The China National Tea Museum () is located in
Hangzhou
Hangzhou, , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ; formerly romanized as Hangchow is a sub-provincial city in East China and the capital of Zhejiang province. With a population of 13 million, the municipality comprises ten districts, two counti ...
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China
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. Official website. Accessed March 2012. The exhibitions display
tea production
Tea processing is the method in which the leaves from the tea plant ''Camellia sinensis'' are transformed into the dried leaves for brewing tea.
The categories of tea are distinguished by the processing they undergo. In its most general form, te ...
, and different kinds of
tea
Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of '' Camellia sinensis'', an evergreen shrub native to East Asia which probably originated in the borderlands of south-western China and nor ...
. Exhibitions are in Chinese and English languages.
See also
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List of museums in China
, there are 5,788 museums in China, including 3,054 state-owned museums (museums run by national and local government or universities) and 535 private museums. In 2021, the nation's museums saw approximately 779 million visitors. Some museums of ...
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History of tea in China
Chinese tea culture ( zh, s=中国茶文化, t=中國茶文化, p=zhōngguó chá wénhuà, l=Chinese tea culture) includes all facets of tea (茶 chá) found in Chinese culture throughout history. Physically, it consists of tea cultivation, brewi ...
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Tenfu Tea Museum
Tenfu Tea Museum, in Zhangzhou, Fujian, China, was constructed in 2000, and finished in 2012. It is the world's largest tea museum with a total area of 13 acres. The museum consists of many displays of past tea cultures, tea processing, tea an ...
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List of food and beverage museums
This is a list of food and beverage museums. Food museums, beverage museums and wine museums generally provide information about how various foodstuffs are produced or were historically produced. Many of these museums are owned and operated by sp ...
References
External links
Official website
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Museums in Hangzhou
Tea museums in China