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Mountains can be seen everywhere in Taiwan.
Strolling in the mountains, you will experience Taiwanese tea culture on hundred-year-old trails.
Experience tea picking and tea making in the plantations. Smell the aroma, sip a cup of soothing tea, listen to birds chirping in the woods, and take in the traditional culture slowly, quietly.
Tea tours in Taiwan cover the island’s tea farms from the north to the south, including Pouchong tea, Emei Oriental Beauty tea, Yuchi Assam black tea, Ali Mountain (Alishan) high mountain tea and Ruisui honey black tea. Enjoy the diverse and beautiful tea fields.
Pouchong tea usually refers to semi-fermented tea. After the process of tea-making is finished, 150 grams of tea leaves are wrapped with two pieces of rectangular Chinese writing paper into a square pack containing a seal of the name of the tea and its maker. Thus, it gained the name “pouchong” which means “wrapped kind” in Chinese.
Wenshan District in Taipei City grows some of the best pouchong teas, since it has fertile soil and the surrounding mountains contribute to the cool and moist climate all year round.
●New Taipei City Wulai District Office at：www.wulai.gov.tw
It is said that in the old days, the Queen of England was amazed by this type of tea’s unique flavor and named it “oriental beauty”. In Taiwan, it is called champagne oolong tea, pekoe tea, oolong tea or pong hong tea.
The harvest season is limited to the summer. Bitten by the tea green leafhopper (Jacobiasca Formosana), the leaves do not grow after the summer. The leaves can be fermented and baked into rich, yet sweet tea with a honey or ripe fruit aroma. The unique cultivation process is essential to its quality.
● The period between June and August is the oriental beauty tea harvest season. A tea-making contest is also held during this period. ● Tea making experience is limited by season and prior appointment is necessary. ● Tri-Mountain National Scenic Area Administration, Website：www.trimt-nsa.gov.tw, Tel： 04-2331-2678
The Alishan area is well-known both for its scenery and tea making, and the high mountain tea grown there represents Taiwan.
High altitude brings a cold climate and large temperature differences between the day and night. This climate slows the growth of tea trees that and irrigation from mountain springs produce tea leaves that are thick and tender, and stems that are soft. Alishan oolong tea and jinxuan tea are fragrant, rich, and lingering in terms of smell and taste. Their superior quality helps them win championships regularly in national tea competitions, earning them the international reputation of being “the best teas in Taiwan.”
●The tea party, tea making tour, DIY activities and attractions are by prior appointment only. ●The tea party, tea making tour, DIY activities and attractions are by prior appointment only. ●Ali Mountain (Alishan) National Scenic Area Administration, Website：www.ali-nsa.net Tel：05-259-3900
The East Rift Valley, the so-called last untouched land in Taiwan, has promoted pesticide-free organic farming in recent years, and produces excellent-quality honey-flavored black tea after leaves are sucked by tea green leafhoppers (Jacobiasca Formosana). Premium honey tea has a strong aroma of fruit, honey, and flowers. One sip distributes the subtle aroma in the mouth. In 2006, Ruisui Township in Hualien County won the gold medal in a world tea competition among more than 700 varieties of tea from 15 countries. ● East Rift Valley National Scenic Area Administration, Website： www.erv-nsa.gov.tw, Tel：03-887-5306
The East Rift Valley, the so-called last untouched land in Taiwan, has promoted pesticide-free organic farming in recent years, and produces excellent-quality honey-flavored black tea after leaves are sucked by tea green leafhoppers (Jacobiasca Formosana).
Premium honey tea has a strong aroma of fruit, honey, and flowers. One sip distributes the subtle aroma in the mouth. In 2006, Ruisui Township in Hualien County won the gold medal in a world tea competition among more than 700 varieties of tea from 15 countries.
● East Rift Valley National Scenic Area Administration, Website： www.erv-nsa.gov.tw, Tel：03-887-5306
During the Japanese occupation period, superior tea seeds were imported from India to Yuchi (fish pond) Township in Nantou County by the Japanese government. Since then, Yuchi has been an ideal area to cultivate black tea. During the Japanese colonial era, tea produced in Yuchi, was served to the Japanese Emperor. Tea trees of the first generation are over 80 years of age, and the black tea is beautiful, colorful, and fragrant with the sweet aroma of flowers. The mellow taste lingers and makes the black tea a treasure. ● The Tea Culture Exhibition Hall accepts group visits on weekdays, but by appointment only. ● The Tea Culture Exhibition Hall accepts group visits on weekdays, but by appointment only. ● Sun Moon Lake National Scenic Area Administration, Website：www.sunmoonlake.gov.tw Tel：049-285-5668
During the Japanese occupation period, superior tea seeds were imported from India to Yuchi (fish pond) Township in Nantou County by the Japanese government. Since then, Yuchi has been an ideal area to cultivate black tea. During the Japanese colonial era, tea produced in Yuchi, was served to the Japanese Emperor.
Tea trees of the first generation are over 80 years of age, and the black tea is beautiful, colorful, and fragrant with the sweet aroma of flowers. The mellow taste lingers and makes the black tea a treasure.
● The Tea Culture Exhibition Hall accepts group visits on weekdays, but by appointment only. ● The Tea Culture Exhibition Hall accepts group visits on weekdays, but by appointment only. ● Sun Moon Lake National Scenic Area Administration, Website：www.sunmoonlake.gov.tw Tel：049-285-5668