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马连道 is
spelled as "Maliandao" but pronunciation
is "Maliendao" in Chinese.
Price
indicated in this page is price of 500g's (1 Jin).
Maliandao(马连道)
Overview
Maliandao
street in Beijing is the biggest tea market in North
China. This 1500m street has more than 1000 of tea
shops, from all over the China. More than 3000 kinds
of tea leaves are available on market . The price of tea
leaves
is 20 - 40 % cheaper than from other places in the
city. One can not only buy tea leaves but also one
can find a plethora of teapots and tea sets on sale.
Most
of shops there are family-run. Only 2-3 people are
working on each shops.
Access
Maliandao
is located about 600m south of Beijing West Station
(北京西站）.
Taking
a taxi is the most convenient way to get there.
All taxi drivers in Beijing know Maliandao.
Ask
driver to bring you to the front of the "Carrefour(家乐福)"
super market, which is next to the Maliandao-Tea-city
(马连道茶城).
Taxi
Fares: (with no traffic)
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Less than 15RMB from Junshi bowuguan (军事博物馆) on
subway line1.
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Less than 20RMB from Chang chun jie (长椿街)
on subway line2.
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Less than 40RMB from Guomao (国贸) area.
It
is about 15 minutes walk from south gate of Beijing
West Station.
Check
Google Earth! :
39° 52' 56 N 116°
19' 12 E (Maliandao-Tea-city 马连道茶城)
39° 53' 36 N 116°
18' 54 E (Beijing West Station
北京西駅)
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Tea
cities
There
are so many shops along these streets. Moreover,
there are also several "Tea cities" which
have many small shops within the building/area.
The
following pictures are the two of Tea-city buildings, which
inside houses 100-200 shops.
I
personally prefer shop in Tea cities. I like
atmosphere of Beijing Tea Cooperation Tea city (北京茶叶总公司). Many
of shop owners have so much knowledge about their
tea and tea in general, and kind to teach you about
tea.
Most
of Tea cities open at latest 8:30 close
18:30.
Somes
shops in Chayuan Tea City (茶缘茶城)
open from 7:00 to 22:00.
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| Maliando-Tea-city 马连道茶城
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Jingmin-Tea-city 京闽茶城
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Address
15
Maliandao Road, Xuanwu District,
Beijing
北京市宣武区马连道15号
马连道茶城
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Address
11 Maliandao
Road, Xuanwu District, Beijing
北京市宣武区马连道11号
京闽茶城
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Intoroduction
of some shops
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<Xingtai
Chahang (兴泰茶行)>
Jingmin
Tea City, B1#9
京闽茶城 地下一层9号
Phone:
010-51938739
They
are specialized in:
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Yongchun Foshou(永春佛手)
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Anxi Tieguanyin (安溪铁观音)
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Dongfang Meiren/Oriental Beauty (东方美人)
etc
Owner
of the shop
said there are not many shop selling
Yongchun Foshou
in Beijing. It is one of Oolong tea. I bought
120RMB's.
My
tea teacher introduced this shop to
me as one of reliable shops. The owner is very kind.
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<I forgot
to take note of their name>
Beijing
Tea Corporation Tea City 1F 总公司茶城一层
They
are specialized in: - Anji Baicha (安吉白茶)
They
have many grade of Anji Baicha, from
100RMB to 1200 RMB.
Owner
of the shop told me many interesting
story about Anji Baicha. About transportation
cost, using airplane to carry tea leaves
from Anji(near Shanghai) to Beijing
costs 6RMB/500g (takes 1 day), using
train costs 1.5RMB (3days). But the
price of the tea in Beijing is lower
than in Shanghai. Because in Shanghai
area, this tea is famous and known as
good tea so people are eager to buy
it. But in Beijing, this tea is not
known so much yet. So price is set to
lower.
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<Beijing
Bailin Qianhua Chahang
(北京百林千花茶行)>
Qingxi Tea
Market B-7 青溪茶叶市场 B-7号
Phone:
010-6344-6990
They
are specialized in: Tea from non
tea tree (non Camellia sinensis)
I
was so impressed by wide variety
of tea type and their color. They carry
many grades of Kuding Cha (苦丁茶).
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