The name of Caizhizhai is well known to everyone in Suzhou. As early as 1870, the founder, Kim Yinzhi, set up a stall selling sugar on Guanqian Street, and the business became more and more prosperous after that. There is also a Caizhizhai in Hangzhou, but it was another member of the same clan, Jin Zhixuan, who chose his name to open the store in 1928. Soon after the establishment of Hangzhou Caizhizhai, business was in full swing. Jin Xingsun, the person in charge of the Suzhou Caizhizhai food business, took Hangzhou Caizhizhai to court, and the two families had a quarrel. Later, the elders of the clan came forward to mediate, and Jin Xingsun served as the honorary director of Hangzhou Caizhizhai, and the two businesses continued to operate as usual.
Even if the two Caizhizhai families were at war (the Suzhou Caizhizhai Jin family itself had a family dispute), the content of the dispute had nothing to do with the teahouse. It is reported. The old shop on Guanqian Street used to be a model of a front shop and a back shop, but after the workshop was relocated, the first floor was completely converted into a food store, and the first half of the second floor was converted into a teahouse for tourists to rest in Guanqian Street. may have something to do with the time-honored brand of Caizhizhai, and the reputation of Caizhizhai teahouse is also getting stronger and stronger. Mrs. Lee Kuan Yew, former Deputy Prime Minister Chatuloong of Thailand, and former President of Singapore Ong Teng Cheong have all visited Cai Zhi Zhai Tea House, and even famous Japanese tea ceremony schools have come to the tea house to exchange the art of tea ceremony. In 2015, in the first star evaluation of Suzhou teahouse industry, Caizhizhai Teahouse also won the title of "Characteristic Teahouse", and many media also gave Caizhizhai Teahouse a high evaluation.
Caizhizhai Teahouse is not a powerful teahouse, and most of the media is a bit exaggerated. Mrs. Lee Kuan Yew and others only visited the century-old food store, and the teahouse was just a temporary rest. However, Caizhizhai Tea House does have its strong historical atmosphere and obvious characteristics.
Caizhizhai does not have its own tea mountain, and chooses tea provided by suppliers from all over the world, for example, Biluochun is purchased from suppliers in Dongshan Town, Suzhou. The tea water of Caizhizhai is tap water purified by a reverse osmosis water purifier, and the water quality is very reliable.
The positioning of Caizhizhai Tea House is a teahouse where tourists rest and neighbors listen to comments, so there is no full-time tea master. It is worth mentioning that Caizhizhai does not provide a multi-cup service for one pot, and tea customers can only order a single cup. The teahouse uses traditional gaiwan to serve customers, which is much more attentive than many of its peers.
There are 4 private rooms and 6 booths in the teahouse. The private room of Xianrenju is the office of the Suzhou Time-honored Brand Association, and the Sanwei House is the dressing room of the teacher of Pingtan. There is no minimum consumption and service charge for the teahouse, because there are not many tea customers who visit. The shopkeeper said that the business of the teahouse is not good now, showing helplessness. The teahouse as a whole is decorated in the style of the 90s of the last century. Suitable for nostalgic tea drinkers.
There are two rounds of Pingtan performances in the afternoon and evening, and they are performed by different Pingtan teachers. Tea guests need to sing, and the price of each song is 30~100 yuan. In general, the teacher who performs in the evening is more experienced in acting.
