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Hsinchu Tea Region
Home of Pengfeng — Oriental Beauty
About this region
WhereEmei, Beipu, Hengshan, Zhudong
ScaleAbout 400 ha planted in Emei alone
Cultivars and characterIt only works if the leafhopper gets there first: the bitten shoots are picked as one bud and two leaves, and the finished leaf carries fat white down in five colours — white, green, yellow, red and brown — with a natural honey and fruit aroma. One of the few teas where the pest is the point.
NearbyNeiwan old street, the Hsinchu City God Temple, Leofoo Village, Smangus, the 17-km coastline, Hsinchu Park
These figures will be updated if they change.
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What there is to do here
2 routes Day trip Beipu・Emei
The home of Oriental Beauty. Beipu and Emei sit either side of a hill: Beipu sells, Emei grows, a division settled since the 1990s. Old streets, heritage houses, pounded tea, tung blossom, fireflies, dried persimmons — something is happening here all year.