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旅のテーマ:A Quest to Find the Best Cup of Tea in Taiwan: a four-day exploration of the tea culture in Taiwan
リーダー:Ching-Yu Lin 林青萸(台湾)
メンバー:Benjamin van Boxtel (アメリカ合衆国)
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Saturday, August 1, 2009 03:30 AM - 05:30 AM
Sunrise at Alishan
In Alishan, we woke up at 3:30am to catch the sunrise over Alishan (Ali Mountain.) We also saw the phenomenon described as "ocean of clouds." When the sun rises from the high mountains which surrounded by the ocean of clouds, the beauty of nature brought us the most priceless joy.
Please check Althea's Wretch blog Day 4-1 Alishan-the Ocean of Clouds and Sunrise for Chinese travelogue.
Saturday, August 1, 2009 06:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Hiking in Alishan National Forest Park
We then hiked about 15 km through Alishan National Forest, along trails and roads in the forest, stopping by many temples and little vendors in the park. Alishan is famous for the thousands-years-old enormous giant cypress tree! We are so tiny while standing under a 3000 years old cypress tree.
Please check Althea's Wretch blog Day 4-2 Hiking in Alishan National Forest Park for Chinese travelogue.
Saturday, August 1, 2009 11:30 AM - 02:00 PM
Alishan High Mountain Tea and Tsou Culture
We arranged to tour a local tea farmer near Alishan Forest National Park. He was a very generous man and after allowing to sample various teas of his, including some very, very aged and rare teas he made 16-25 years ago!
The tea master hopped in our car and navigated us to some remote tea farms in the mountains. He and his wife also brought us to their very remote and exclusive 2-room Bed & Breakfast in the mountains. The tea master also showed us his second and very successful business venture: bamboo charcoal. His wife, of the Tsou culture, taught some interesting things about her culture, and shared some pictures with us of a recent tribal ceremony they had.
Please check Althea's Wretch blog Day 4-3 Alishan Tea and Tsou Culture for Chinese travelogue.
Saturday, August 1, 2009 05:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Modern Tea and Food
On our way back to Taipei, we stopped through Taichung, one of Taiwan’s largest and most exciting cities. We went to two very popular and trendy establishments: a very swanky new-age tea house and a very delicious restaurant that serves all dishes with tea incorporated as an ingredient.
Tea is everywhere in Taiwan. Taiwanese love tea, drink tea, eat tea, and enjoy tea in various modern way. Chun Shui Tang Cultural Tea House is a very good example to elaborate modern tea culture in Taiwan. It combines Chinese flower arrangement, painting, music and culture with tea. There are various kinds of tea leaves and tea snack here. All we need to do was to decide what to order! The tea we got was Tie-Guan-Yin milk tea with "pearls" (the little black tapioca balls). These "pearls" are something you must try in its home, Taiwan.
Cha for Tea is another good place to try tea and tea food in Taiwan. Owned by the Ten Ren Tea Company, this restaurant brand aims to develop a "new tea culture" by modernizing ancient Chinese tea culture in their tea, food, and decoration. Their tea drink, tea snack, and tea food are all have tea as an ingredient. Everything on the menu here adopts modern health concept and is SUPER delicious!
Please check Althea's Wretch blog Day 4-4 Modern Tea and Food in Taichungfor Chinese travelogue.
Saturday, August 1, 2009 08:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Feng-Chia Night Market in Taichung
Everyone who goes to Taiwan has to experience the night market scene. Fortunately for us, were finally able to fit in a night market adventure into our busy itinerary. And what better place to do it than in Taichung! The tea drink is a very popular item in night market. There are tea drink shops, venders, and restaurants everywhere, and you can find all kinds of bubble tea in various flavors. It's hard to make decision once you can combine different kinds of tea with honey, plum, yogurt, chocolate, milk, pudding, konjac, agar, taro, tapioca, or various fruits. Not just Tea, night markets are famous for their vender foods and pop-cultural fashion industry. Once you enter a night market, surrounded by sounds, smells, lights, and flavors, you will truly have the most exciting sensory overload feeling.
