With Taiwan’s compact size and its modern transport and communication infrastructure, one can easily visit a tea grower anywhere on the island in less than a day’s journey by car, rail, plane or bus.
Sophie Lin, operator of the Wisteria Teahouse in Taipei organized a press tour in July 2016 to introduce three of her tea suppliers in northern Taiwan. Each is, in her words, a “traditiona
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Dear Frank,
Thanks you very much for your in-depth article talking about Taiwan Oolong. As what you wrote in “Still Steeping” comparing with Oolong from India and from Taiwan, you pointed it out clearly that these were 2 different approaches. While Taiwan was making Oolong in its traditional way, India/Nepal (and nowadays also Sri Lanka) was using the ways of making black tea with some amendments, and the outcome was surely different.
It’s a pleasure to be in tea biz (producing, selling, exporting), and it’s also my strong hope to let tea lovers around the world know the “typical” Oolong tea (afterall, what we do in TW is something past down by generations for nearly 200 years). I write many articles in my Linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-h-903358256/) and hope to share with more people.
Thanks again for your great work!
Best Regards
Sean