Capital festival highlights fresh spring tea brews

In a celebration of tea-harvesting time, new teas are on show at this year's Beijing Spring Tea Festival on Friday and Saturday in the A Dream of Red Mansions Museum at Beijing Grand View Garden. There will also be tea-serving ceremonies, tea-table setting and teaware. Famous tea businesses in Beijing, such as Lao She Teahouse and Wuyutai Tea Store, will introduce their best tea products for sale and offer free tea sampling. Participating companies will also organize tea events in their respective companies through mid-May. Lao She Teahouse, for example, will give a free tea glass with purchases above 500 yuan. Wuyutai Tea Store will participate in a tea expo in the National Agriculture Exhibition Center from Friday through Monday.

China Daily