This content was originally formatted for our Taiwan Trip Website. Please visit our site here to see the content as it was originally intended, divided into three segments for easier reading, along with many other full sized photos. Thanks! Just please come back here to vote! :)
Sunrise at Alishan
In Alishan, we woke up at 3:30am to catch the sunrise over Alishan (Ali Mountain.) We also saw the phenomenon described as "ocean of clouds." When the sun rises from the high mountains which surrounded by the ocean of clouds, the beauty of nature brought us the most priceless joy.
Please check Althea's Wretch blog Day 4-1 Alishan-the Ocean of Clouds and Sunrise for Chinese travelogue.
Saturday, August 1, 2009 06:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Hiking in Alishan National Forest Park
We then hiked about 15 km through Alishan National Forest, along trails and roads in the forest, stopping by many temples and little vendors in the park. Alishan is famous for the thousands-years-old enormous giant cypress tree! We are so tiny while standing under a 3000 years old cypress tree.
Please check Althea's Wretch blog Day 4-2 Hiking in Alishan National Forest Park for Chinese travelogue.
Saturday, August 1, 2009 11:30 AM - 02:00 PM
Alishan High Mountain Tea and Tsou Culture
We arranged to tour a local tea farmer near Alishan Forest National Park. He was a very generous man and after allowing to sample various teas of his, including some very, very aged and rare teas he made 16-25 years ago!
The tea master hopped in our car and navigated us to some remote tea farms in the mountains. He and his wife also brought us to their very remote and exclusive 2-room Bed & Breakfast in the mountains. The tea master also showed us his second and very successful business venture: bamboo charcoal. His wife, of the Tsou culture, taught some interesting things about her culture, and shared some pictures with us of a recent tribal ceremony they had.
Please check Althea's Wretch blog Day 4-3 Alishan Tea and Tsou Culture for Chinese travelogue.
Saturday, August 1, 2009 05:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Modern Tea and Food
On our way back to Taipei, we stopped through Taichung, one of Taiwan’s largest and most exciting cities. We went to two very popular and trendy establishments: a very swanky new-age tea house and a very delicious restaurant that serves all dishes with tea incorporated as an ingredient.
Tea is everywhere in Taiwan. Taiwanese love tea, drink tea, eat tea, and enjoy tea in various modern way. Chun Shui Tang Cultural Tea House is a very good example to elaborate modern tea culture in Taiwan. It combines Chinese flower arrangement, painting, music and culture with tea. There are various kinds of tea leaves and tea snack here. All we need to do was to decide what to order! The tea we got was Tie-Guan-Yin milk tea with "pearls" (the little black tapioca balls). These "pearls" are something you must try in its home, Taiwan.
Cha for Tea is another good place to try tea and tea food in Taiwan. Owned by the Ten Ren Tea Company, this restaurant brand aims to develop a "new tea culture" by modernizing ancient Chinese tea culture in their tea, food, and decoration. Their tea drink, tea snack, and tea food are all have tea as an ingredient. Everything on the menu here adopts modern health concept and is SUPER delicious!
Please check Althea's Wretch blog Day 4-4 Modern Tea and Food in Taichungfor Chinese travelogue.
Saturday, August 1, 2009 08:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Feng-Chia Night Market in Taichung
Everyone who goes to Taiwan has to experience the night market scene. Fortunately for us, were finally able to fit in a night market adventure into our busy itinerary. And what better place to do it than in Taichung! The tea drink is a very popular item in night market. There are tea drink shops, venders, and restaurants everywhere, and you can find all kinds of bubble tea in various flavors. It's hard to make decision once you can combine different kinds of tea with honey, plum, yogurt, chocolate, milk, pudding, konjac, agar, taro, tapioca, or various fruits. Not just Tea, night markets are famous for their vender foods and pop-cultural fashion industry. Once you enter a night market, surrounded by sounds, smells, lights, and flavors, you will truly have the most exciting sensory overload feeling.
This content was originally formatted for our Taiwan Trip Website. Please visit our site here to see the content as it was originally intended, divided into three segments for easier reading, along with many other full sized photos. Thanks! Just please come back here to vote! :)
