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The menu is carefully designed to fit young people’s Tea is experience,
tastes. Mild, lightly sweet and balancing tea are preferred
choices; Special cold brew drinks, such as Lotus Leaf cold not just a drink.
brew tea and Rose Pu’erh cold brew tea, are offered in hot
days and have become best sellers. The problem is who
As defined by the founders, Dear TeaHouse is a creative
lifestyle that is caring, graceful and humble, and also a cre- you are and what
ative space where people are kind, considerate and things
are thoughtfully created. They invite young people to join would you choose.
their journey and inspire each other with inner beauty and
moderate, humble behaviors.
Art concepts: new interpretations of domes-
tic culture

Notably, Dear TeaHouse embraces a new art concept
every season. With white as the main space color, accom-
panied by pine and oak furniture and tidy terrazzo floor,
“the space is designed as a blank paper which can be changed
by art installations every season”. Since September 2019,

the teahouse has formed a firm alliance with new artists,
and has designed art concepts to celebrate Chinese New
Year, Christmas and other traditional festivals. Particularly,
they have designed special concepts like ‘Hanami,’ an in-
teractive exhibition inspired by Japanese ancient flower
viewing ritual, and ‘Thank You Heroes’ when the COVID-19
pandemic became less severe to express gratitude to medi-
cal practitioners.
Among all the concepts, ‘Mekong’ is their favorite one.
Inspired by the culturally-rich Mekong Delta, Dear TeaHouse
cooperated with Ecolotus, the first Vietnamese company
that pioneers in preserving the lotus using technology and
environmentally friendly materials, and created an immer-
sive installation-art experience crafted with innovative use
of dried lotus flowers and leaves. With the help of Sai-
gon-based Dem Trang Studio and its artists, an upside-down
‘lotus pond’ rose in the central area of the teahouse. During
the exhibition, over 250 lotus-related products were
wrapped in gold to create a warm and cozy atmosphere.

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