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Modern China Tea Shop: Cool hangout for yuppies in Chairman Mao's Hunan

  • China
  • 5 min read
  • Dec 02, 2019
  • By Hua Nan

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The tea house in Changsha, the provincial capital of Hunan, is creating a storm in a teacup, serving tea lattes that go viral across China

If you travel to Changsha, the capital of Chairman Mao’s home province of Hunan, you might witness China's latest tea revolution with long queues of young locals outside Modern China Tea Shop (MCTS).
The tea house is a "hot" talking point on China's leading social media platform Weibo. Fans living in other towns are even willing to pay Changsha locals RMB 13–16, almost the price of the drink itself, to buy and take pictures of their favorite tea lattes to post on social media. The insta-proxies have kickstarted a new online business for Changsha tea drinkers and influencers.
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