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Taiwan's Oriental Beauty black tea wins UK three-star award; pilot Chang Chia-chi becomes a tea-making champion
According to a report in "Wealth Magazine", on Chang Chia-chi's business card and tea bags there is a sailing ship with a teapot as its hull, printed with "Formo Cha TAIWAN 1869". Why 1869? "Because that year was the starting point for Taiwan tea to stand on the world stage." He stared at the round label with two stars reading "Great Test 2020" on the tea can and smiled: "The 2021 label hasn't arrived yet. It took me 3 years to finish drawing this ship!"
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The First Cup of Black Tea in Spring: The Flavor and History of Kenya's Tea Gardens in Africa
Since the Zhou Dynasty over 3,000 years ago, the Chinese people and tea have been inseparable. But you may never have imagined that Kenya, far away on the African continent, is actually the country that exports the most tea. And the story of Kenyans and tea begins with two Englishmen a century ago... The first tea plant a century ago. Kenya's tea history
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The History of Tea in Taiwan: From Wild Mountain Tea to Export Plantations
Tea is a beverage made from the leaves of the tea plant. Whether the tea plant (Camellia sinensis) originated in China is not yet settled, but tea culture originated in China. Chinese people understood how to drink tea very early on; tea was originally a medicine, and later became a beverage. China
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Hsinchu County Oriental Beauty Tea Festival Kicks Off This Weekend, Tea Seat Experience Plus Camellia Oil Tea Banquet
The Emei Township Oriental Beauty Tea Festival and Camellia Oil Industry Promotion Fair in Hsinchu County will be held this weekend (the 13th and 14th) at the Chike Mountain Bitter Tea Oil Tea Workshop. The Emei Township Office and Farmers' Association have carefully prepared activities such as the "Tea Seat Experience Under the Pomelo Trees," the "Bitter Tea Oil Tea Banquet," and the "Building an Oriental Beauty Tea Bar" specialty drinks,
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Exploring Emei, Hsinchu: The Home of Oriental Beauty Tea
The Taiwanese drama "Gold Leaf" portrays how tea merchants, in a difficult era, brought Taiwan's unique tea industry to the international stage, and the drama has once again drawn everyone's attention to "Hsinchu, China", the production area of Puff Tea featured in the show. Here there is not only the filming location from the drama, but also a cultural center dedicated to promoting tea across generations. The center displays many
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Beyond the bug-bitten Dongfang Meiren: Recreating Beipu's Four-Season Tea Calendar
One bud and two leaves, shriveled and curled. Most tea farmers dread pests and diseases, yet the tea farmers of Beipu and Emei in Hsinchu are happier the more severe it gets, because this is the good news of "zhuoxian" (bug-bitten). "Xian means saliva, but the spelling that matches the original Hakka meaning should actually be 'zhuoyan' (catching smoke), because bitten tea leaves turn red, and the whole tea garden looks
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AI doesn't just pick potatoes, it also grew a winter oolong tea champion
Minghsin University of Science and Technology in Hsinchu County used AI artificial intelligence technology to guide tea farmers in improving the tea growing environment and the production and roasting process. Unexpectedly, the results exceeded all expectations, and it unexpectedly won the top prize in this year's oolong tea evaluation held by the Lugu Farmers' Association in Nantou. It showed people that computers not only "can pick potatoes, but can also grow tea leaves," and there are plans to further promote the technology in the future.
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Busy Tea Harvest in Shengzhuang Town, Shandong Province, with Annual Output Value Reaching 230 Million Yuan
Tea planted in Shengzhuang Town, Taishan District, Tai'an City, Shandong Province, has recently entered its harvest season, and tea farmers are busy picking and processing tea. The tea industry is an important source of income for farmers in the mountainous area of northern Shengzhuang Town. The town currently has more than 8,000 mu of tea gardens, with an annual output value of about 230 million yuan.
