Wisteria Tearoom, Taipei
Taiwan Beauty harvest dates Luckily for us, our crop was…
Taiwan Beauty harvest dates
Luckily for us, our crop was harvested June 6th, between the peak dates called ‘Mang Zhong’, which is between June 1st – 12th
The story goes that a tea farmer in Taiwan whose crop was…
The story goes that a tea farmer in Taiwan whose crop was devastated by little leaf hoppers sold his ‘ugly’ tea anyway, and at surprising reception. His villagers refused to believe that he’s made a fortune so unconventionally, and abused it as Pong Fong Cha, the bullshit tea. Later, the Queen of England gave it an alternate name of Taiwan Beauty.
The farmers I visited today, the Yangs, were quite honest. The crop made in early June was very very limited and was submitted to the competition. Through some error the entire crop was rejected and sent back. They would rather sell me the more abundant September crop, but, they admitted, there were no leaf hoppers in Sept. And they worry if any of it would sell, for those bugs are the secret to the fabulous taste of Taiwan Beauty. I was highly sympathetic, but bought that limited summer crop anyway, competition error or not. One’s palate beats one’s heart and sense of sympathy!
Mr Yang enlightens us to the fact that his Taiwan Beauty,…
Mr Yang enlightens us to the fact that his Taiwan Beauty, frequently award winning, gets a darker red infusion after infusion. Instead of getting lighter after each infusion, it actually gets longer, and, said Mr Yang, steep it 20 times!!
Harvest Party part 1
May 11th is the current official date for the first Harvest Party of this spring, will be tasting countless new teas, including the Qing Ming pre-rain Dragonwell, which is like giving everyone a gold bullion each time we have a tasting. So we can only do it once. email us if you wish to attend, and for those who don’t live near our teashop for this special occasion, we will make some special…
Fast vs Slow
What’s fast in China: Courier services. Sometimes, one can send a small package to another city, say, Shenzhen to Guangzhou, and receive it on the same day.
What’s slow: Banking. They can never figure out the Central Government policy what to do when. For some time there is retaliation with the US currency, so the banks are not allowed to freely make currency conversions. For example, I wire…