NoraWells
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I like walking Kuanzhai Alley (宽窄巷子), but I was looking for a place to taste Sichuan tea and maybe take a little leaf home, without sitting down at a tourist tea house inside the alleys.
A neighborhood shop just outside the scenic strip worked better for that. Full disclosure: I know the family who runs it and help with their English pages, so I am not writing this as a random passerby. The shop is 峨眉雪芽雪儿姐茶坊（宽窄巷子店） / Emei Xueya Xue’erjie Tea Shop (Kuanzhai Alley branch), at 成都市金牛区西安南路140号附2号 / No. 140-2 Xi’an South Road, Jinniu District, Chengdu. It is near Kuanzhai Alley but outside the alleys, on a normal street. Hours are 09:00-22:00 daily. From Metro Line 4, Kuanzhai Alley Station (宽窄巷子站) Exit D, it is about 100-200 m.
You can try a short cup first, then take a small amount of loose leaf instead of a whole tin. Emei Xueya (峨眉雪芽) was fresh and bright. Piaoxue jasmine (茉莉飘雪) was clear and lightly floral. Chuanye black tea (川野红茶) was thicker and quietly sweet. They said the leaf comes from a garden on Mount Emei (峨眉山).
If you have found other spots near Kuanzhai (宽窄巷子) where you can taste tea without the scenic-strip tea-house prices, where did you go?
A neighborhood shop just outside the scenic strip worked better for that. Full disclosure: I know the family who runs it and help with their English pages, so I am not writing this as a random passerby. The shop is 峨眉雪芽雪儿姐茶坊（宽窄巷子店） / Emei Xueya Xue’erjie Tea Shop (Kuanzhai Alley branch), at 成都市金牛区西安南路140号附2号 / No. 140-2 Xi’an South Road, Jinniu District, Chengdu. It is near Kuanzhai Alley but outside the alleys, on a normal street. Hours are 09:00-22:00 daily. From Metro Line 4, Kuanzhai Alley Station (宽窄巷子站) Exit D, it is about 100-200 m.
You can try a short cup first, then take a small amount of loose leaf instead of a whole tin. Emei Xueya (峨眉雪芽) was fresh and bright. Piaoxue jasmine (茉莉飘雪) was clear and lightly floral. Chuanye black tea (川野红茶) was thicker and quietly sweet. They said the leaf comes from a garden on Mount Emei (峨眉山).
If you have found other spots near Kuanzhai (宽窄巷子) where you can taste tea without the scenic-strip tea-house prices, where did you go?
