Travel adventures: A date with the moon (Yao yue teahouse)

Both of us really love tea and there just happen to be a place nearby where we live in Xindian with beautiful scenery and tea! Best of all, it opens 24/7 even on new years!

There are multiple ways to get here if you take public transit.

The place is about a 15-20 minutes walk from Maokong station on the brown line.

Or you can ride Brown 7 to Wanshou Bridge (MuZha) and then walk over to the Brown 15 or S10 mini bus to Maokong Station (Mini Skywalk). Then it's about a 2-5 minutes walk to the Yao Yue Teahouse.

This teahouse is one of many in the Maokong area as this area is an area with many tea plantations. The teahouse is mostly self-serving so you just go to the owners and pay for your tea (300-500NT depending on what the time that you're staying for, the number of people there are, and the kind of tea). 

 

They give you the tea set with instructions on what to do. There's English on the other side of the Chinese instructions so no worries if you can't read Chinese. 

There are numerous areas to sit, both indoors and outdoors and one area that's even half and half. We got a bit hot from the weather and went to the indoor areas with AC. 

Of course, they sell food also, people are bound to be hungry if they're staying for a while to taste the tea and chat. 

https://yytea.com.tw/product_list

Here's the menu provided in a big booklet. I'm pretty sure there's an English booklet if you ask for it. 

But here's what we got:

We got the hot pot J042 pork hot pot and J182 beef hot pot.

Then the K163 (butter filled buns) that was delicious: https://yytea.com.tw/product_detail_12

We definitely recommend going if you get the chance!