Fengyue charcoal roasted oolong tea won the iTi International Crystal Award

The Belgian iTi International Flavor Evaluation in the new year comes from thousands of products from all over the world. Taiwan, as a producer of high-quality oolong tea, has also actively participated in the competition to demonstrate the excellent quality of characteristic tea. Among them, "Taiwan Alpine charcoal roasted Oolong Tea", refined by Fengyue Tea Research Institute, has won the "extreme Samsung Award" for three consecutive years since its first evaluation in 2019, and won the "Crystal Award" in 2021 for its exquisite and stable tea quality. it has become the only brand in Taiwan's charcoal-baked oolong tea to win this high-quality honorary award, unique Seiko baking style, giving tea amazing color and flavor performance. Highly appreciated by international professional judges.

A little-known professional "tea baker"

Taiwan's tea industry began to become "refined" since the late Qing Dynasty, and the tea production process has a history of more than a hundred years. No matter the workers in the initial and refining stages, the general name of "tea maker" is often used in the community. They are even called workers and tea makers (Hokkienese). They are not honored as "bean bakers" like the bakers of the coffee industry, but the baking properties of the two beverage crops Have something in common. The "tea baker" can skillfully adapt the tea, erase impurities, bitter taste, changing style, and even pursue the ultimate perfect quality, which is comparable to the professional spirit that Japan is proud of.

Mo Fan, head of Fengyue Tea Research Institute, said that the tea production process is divided into multiple levels, including the "tea farmers" who plant and manage the tea garden, the "tea growers" who pick up the tea cyanine, the "tea makers" who make the raw material Mao tea, and the "tea bakers" who realize the finished products by Seiko. Among them, the "tea baker" is less known, and most people often talk about it with the tea maker, but the art industry specializes in it, and each technology has its own duties. Interlinked is also indispensable, as far as professional fields are concerned, they can be clearly identified and divided.

The fragrant "Luzhou-flavor charcoal roasted tea" is comparable to the fine coffee.

Today, even though tea charcoal baking skills are not as prosperous as in the early days, Fengyue Tea Research Institute still adheres to the reproduction of "Taiwan's traditional tea craftsmanship," with feelings of both retro and cultural creation, hoping to let drinkers feel the unique flavor of charcoal-baked tea. Mo Fan said that based on the early charcoal roasting techniques and improved, through slow baking over a long period of time, the deep-baked tea was given a bright appearance of bronze, a clear amber color of tea, and a roasted aroma of caramel, ripe fruit and wood. the taste is as sweet and mellow as coffee. For those who prefer thick rhyme, Luzhou-flavor charcoal baked tea will be the preferred drink to meet the demand.

Tea is the main beverage crop produced in Taiwan, but the vast majority of coffee beans still rely on imports. judging from the current market trend, coffee is more popular than coffee. In recent years, courses in baking, brewing and flower drawing have become more prosperous, and there are also many coffee enthusiasts. to build a self-baking cafe as a business dream. Mo Fan said that in the modern fast-paced urban environment, and today's young people or office workers tend to pursue dynamic and fashionable consumption patterns. In addition to canned tea and hand-shaking tea, tea is in the established impression of most people. The form of kettle is more simple and old-fashioned, and the industrial knowledge is too mysterious to understand, but in fact, tea baking is not difficult to imagine, and the technical operation is even easier to use than baked beans. Therefore, Fengyue Tea Research Institute often conducts discussions in an easy-to-understand way through lectures, sharing the connotation of tea-baking technology with people from all walks of life, allowing more people to understand the beauty of the art of baking tea, and also enabling the public to have a deeper understanding of "baked tea" with a flavor similar to coffee, so as to narrow the gap between Taiwan's tea culture and the public.