One cup of Mulan tea, one Mulan Maison
In Hangzhou, MULAN TEA STORY® now has a physical home of its own.
MULAN MAISON · HANGZHOU
Mulan Maison is not a larger tea shop.
It is our spatial expression of a cup of tea, an object, a way of Eastern living, and
of the MULAN TEA STORY® brand world.
From tea to objects; from product to culture; from one tea gathering to the meeting of people.
Here, Mulan no longer exists only in packaging, in images and in stories.
It becomes a space you can walk into.
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GLASS OUTSIDE. TEA WITHIN.
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Glass outside. Tea within.
The building opens to the city, and people slow down within it.
Glass lets the building and the city see each other.
And a cup of tea lets time take on its own pace again.
The city outside, the East within.
This, too, is the spatial relationship MULAN MAISON · HANGZHOU seeks to express.
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TEA
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This place first belongs to tea.
The land, season, making, objects and drinking of a cup of tea all deserve to be taken seriously.
Begin with a cup of tea, and come to know Mulan’s choices about tea.
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OBJECTS
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A gaiwan, a teacup, a glass fairness cup.
Objects give a cup of tea its shape, and give time a scale that can be touched.
White porcelain, glass and contemporary design together form today’s Mulan tea table.
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ART
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We hope art is not decoration within the space.
It should enter into relationship with the architecture, the objects, the tea and people’s feeling.
So that Eastern culture is not only seen, but can enter today’s life.
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CULTURE
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Mulan is an Eastern cultural name that spans a thousand years.
Today, we do not wish merely to repeat an ancient story.
We care more about:
Courage. Choice. Growth. Love. Return.
That spirit belonging to Mulan also belongs to everyone today walking their own path.
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HOSPITALITY
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Tea ultimately returns to what is between people.
For friends, for family, for important guests, and for an encounter worth taking seriously.
Keep a seat at the tea table.
Sometimes the finest hospitality needs very few words.
A good cup of tea already expresses what is meant.
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EXPERIENCE
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MULAN MAISON · HANGZHOU is not merely a place where products are displayed.
We hope tea, objects, space, culture, content and new ways of experiencing can naturally connect here.
You can come and drink a cup of tea.
Look at an object.
Meet a story.
Or simply sit down,
and let the city stay outside the glass for a while.
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ONE HOUSE. THREE TEMPOS.
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One Mulan Maison, three tempos of tea.
F1 · TEA
Back to the cup of tea itself.
Begin with tea, and come to know the origin of Mulan’s tea.
F2 · TEA & COFFEE
The East and the world meet at the same table.
The calm of tea, the wakefulness of coffee.
F3 · TEA & SPIRITS
When night arrives, tea begins another way of speaking.
Tea into spirits.
To the distance, and to the return.
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A CUP OF TEA, FROM PRODUCT TO SPACE
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A brand can be seen.
A product can be owned.
But some things can only be felt once you truly step into a space.
Light.
Material.
The fragrance of tea.
Objects.
The distance between people.
And the change time undergoes once you sit down.
So, for a cup of tea, we have kept a space.
A cup of tea is Mulan’s starting point.
A Maison is a door into Mulan’s world.
In Hangzhou,
drink a cup of Mulan tea,
and step into a Mulan Maison.
MULAN MAISON · HANGZHOU
One cup of Mulan tea, one Mulan Maison
MULAN TEA STORY®
GO FAR. RETURN TO YOURSELF.