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Taiwan's Pouchong Tea King Emerges! New Taipei Good Tea Pouchong Results Announced
During the COVID-19 pandemic across Taiwan, the New Taipei Good Tea Spring Pouchong Tea Evaluation became one of the few competitions to be held smoothly as scheduled, and its results are now out. Farmer Zhong Wenqing from Pinglin District stood out and won the top prize, the honor of "Pouchong Tea King." In addition, in response to the severe pandemic this year, the Pinglin District Farmers' Association also responded to the stay-at-home economy by listing the Wenshan Pouchong Tea spring competition tea on the "Pinglin District Farmers' Association - Taiwan Yellow Pages" mall for sale. Free shipping is available on purchases of 2,000 yuan or more, allowing people to stay at home and still safely enjoy seasonal tea delivered directly from the place of origin. It is currently the spring tea production season. Due to the severe COVID-19 pandemic, all kinds of local specialty tea evaluations across Taiwan have been affected. In consideration of epidemic prevention, measures such as postponement or cancellation have been adopted. Because Wenshan Pouchong Tea is an important local specialty tea of New Taipei City, and Pinglin District is the main production area of pouchong tea, accounting for 60% of the city's output, the "New Taipei Good Tea - Wenshan Pouchong Tea Evaluation" held every spring and winter production season is the largest-scale evaluation competition in northern Taiwan. However, because either cancellation or postponement would seriously affect tea farmers, in order to protect farmers' livelihoods, the New Taipei City Agriculture Department guided the evaluation organizer, the Pinglin District Office, to formulate relevant epidemic prevention guidelines for the evaluation process. The evaluation process strictly followed the epidemic prevention regulations of the Central Epidemic Command Center. The number of people in the evaluation space was reduced to fewer than 5, and it was not open to the public, ensuring epidemic prevention while also protecting tea farmers' livelihoods.<br /> <img alt="" src="/uploads/allimg/210610/1-2106102022533M.jpg" style="width: 600px; height: 400px;" /></div> <div> </div> <div> After the beginning of spring this year, cold air continued to move southward. The cool temperatures allowed the tea leaves to grow fully, and the harvest period coincided with dry weather, increasing spring tea output. Therefore, this year's spring evaluation had a total of 1,517 tea entries. It took judges 9 days to conduct tasting and screening, and finally Zhong Wenqing, a farmer born in 1967 from the fifth tea production and marketing class in Pinglin District, took home the spring Tea King title.</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> Zhong Wenqing left Taipei in 2016 and returned to Pinglin to take over the family tea-making business. Although he is a fourth-generation tea maker, because he had no contact with tea production before returning home, he also learned from scratch under Chen Wenqing, chairman of the Pinglin Farmers' Association. In just 5 years, he honed a fine tea-making skill, and in recent years he also began to appear in Wenshan Pouchong Tea evaluations. From winning first prize in last year's (2020) winter evaluation, this year not only did all the tea samples he entered win awards, he also brought home the top prize honor. Zhong Wenqing said, "Only healthy tea trees can produce good tea. Of course, tea-making involves a lot of knowledge, and I am still learning." At present, Zhong Wenqing's tea garden area is about 2 hectares, mainly producing Wenshan Pouchong Tea, with an annual output of about 800 jin.</div> <div> </div> <div> Chen Guoren, former director of the Tea Research and Extension Station under the Council of Agriculture, now retired and holding a tea-tasting license, said that the production process of Wenshan Pouchong Tea greatly tests technique. It is necessary to control the color, aroma and taste of the tea liquor through the degree of fermentation of the tea leaves. Therefore, the withering and stirring process determines the quality of the tea, and this year's top prize winner was excellent in color, aroma and taste.</div> <div>⟦NL> </div> <div> Li Wen, director of the New Taipei City Agriculture Department, said that due to the severe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, in order to protect tea farmers' income, the Pinglin District Office was guided to formulate an epidemic prevention plan for the evaluation, and the manpower at the competition venue was also simplified so that the evaluation could be held smoothly. If people want to drink good tea, they can go to the Pinglin District Farmers' Association's "Pinglin District Farmers' Association - Taiwan Yellow Pages" mall to buy seasonal competition tea. The website currently offers a promotion with free shipping on purchases of 2,000 yuan or more, making it more convenient for friends who love the floral aroma of pouchong tea to obtain fresh good tea delivered directly from the place of origin.</div> <div> </div>
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Yuchi Township Black Tea Competition Is Not Just About Roasting and Processing - It Is Also About Integrated Picking and Processing
To coach tea farmers in improving their tea-making skills and quality, the Yuchi Township Farmers' Association chose to hold a large-leaf black tea picking and processing competition at the Yuchi Branch of the Tea Research and Extension Station. A total of 37 tea farmers from Xinyi Township, Ren'ai Township, Zhushan Township tea areas, and various townships and cities across the county registered to participate. Among the contestants
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