三徑就荒Hermit's Hut — Restaurant in Xinyi District

Tucked away on a small side street near Taipei City Hall is Hermit’s Hut, a beautiful Taiwanese tea place and gallery space. They have a lot of selection of Taiwanese tea on their menu as well as a few Taiwanese tea-based cocktails, which you can get with or without alcohol.

I ordered a hot Taiwanese oolong tea from the mountains of Taichung, which I really enjoyed. The staff gave me the English version of the description of the tea and how to drink it. She also did a little demonstration to show me how to pour the tea and drink it. After finishing the tea I tried one of their cocktails - a pineapple cocktail with Taiwanese tea, which was refreshing after drinking several cups of hot tea and perfect before going back out into the heat and humidity. Hermit’s Hut also has a gallery space where they showcase work by different Taiwanese artists.

Overall, the staff was friendly, the tea and cocktail were good and the space was traditional and beautiful. The whole experience reminded me of my favorite Japanese tea place in Tokyo called Sakurai Tea Experience, which you should check out if you enjoy Hermit’s...

An atmospheric, transformative tea experience worth every moment there! Expensive teas with a 10% service charge but worthwhile for any tea lovers out there. Recommend the oriental beauty tea (600nt) with such a light aromatic fragrance of litchi and honey the natural sweetness of the leaves is divine! They have some snacks too, we tried the steamed osmanthus rice cake with black sesame! Pairs well with tea but personally wouldn't reorder again, as the focus is tea itself the inside is spectacularly gorgeous, with beautiful teapots, cups and ceramics, excellent customer service, lovely quiet music, and many beautiful corners and sleek cream colored walls with natural wood and stone elements for photo taking! Would come again!

The minimum order per person is 250nt but this can be divided amongst total order and all teas are priced by pot, and can be re-brewed...

Absolutely gorgeous tea house with friendly, knowledgeable, and professional staff. You can really feel the Taiwanese hospitality while witnessing the zen and grace of the traditional art of drinking tea.

The bilingual staff are happy to give you a demo of the tea drinking process which goes as follows:

1. The tea leaves are first heated over coals to bring out the aroma.

2. All of the tea ware is first heated/cleansed with boiling water. Smelling the tea leaves’ aroma is a large part of the process and when they are placed in the hot, dry, cups yet another scent is revealed.

3. The first batch of tea is brewed. Each type of tea comes with brewing instructions on an informational card (in English and 中文) that also points out the different aromas, flavors, and aftertastes of the tea throughout five different brews.

Such a wonderful and...