Top 10 Chinese cities for tea lovers I

China is the homeland of tea and because of this, tea drinking is popular in virtually every part of the country. We presents you the top 10 Chinese cities where tea drinking is part of a lifestyle and included in your top 10 China tour packages.
10. Wuhan
Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, is the most populous city in Central China. Beginning from the late seventeenth century, during the reign of Emperor Kangxi (1654-1722) of Qing Dynasty, Wuhan was the starting point of a tea trade road to Mongolian Plateau.

Having grown along with this commercial city, Wuhan's teahouses have a history of over 1,500 years and have an air of business. Teahouses are serving increasingly as an arena for commercial transaction and a resting place for businessmen and dock workers.
9. Hong Kong
Known as the Oriental Pearl, Hong Kong remains as one of the most traveled places in all of Asia and is one of destinations for affordable China tours, with its splendid natural beauty and man-made wonders. To get a break from your busy tours in the city, visit a local teahouse.

Most of Hong Kong's teahouses are not fashionably decorated and cannot produce a romantic atmosphere, but they are simple and unassuming, and provide cool and fresh tea, together with scrumptious snacks.
8. Taipei
Taipei is as exciting and attractive as any other major city in China, like Hong Kong or Shanghai. It is also full of a certain charm which makes it unique.
Teahouses in Taipai are said to be the most typical of Chinese teahouses. It is quite a comfortable thing to sit in a local teahouse and drink a cup of oolong tea or the Pearl Milk Tea like what locals do.
7. Guangzhou
Guangzhou, also known as Canton, is the capital city and also the largest city of Guangdong and included in China travel packages. Besides endless skyscrapers and shopping malls, this dynamic metropolis also has one of the best local cuisines in China.

Guangzhou people's daintiness about life can be reflected in the city's teahouse culture. In a local teahouse, you can not only enjoy a cup of tea that is exquisitely prepared and served but can also taste various refreshments, cakes and sweetmeats to go with the drink.
6. Hangzhou
Hangzhou, capital city of Zhejiang, is known as 'Heaven on Earth' with its enchanting natural beauty. The city produces one of China's best green tea – West Lake Dragon Well Tea.
Savoring tea in a teahouse is a lifestyle in Hangzhou which is also contained in popular China travel package. A famous local writer once remarked that Hangzhou is like a big teahouse and the water of the West Lake is like a pond of fragrant tea. The annual Drinking Tea Day has been held annually in Hangzhou since 2009.