The Taiwanese Tea Industry
Today, Taiwan produces some of the best wulong teas in the world, and almost all the production is consumed locally. To satisfy demand, and despite an 18 percent tax on tea brought in from outside the territory, Taiwan imports more than three times as much tea as it exports each yean This commercial activity extends beyond the island's borders, as some Taiwanese businessmen are now investing in tea production in Vietnam, Thailand and China. The Taiwanese inherited a genuine art of tea tasting from the Chinese through the gong fu cha ceremony, a simple and refined ritual that uses a...