Wuyutai

Wuyutai was founded in 1887, in the late Qing, when the Wu family of Shexian in Anhui opened a tea warehouse in Beijing; the family has dealt in tea for generations, also making its name with jasmine tea.

Wuyutai and Zhangyiyuan are spoken of together as Beijing's two great jasmine-tea houses; its tea is known for a lively fragrance and a mellow body — bound up with the old-Beijing memory of a morning pot of scented tea.

Its tea-making keeps to a tradition of selecting, scenting and blending in-house, with care for leaf quality and the scenting craft; repeated rounds drive the floral aroma deep, yielding its signature "strong scent, sweet finish."

A China Time-Honored Brand, Wuyutai's jasmine-tea technique is recognized as intangible cultural heritage and stands as an important representative of Beijing's tea culture.