What’s it like to have afternoon tea in a bamboo grove? At Ju Ming Yi, located in the Huayi Hotel at Shanghai Dahua Changfeng, there’s a secret bamboo paradise waiting to be discovered. The evergreen bamboo, lush and towering all year round, casts a green shade into the room, naturally evoking a sense of leisure and tranquility.
Strolling along the path beside the bamboo grove, the bamboo shadows sway in the misty air. Surrounded by the serene embrace of the bamboo silhouettes, enjoying afternoon tea and seasonal delicacies with friends is the perfect choice for a relaxing and carefree weekend.
Recently, Huayi Hotel collaborated with HEYTEA to hold an elegant limited-time event called “Huayi Gathering · HEYTEA Tea Feast” on the first floor of the Shanghai Dahua Changfeng Huayi Hotel’s Ju Ming Yi. The event featured activities such as tea tasting, tea appreciation, tea pouring, tea-themed word relay, and calligraphy fan painting, which were quite fascinating.
If you missed the previous limited-time event, don’t worry. You can still savor the same HEYTEA afternoon tea at Ju Ming Yi.
Four Exquisite Tea Delicacies, Both Sweet and Savory
Take a bite of the Longjing tea crisp, and the clear, sweet tea aroma slowly spreads in your mouth. The Longjing tea is infused into the crispy pastry, with a soft and sticky sweet potato filling and a touch of custard, all coated with white sesame seeds at the bottom. The evenly layered and crispy texture after frying is a true test of the chef’s skills. This tea crisp has a very low actual sweetness and just the right amount of softness.
Lotus seed pastry is a classic delicacy in Chinese afternoon tea during spring and summer. The meticulously crafted lotus seed pastry at Ju Ming Yi also incorporates tea elements in its filling, and the crispy and fluffy pastry is achieved through low-temperature deep-frying.
Tasting the handmade osmanthus honey Longjing tofu pudding is another way to experience spring tea. The tofu pudding, infused with Longjing tea and osmanthus honey, has a silky smooth texture with a subtle tea aroma and a hint of sweetness.
The sweet and sour tea jelly is made with Biluochun tea and berry juice, topped with fresh berries. Its natural sweet-tart flavor and smooth texture unknowingly awaken your taste buds.
Yi Pin Guanyin Yun, a Delightful Aroma
A pot of roasted oolong tea, with its golden tea soup and fruity aroma, has a rich and mellow taste. While sipping and savoring, settle your body and mind, engage in a dialogue with yourself, and appreciate the wafting tea fragrance and the touch of Zen at the tip of your nose.
Recently, when visiting Ju Ming Yi for tea, don’t miss the highly cost-effective “Spring ‘Yi’ Fusion” afternoon tea set for two. This afternoon tea set uses a picnic basket as a carrier, selecting seasonal fresh ingredients and incorporating ingeniously crafted desserts and spring vegetables, offering a balance of sweet and savory flavors.
The set includes: mushroom and green pea pomegranate bun, spring bamboo shoot and 5J ham roll with caviar, green tea crispy rice fish jelly, Longjing chicken shred egg roll, green tomato tuna tower, cheese beef crispy ball, handmade Longjing tofu pudding with osmanthus honey, caramel sesame nut tart, flavored carrot puff, jasmine cucumber cupcake, Longjing snow pear sponge cake, Earl Grey yogurt Charlotte, brown sugar mochi cupcake, seasonal colorful fruit cup, and wolfberry longan red date trio milk tea.
Huayi Hotel excels at integrating garden-like scenes into its hotel design, and Ju Ming Yi is an exceptionally elegant social space within the hotel. It is the perfect space for gathering with friends over tea, where the bamboo grove and tea room blend into one.
In addition to enjoying afternoon tea, you can also watch professional tea masters perform the brewing process live at Ju Ming Yi. The tea masters will teach you how to appreciate a good cup of tea and experience the natural tea aroma.
Huayi Gathering · Bringing Chinese Aesthetics to Life
The image shows the previous event experience “Huayi Gathering · HEYTEA Tea Feast
Huayi has also specially created a brand-exclusive IP—Huayi Gathering, integrating Chinese aesthetics into multi-sensory experiences such as taste and smell. The hotel regularly invites artists, cultural scholars, and others to Huayi to hold salon activities at Ju Ming Yi, such as tea tasting, calligraphy, intangible cultural heritage Shanghai-style paper-cutting, etc. The most recent event was the elegant limited-time “Huayi Gathering · HEYTEA Tea Feast.”
Step into Ju Ming Yi together
And savor the Chinese-style afternoon tea amidst the bamboo grove
