"Taihu Lake is vast, and there is no end in sight." As the second largest freshwater lake in China, Taihu Lake is majestic throughout the past and present. While enjoying the beautiful scenery of Taihu Lake, while tasting tea and discussing Taoism, it is a comfortable thing for many literati and ink writers. The Wetland Tea Workshop on the Taihu Lake Road is one of these needs.
Not far from the teahouse is the Suzhou Taihu Lakeside National Wetland Park, which has been praised by tourists for its rippling reeds and fresh air. The wetland tea workshop with the advantage of "near the water and the first to get the moon" has naturally benefited a lot, and then blessed with the beautiful scenery of the Taihu Lake, many tea customers have come here. The teahouse is divided into two floors, the first floor is a large floor-to-ceiling window, the window is bright and clean, the vast lake view is in full view, the interior is bright and elegant Chinese Zen style decoration, the charm is strong, as a place to rest, comfortable and extraordinary; The second floor is actually a tatami attic, which is relatively hot in summer, so it is not recommended. There is also a small book bar in the museum, which adds a literary and artistic atmosphere to visitors.
The water used to brew tea is an important part of the quality of tea, mineral water and purified water, and the former has a slight advantage in taste and flavor. Due to its own taste, tap water has a great impact on the final presentation of tea, and is not recognized by tea customers. The tea water in the wetland tea workshop is all mineral water, which is reasonable.
The Wetland Tea House is a typical business-type tea house, but it is not charged according to the tea seat, but according to the specific tea type. Dongting Lake Biluochun is naturally the signature of the wetland tea house. According to the relevant regulations on the protection of geographical indication products, only the Biluochun planted, picked and processed in East Dongting Mountain and West Dongting Mountain (i.e., Dongshan Town and Xishan Town) of Taihu Lake can be called "Dongting Biluochun", and it is also the best Biluochun in the hearts of many tea lovers. In the Jiangnan tea area of the Yangtze River Basin, there are two sayings: "tea before the Ming Dynasty" and "tea before the rain", which correspond to the spring equinox to the Qingming period, and the Qingming period to the valley rain period respectively. Because the Biluo spring harvested before the Qingming Festival is less infested by insect pests, and the buds and leaves are delicate, it is known as "the top grade before the rain, the treasure before the Ming Dynasty", and "the tea before the Ming Dynasty is as expensive as gold". Wetland tea follows the best picking season, focusing on Biluo Spring before the Ming Dynasty. The teahouse has a stable cooperative relationship with the tea farmers in Xishan Town, and the annual Biluochun production is stable and reliable. The tea provided by the tea shop basically covers all common categories, among which in addition to Biluochun, the most surprising is the Yellow Tongue, that is, the Yishan Tongue Tea. This kind of tea picking is quite exquisite, only before and after the Qingming Festival, and it is a bud and a leaf of the buds and leaves, the taste is strong and mellow, and it is intoxicating.
The teahouse has a variety of matching tea sets, showing the best texture of tea soup. For example, the store uses glass cups or white porcelain cups to brew green tea such as Biluochun, so that tea customers can better observe the dynamic beauty of tea leaves in the cup; The ceramic bowl is brewed Tieguanyin, and its fragrance is better maintained. Generally speaking, the tea master will help brew the first brew of tea, after which the tea guest will refill the water on his own. If a tea master is required to brew the whole process, the tea house will charge 20% of the service fee.
The wetland tea workshop usually has a small passenger flow, so there are many boxes available, and the specific cost needs to be negotiated with the tea customers. Most of the waiters are interns and are enthusiastic and generous. In contrast, the management of teahouses is slightly cold, and tea customers may be blinded if they spend too little. Even so, the Wetland Tea House is still a tea house with a good environment and good privacy, where visitors can experience "stealing half a day of leisure".
