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TEA PLANTING STORY OF A TAIWANESE TEA MASTER AND A GROUP OF VETERANS
In 1949, the ex-Kuomintang veterans that refused to surrender to Chinese communists settled in the Northern Thailand , planting opium for a living and continuing military operation for an eventual counter-attack. Thailand recruited them to fight communist insurgency in Thailand and were granted Thai citizenship in 1982. (There is a fascinating article on China’s Forgotten Army.) In the 1980s, the Thai government vigorously dismantled the drug in the golden triangle and launched a tea planting program. These veterans eventually began cultivating tea to survive.
Taiwanese tea master introduced advanced tea planting and tea-making techniques in Taiwan to enhance the quality and popularity of Mae Salong tea. The old veterans insisted on natural tea farming and tea cultivation under his guidance. Supplemented by a unique environment and weather, Mae Salong has become a famous tea area in the world. The most famous tea of all is "Oriental Beauty." Under the efforts of Taiwanese tea master , "Oriental Beauty" and a variety of high-quality organic teas set foot on the journey of aroma.
In 1949, the ex-Kuomintang veterans that refused to surrender to Chinese communists settled in the Northern Thailand , planting opium for a living and continuing military operation for an eventual counter-attack. Thailand recruited them to fight communist insurgency in Thailand and were granted Thai citizenship in 1982. (There is a fascinating article on China’s Forgotten Army.) In the 1980s, the Thai government vigorously dismantled the drug in the golden triangle and launched a tea planting program. These veterans eventually began cultivating tea to survive.
Taiwanese tea master introduced advanced tea planting and tea-making techniques in Taiwan to enhance the quality and popularity of Mae Salong tea. The old veterans insisted on natural tea farming and tea cultivation under his guidance. Supplemented by a unique environment and weather, Mae Salong has become a famous tea area in the world. The most famous tea of all is "Oriental Beauty." Under the efforts of Taiwanese tea master , "Oriental Beauty" and a variety of high-quality organic teas set foot on the journey of aroma.