Hangzhou China Tea Museum

Hangzhou China Tea Museum (Shuangfeng Branch)

✔️ Focuses on the natural science of tea (tea plants, varieties, colors, origins, etc.) and the cultural history of tea (the evolution of tea drinking, tea utensils, tea art, and its development). It provides a comprehensive scientific introduction to the fascinating journey of tea.
✔️ Located right next to the Longjing Tea Plantation, offering beautiful scenery. Nearby attractions include Maojiabu, Yang Gong Causeway, and West Lake, making it easy to combine with a sightseeing trip.

✔️ Focuses on tea culture and tea lifestyles around the world, the tea culture and specialties of China’s tea-producing regions, and live demonstrations of different tea-making techniques.
✔️ Notably, the entire museum complex is built along a hillside, creating a layered landscape with its courtyards and surrounding greenery. The museum’s large wooded area makes it feel like a small park, perfect for a leisurely stroll.
✔️ Nearby attractions include Longjing Village and Manjuelong, making it easy to combine with a sightseeing trip.

✔️ The two museums are close to each other, about 2.5 km apart (a 40-minute walk, a 30-minute bus ride, or a 10-minute drive).
✔️ If you have enough time, you can spend half a day visiting both museums, walking between them. Since they are located in a scenic area, the route offers beautiful views, making it ideal for a museum + light hiking day trip.
✔️ If you’re short on time or need to choose just one, I personally recommend the Shuangfeng Pavilion. In terms of museum content, Shuangfeng covers a wider range of knowledge, while Longjing Pavilion has fewer exhibits. As for nearby attractions, Shuangfeng Pavilion is surrounded by vast tea fields and is closer to West Lake, with Maojiabu and Yang Gong Causeway nearby, making it a more scenic and diverse experience.