♫ August 27th, 2010 4:01 am
Taiwan is an island located in East Asia off the coast of China. It is bound to the east by the Pacific Ocean. The island is approximately 245 miles long and 90 miles wide. When the Portuguese explorers first saw the island, they were impressed by its beauty. Therefore, they named the island formosa. Oolong tea is mostly produced in Taiwan, Southeast China, Vietnam and Indonesia. Among them, Taiwan is the most important oolong production area. Taiwan Oolong tea has been popular worldwide for over 150 years.
It is also known as Formosa oolong. The finest quality and grade of oolongs are mostly high mountain oolong which means the tea that grows from 1000 meters above sea level to approximately 2600 meters. As a matter of fact, growing tea on high mountain areas costs much more than planting on low altitudes. It is one of the reasons why prices of high mountain teas are proportional to its plantation altitude.
There are certain advantages for high mountain plantations such as great amount of sun light, sufficient amount of rain, extreme temperature difference between day and night and heavily fertilized soils perfect to grow tea. Also, the high potential of foggy afternoons hinders and makes the production of first grade high altitude tea difficult.
During regular days, it does not take extra efforts for farmers to take care of plantations. However, things are a lot tougher during the harvest seasons. Farmers often need to hire pickers which are paid by case by case basis with transportation included. Higher wages are paid as the higher the altitude of plantations. Normally, experienced pickers can collect around 3 to 5 Taiwanese kg of raw tea leaves per hour by hands. Tea picking begin really early in the morning. It is the best time for the pickers since raw leaves weigh more due to morning dew.
First grade high altitude tea is not abundant because planting skills, processing skills, weather, location of plantation and seasons all affect the taste of tea. In the high mountain areas, the afternoon weather usually becomes foggy. This allows for the withering of raw leaves, which is one of tea processing steps, to be more difficult and causes the leaves to be less fragrant.
The goal of growing tea in high altitude mountain locations is to produce richer and smoother quality teas. Even with the high labor costs and limited amount of quantities which seem unavoidable, the teas produced and picked from the high altitude locations is worth the added expense for the enjoyment and relaxation of the everyday drinker.
Tags: High Mountain, Oolong Tea, Taiwan
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♫ August 19th, 2010 9:36 pm
What happens if you want to spend some time for a place that you want to be? One of the best and exciting places to spend your vacation is Taiwan. Not only they want to spend vacation there, but to date Taiwanese women. Why do they want to date Taiwanese women? Is it because of their looks and beauty? Actually, Taiwan is a place that you can see beautiful women who look younger than any other women in other countries. You cannot recognize their age, because of their beauty. Even they are in the mid-40′s or 50′s, you can guess that they are still between the age of twenty to thirty.
Taiwanese women are so cute and friendly, especially to foreign men. They love to develop their relationships to foreigners like guiding them anywhere in the city, or talking about their life and culture here in Taiwan. When foreign men saw a Taiwanese girl for the first time, they become attracted and inviting them to a date. Dating in Taiwan are much different than what you experienced in your own country. You may feel something different to these Taiwanese women, because of their beauty in terms of skin. Taiwan has some anti aging products which are so effective that make them feel young and beautiful, and it will attract lots of men on Taiwan and the rest of the world. If we compare maintaining an anti aging product between a Taiwanese and an American, we can say that these products are more effective to a Taiwanese than an American. When you search in the internet about Taiwanese women, you might feel something different about them, and you want to have a good relationship between you and a Taiwanese girl. If there are any problems on dating Taiwanese women, there are lots of Taiwan dating guide books and articles online to read and apply. It may help a lot to improve the relationship of both a Taiwanese woman and a foreign guy, either friendly or in love with each other.
Most Asian countries are full of beautiful and young aged women like Korea, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, India, Thailand and China. Sometimes, we do not understand why they are more beautiful than English-speaking women. We can say it is because of the ethnicity and race, and we cannot change it. More and more men from English-speaking countries are spending their money to fly across any Asian country just to date with these beautiful women, whether friendly or in a relationship. These men wants them to be their girlfriend, and we can see that both a foreign man and a Taiwanese girl are holding hands while walking around the park or in a mall. Taiwanese women are something special just like other Asian countries, as foreigners cannot resist themselves to develop their relationship to Taiwanese women. It is like they finally found their dream girl to date with.
Tags: Taiwan Business, Taiwan Culture, Taiwan Society
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