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Tea

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Peace - Oriental Teahouse

A Quiet Corner for Tea Lovers

Wouldn’t it be great to find some peaceful moment all had to finish the tea before we can go out,” Tee said.
by yourself amidst the chaotic city life? Sometimes a good Although the tea and breakfast were quite repetitive and
cup of tea and serene atmosphere may be just what you too much, they made everyone in the family became
need to recharge your life, and Peace - Oriental Teahouse familiar with tea. Later Tee had a chance to experience
is the destination for this edition of CTI. western tea culture and it was “light and beautiful”. He
Teerachai Limpaitoon (Tee), the owner, is a sound didn’t stop at just tea as the passion also led to bakery
engineer graduate, but he chose to open a tea house be- and coffee.
cause his passion that is rooted deep since he was a child.
“My family is Chinese. My dad would wake up at 3 or 4 Refl ecting the Culture
am every day to brew tea for everyone in the house. We Tee isn’t just passionate about western tea, but
the whole culture since they both are connected. “Tea
reflects the 5,000 years of eastern culture. It started off
as a medicinal beverage for a Chinese emperor, and it was
the knowledge passed down from generations to genera-
tions. It reflects the development and experimentation
through hundreds of years. Different cultivations were
experimented in order to get the desire result, and this
shows the eastern culture that focuses on knowledge and
wisdom.”

“ Building the tea culture isn’t about how to brew
better, but it’s about making it easier for the
lifestyle and culture today. ”
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