Retired policewoman opens teahouse to spotlight English porcelain collection

Retired policewoman opens teahouse to spotlight English porcelain collection

2024-04-09

Retired policewoman Wu Shu-nu traveled often between England and Taiwan to see her daughter, who studied in the U.K. After leaving the force, she fulfilled a lifelong dream to open an English teahouse. There she proudly displays antique porcelain she collected from Buckingham Palace in the small 10 ping space like a miniature museum, attracting visitors even from abroad.

Everything on display at this teahouse was collected by the owner, Wu Shu-nu. She’s intimately familiar with every piece.

The plates, full tea services and everything in-between came all the way from England to a find home in Wu’s personal collection. She now uses them to serve her customers.

Wu Shu-nu
Teahouse owner
The aristocracy all used porcelain, bone china. Bone china is made of at least 30% bone ash. The more ash you use, the more beautiful and translucent it becomes.

Wu was a police officer for more than 20 years, serving with the mounted unit. She displays her old uniform in the teahouse, as its style perfectly echoes that of the King’s Life Guard in England.

Wu Shu-nu
Teahouse owner
Although we have a culture of afternoon tea, it’s seldom performed with such elegance or luxurious leisure. So I figured I should bring that back to Taiwan to share with everyone.

With the antique porcelain on display at this replica English teahouse, every piece a treasure in its own right, there’s no need to fly across oceans to experience authentic British tea culture.

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退休女警開茶館! 收藏白金漢宮骨董瓷器

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台中退休員警吳淑女，因為女兒在英國倫敦念書，時常台灣英國兩頭跑，警察退休之後，一圓開店夢，打造了一間英國風的小茶館，在10坪不到的空間，擺放了來自英國白金漢宮瓷器收藏，就像小型的博物館，吸引不少外國遊客前來。

茶館裡的收藏擺設，都出自老闆娘吳淑女之手，對於陳列的瓷器，她更是如數家珍。

精美的瓷器從盤子到茶壺茶杯，遠度重洋來自英國，都是吳淑女的收藏，她用這些瓷器沖茶給客人品嚐。

[[茶館業者吳淑女]]
“貴族都是使用瓷器，都是骨瓷，骨瓷就是要有30%的骨粉下去做，越高的骨粉做出來的瓷器，會越漂亮越通透。”

吳淑女從警超過20年，曾在騎警隊服務過，還把制服搬到茶館，剛好騎警隊意象跟英國王家騎警能互相呼應。也因為女兒在英國念書，疫情期間孩子生病，她決定遠赴英國陪伴，動了退休的念頭，就此展開新的人生。

[[茶館業者吳淑女]]
“雖然是一個午茶文化，但是他們很少可以把它詮釋得這麼的優雅，這麼悠閒，所以我覺得應該要帶回來，跟台灣的朋友分享。”

復刻英式小茶館，陳列古董瓷器，每一件都是珍寶，不用遠飛英國，就能體會當地的午茶文化。

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