English-speaking sales staff are adept at parting tourists from their cash in exchange for high-grade teas from around China, sold loose by the liǎng (50g) or in various gift-box configurations. Ask to try before you buy. Fine teapots of Yixing clay range from ¥150 to thousands, or play it frugal with tea-infused biscuits (from ¥30).
Pop upstairs for a museum display on Chinese tea production, including miniature models of tea-making gizmos.
