Chai Chitai Tea House & Shisha Canggu — Restaurant in Bali

A lovely space to drink tea, read a book, reflect yourself. However, if you don't smoke, it can be a turn off as there are many smokers in the place.

To me, this place felt like a magic because it had what I needed (gong fu set & sheng pu'er). I saw the book I've been wanting to read even before I sat on a table 😳

I finished the entire book while sipping the tea (ordered sheng pu'er, seminyak).

The staffs, the guests, everyone in the venue was respecting another person's space.

P.s. I didn't feel any chaqi/ tea energy from drinking seminyak sheng puer. The leaves I tasted were flat. I suspect it didn't get stored properly.

This can be a problematic to an avid tea drinker. However, just for sipping, this place will do. Overall, a good place to enjoy tea 😊

My response to the owner's reply: The storage method exactly explains the stale taste. Dark tea (sheng, shou, liubao, etc.) needs oxygen and a certain level of moisture keep the microbes alive inside of the tea. These teas go through microbal ripening processing (but tea drinkers just say as fermentation).

From Camellia Sinensis, no or minimal oxidation (green tea) oxidation (white, yellow, oolong, black) microbial ripening ( sheng, shou, heicha from China) fermantaion (miang from Thailand, goishicha from Japan, cheongtaejeon from Korea).

Any sheng store in a zipbag away from oxigen and moisture will go stale. Once the tea goes stale and dead, it's hard to bring it...

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