This document summarizes Taiwan's tea culture and traditions. It discusses various types of Taiwanese tea like Oriental Beauty Tea and Dong Ding Oolong Tea. It explains the tea production process and recommended brewing methods. The document also explores how tea is incorporated into Taiwanese daily life through ceremonies and customs. Traditional arts like calligraphy and music that accompany tea drinking are demonstrated. The health benefits of drinking tea are outlined as well.

1. Taiwan
Tea Culture
Joanne
Tea Ceremony
Presentation
2015

2. Tea
chá
tey
Mandarin pronunciation
Fukanese Xiamen pronunciation

3. Art of Tea 茶道
•Tea aroma 茶香
•Tea color 茶色
•Tea Tasting 品茶
•Tea pot 茶壺
•Floral Arrangement
•花藝
•Music 音樂

4. Four Aspects of Tea Culture
品茗四藝
• First of all: Calm your mind. 靜心
• (Use Incense burning such as sandal wood)
• 檀香
• Floral Arrangement 花藝
• Pottery 陶藝(Tea Pot and Tea cup)
• Calligraphy and art work 書法
• Drinking Tea 點茶

5. Introduction to Tea appreciation
Incense Art work
Flower arrangement Tea preparation

6. Tea leaf Aroma Smelling
Tea Pot and Tea Cups Tea Color
Drinking Tea Smelling Tea
Chá

7. Serving Oriental Beauty Tea
Traditional three-piece Qing dynasty court style tea cup
Heaven
Human
Earth
Smell tea
Tea color
View tea leaves

8. Oriental Beauty Tea 東方美人茶
dōng fang měi rén chá
新竹
xīnzhú
• This tea dates from the end of the
19th century, when Taiwan started
exporting its Oolong teas overseas.
• It was so good that it made its way to
the Queen Victoria of England who
named it "Oriental Beauty" .

9. Oriental Beauty Tea
東方美人茶
dōng fang měi rén chá
• Oriental Beauty is only made from the tea leaves that are attacked by the
green flies (小綠葉蟬 Jacobiasca formosana, a kind of cicada) flown down
which appear during June to July.
• Farmers only pick twig consists of one bud and two leaves from tea tree.
• Farmer has to keep his tea garden as natural as possible with the hope
that green flies will return this year.
• The tea processed from insect bitten leaves gave a very strong fruity and
honey flavor.
• Oriental Beauty tea is oxidized to a level of 60-70%, meaning that it is
closer to a black tea than to a green tea.
http://www.pinglintea.com.tw/formosaoolong.htm

10. Taiwan Wu-Long Tea
台灣烏龍茶
• Wulong tea (Oolong Cha) is a
semi-oxidized tea. (20-40%)
• Taiwan produces the best wulong
tea in the world.
• The best Taiwan oolong tea is
grown in the mountains of central
Taiwan.
• Growing conditions-high
mountains in a subtropical climate
create the cool humid conditions
that oolong tea thrives on.
http://www.teafromtaiwan.com/
Oolong Tea

11. 凍頂烏龍茶
dòng ding wū long chá
• One of the most famous and finest Taiwan Oolong Tea.
• The tea leaves are carefully hand-picked from Mount Dong Ding.
• The naturally sweet, fruity aroma is strong and captivating, while
the taste is full-bodied, refreshing and sweet with a flavor that is
reminiscent of a mouth-watering peach.
• Evenly and tightly rolled tea leaves. The infusion is yellowish green
in color.
• Infusing: can be infused for over 8 steeps with long time for each
steep
Oolong Tea

12. Oolong Tea Recommend Brewing Guide:
• Water : 17oz / 500ml 203℉ / 95℃
• Use 1 Tablespoon / 8 Grams Tea
• 1 - 5 mins
• Teapot may be your choice
• Water : 3oz / 85ml
• 203℉ / 95℃
• Use 7 Grams Tea
• 7 steeps - rinse,15s, 15s, 20s,
30s, 40s, 60s, 80s
• Gaiwan or small clay teapot
Chinese Gongfu Cha
Western Method

13. Making Wulong Tea (semi-oxidized)
1. Harvest
2. Moisture removal
3. Toss and shake
4. Wrap and Tumble
5. Stop the oxidation.
6. Roll leaves and
packaging
Tea leaves indeed begin to wilt and oxidize as soon as they are
picked, and this process is stopped by heating.
1 2 3
4 5 6

14. Taiwan Mountain Oolong Tea Field

15. Tea in Taiwanese daily life.1
Wedding Ceremony
結婚儀式
Serving Tea to the parents
給長輩敬茶
Serving Tea to the guest
給貴賓敬茶

16. Tea in Taiwanese daily life.2
On the road side
To the Teachers To Mom
Serving Tea to Others
To show respect and thankfulness

17. Tea in Taiwanese daily life.3
Tea is the national drink for Chinese.
茶為中國人之國飲
With Friends and Family
Ice Boba Tea
Tea at leisure time

18. Peaceful Music
Peaceful Mind
Keep
Calm
And
Drink
Wulong Tea
SandalwoodZheng Music Er Hu

19. Wulong Tea
and
Music
Er Hu Gu Zheng

20. Calm
Floral
arrangement
Pottery
Drinking
Tea
Calligraphy

21. Calm
Floral
arrangement
Pottery
Drinking
Tea
Calligraphy

22. Brief Tea History
• Chinese starts to drink tea since 3000 B.C.. It is said
That ever since Shennong's discovery, tea has been
grown and enjoyed throughout China.
• Tea became a popular drink in Buddhist
monasteries during Tang Dynasty (7th-9th Century,
A. D.), also in between all social classes.
• Paintings of people drinking tea
http://www.china.org.cn/learning_chinese/Chinese_tea/2011-07/15/content_22999489.htm

23. Demo: Calligraphy

24. Demo: Taiwan Wulong Tea

25. 7 Things a family need daily
開門七件事
Wood/
Fuel Salt Rice
Bean
Paste Vinegar Oil Tea

26. Health Benefits of Drinking Tea
• Weight Management
• Removal of harmful free radicals
• Tea functions as an antioxidant
• Healthy skin and younger looking
• Healthy bones
• Controls diabetes
• Anti-cancer properties
• Stress management
• Mental performance and health
Caution: Oolong Tea in high in Caffeine

27. Let’s Serve Tea!

28. Thank you for coming!
Hope you enjoy our
presentation!