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Tea House Luang Prabang brews their own recipe for success. TRANSLATED BY JASON ROLAN PHOTOGRAPHS BY DUANGTAVANH OUDOMCHITH
MORE INFO Tea House Luang Prabang is located in Xang Khong Village, Luang Prabang. facebook.com/teahouse. luangprabang, or contact 0305258411 to learn more about soapmaking and papermaking classes
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t our tea shop, we want our customers to enjoy the same cuisine that our family eats every  day,'' says the Duangdala family, who created The Tea House Luang Prabang in order to serve food and beverages, especially healthy and organic teas. Tea House Luang Prabang is a cafe located only about two kilometers away from the city center in the famous handicraft village, Ban Xang Khong. The shop is decked out in wooden furniture and surrounded by a lush green garden, which makes it a refreshing place to visit. Inside the shop are locally made items for demonstration and for
sale. Herb gardens and 1 trees located behind the shop offer shady respite and relaxation. This family loves drinking tea and eating healthy food, and hope to spread their message by offering the best service to their customers. The shop collects the best teas from many places in Laos, including 400-year-old tea from Phongsaly, a white tea from Paksong, and a home-grown mulberry tea. The shop grows, roasts, and then dries the mulberry tea leaves themselves. Mulberry tea has a gentle sweetness, and when you drink it, you feel calm and relaxed. The shop offers various cold teas to try, such as rosella tea, which is sweet, tangy, and refreshing after a day of exploring the city. Another popular tea at the shop is a roasted lemongrass and pandan leaf tea, which is
