Lovely Experience at Jin Yun Fu Tea Shop in NYC

I had a lovely experience at Jin Yun Fu Tea Shop in Manhattan. I attended their Mid-Autumn Festival Tea Gathering in early October 2025 with three members of my family.

The Space

Jin Yun Fu relocated about a year ago. They are now on W 29th Street in Manhattan (New York City).

Traci (a.k.a. Tea Infusiast) wearing a black shirt with white stripes and jeans and sunglasses in front of the sign for "Jin Yun Fu Tea Shop"

The teashop is below street level, but natural light still streams in through the big windows in the front of the shop.

Inside, there are long, wooden tea tables and gorgeous teaware. It’s a very calming and harmonious space. It’s much more spacious than their previous location, too.

Clay pear shaped teapot on a piece of slate at Jin Yun Fu Tea Shop in NYC

lovely kettles and teaware at Jin Yun Fu

The Event

My daughter and I met up with my son and daughter-in-law to attend Jin Yun Fu’s Mid-Autumn Festival Tea Gathering. It featured three different teas.

Traci Levy--a white woman with silver hair and green glasses wearing a black t-shirt and sliding tea into a clay teapot at Jin Yun Fu

I was honored to brew the tea for our group. What a thrill and lovely experience to have access to such beautiful teaware and accessories in that space! (The photo of me brewing tea was taken by my daughter, Clara.)

Jin Yun Fu staff refilled our kettles, exchanged our teaware, and brought us tea. Throughout the event, the tea master, Olivia, would stop by to tell us about the teas, hear what we thought, and check in. She was so nice and helpful! When she told me she loved how “gentle” I was when serving the tea, it made my week!

I also had the pleasure of meeting someone that follows me (and vice versa) on Instagram. She recognized me from seeing my photo!

The Teas

The three teas we brewed at Jin Yun Fu were:

Honey Orchid Phoenix Dan Cong Oolong
Menghai Ripe Pu’Er （aged since 2010)
Tong Mu Guan Qi Zhong Black Tea

It was so fun to be in a group, tasting these different teas over numerous steeps, and having the wonderful conversations that always flow over good tea!

Although there were things I enjoyed about each tea, the Dan Cong and the black tea were my favorites. (Pu’er is just not my tea, so far. Though there were some beautifully creamy notes and a lovely mouthfeel for the Menghai.) My other family members split over which of those two they preferred most.