Tea History in Taiwan
ALTHOUGH TAIWAN IS A FAIRLY RECENT TEA GROWING COUNTRY COMPARED TO CHINA, WHICH HAS A 5,000 YEAR-OLD HISTORY OF TEA CULTIVATION, THE WEATHER AND AS WELL AS THE EXPERTISE INHERITED FROM THE CHINESE, HAVE ENCOURAGED THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH QUALITY PRODUCTION IN THE COUNTRY. TODAY, THE RICH FLORAL FRAGRANCES OF THE HIGH-ALTITUDE TEAS AND THE LUXURIOUS TEXTURE OF THEIR SMALL HARVESTS DELIGHT THE PALATES OF THE MOST DISCERNING ENTHUSIASTS. Taiwan is a small island situated some 90 miles (150 km) off the coast of China, and its history is inevitably Jinked to the latter; especially as far as the culture...