse where many Hangzhou tea guests will come to taste tea and dine.
The founder of Huanxi Teahouse is gentle and calm, likes to listen to the piano and taste tea, and the teahouse he founded also has a graceful temperament. The tea list in the teahouse is a bamboo slip engraved with the names of several types of tea, such as white tea, pu'er, green tea, black tea and oolong tea, with an average price of 150 yuan per person. Each tea comes with dried fruits, hand-baked biscuits or seasonal fruits, and the first brew is brewed by a professional tea artist, who then rings the bell for the tea master to remake or refill the refreshments.
Among them, the shopkeeper recommended is the Wuyi rock tea in the northern Fujian oolong tea, which is mainly produced in the Wuyi Mountain tea area of Fujian, and the shopkeeper will go to Wuyi Mountain every year to personally select the tea, ensuring a stable source of tea. Among them, the first to recommend Niulankeng cinnamon, produced in the core production area of Wuyi rock tea "three pits and two streams" in the Niulankeng, the soup color is orange and clear, slightly bitter at the beginning of the entrance, but soon sweet, the charm is long and melodious. Authentic Niulankeng cinnamon is rare and very precious every year, and Huanxi Teahouse is one of the few teahouses in Hangzhou that has a stable supply of this tea.
In addition to serving tea, Huanxi Tea House also serves Hangzhou dishes at the lunch and dinner market. Lunch is 150 yuan per person, dinner is 200 yuan per person, diners need to make a reservation in advance to prepare the dishes in the kitchen, and diners will receive a menu SMS after successful reservation, so that they can communicate and adjust the dishes in advance. The specific dishes offered by the teahouse are adjusted according to the season, and the presentation is exquisite, but on the whole, they are not excellent hard dishes, and the portions are small, which is difficult to match the price.
Huanxi Teahouse is an independent small courtyard, an antique two-story courtyard, and the exterior wall is renovated and the interior still maintains the Chinese Zen style. There are booth rooms and window rooms in the store, and one of the small boxes with panoramic floor-to-ceiling windows is the most popular, so it is recommended to book two days in advance when visiting on holidays. The store is furnished with wooden doors, tables made of bluestone slabs, antiques collected from all over the world, tea sets, tea cakes, etc., and is a simple and elegant place to enjoy tea outside the city.
