Good tea shop in Beijing?

I'm passing through the city for a day and am looking for a little
spot to try a few teas and purchase some to add to my supply back
home. Any suggestions for a good shop?

Many thanks!

all major cities in china are full of
tea shops. you can find one in
almost any corner.

first i thought they were tourist
oriented but when i found them
in non touristic places and that
the clerks did not speak a word
of english i concluded that they
were for natives.

i'd say you can find excellent
and cheap teas in any of them. i
myself bought an excellent rolled
wulong that i could not find back
home.

if you don't have much time to walk
around popular streets you can find
ten fu shops on malls and probably
in the airport, which offer good (i
guess) but pricey teas.

for teaware i'd recommend cheap
shops, are perhaps 90% cheaper
than malls.

wi

ro222...m wrote:
> I'm passing through the city for a day and am looking for a little
> spot to try a few teas and purchase some to add to my supply back
> home. Any suggestions for a good shop?
>
> Many thanks!

ro222000m wrote:
> I'm passing through the city for a day and am looking for a little
> spot to try a few teas and purchase some to add to my supply back
> home. Any suggestions for a good shop?
>
> Many thanks!
>

i hear there's a 'tea street' in PEK but didn't know when i was there.
went to Lao She teahouse instead for the experience. there's a little tea
shop near the hotel where i spent Eur.100 very quickly!