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Enjoying Chinese Tea
in Jakarta
Pantjoran Tea House offers the history of tea and
gongfu cha tradition.
n China, tea culture began you should come to Pantjoran
in 3000 BCE during the Shen Tea House. This cafe will allow
INung dynasty period. Tea you to know more about tea—
is believed to freshen up the while sipping on a cup of tea
body, neutralizes blood fat and munching Chinese dishes.
levels, prevents diarrhea, and
many other benefits. The tea Pantjoran Tea House is located
drinking culture grew to other in Chinatown area, right across
countries. In Indonesia, tea Glodok market. It is housed
seeds entered to the country inside an old building, built
in 1684. It then being cultivated in 1635 which used to house
by Verenigde Oostindische Chung Hwa farmacy, which
Compagnie (VOC). Later was established in 1928. The
on, tea became one of the unique building is radiated
crops planted during the with oriental atmosphere,
cultuurstelsel or the enforced framed with ornaments of
planting system by the Dutch classic Chinese houses.
colony in 1830-1870.
The tea house offers gongfu
In Batavia, tea was proven able cha tradition, where you can
to contain dysentry outbreak enjoy tea like the Chinese
at that time, from year 1730 does. A tea specialist will
th
to the early of 18 century. serve you and explain the
The infectious disease took tradition step by step, in which
the life of founder of Batavia, you can practice them alone
Jan Pieterszoon Coen, in afterwards.
st
September 21 1629, three
days after suffering diarrhea. They offers various kind of
tea from China, Taiwan and
If you are willing to uncover Indonesia. You can choose
the history of tea in Batavia, between green tea, red tea,
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