By Emily Feng Published July 2, 2025 at 9:44 AM EDT Jackie Lay/NPR ...

Dapeng Bay National Scenic Area Headquarters, Tourism Administration, M.O.T.C. (Taiwan), in collaboration with PRONews , is ...

A popular tourist destination in central Taiwan, Alishan has forests, mountains, and tea and coffee plantations. Cameron Dueck leaves the crowds behind to enjoy the stillness.

Taiwan's tea culture: The island has been producing tea for about 400 years. Topology Travel, a bespoke travel agency in Taiwan, says that at least 80% of their itineraries include a tea experience.

It's 5:25 on a chilly Asian morning, and just to the east of Taiwan's Mount Zhu, the sun is bursting through a thick mantle of clouds wedged between sylvan mountain ridges. This is the Alishan ...

As for the Taiwanese farm-sourced tea, four flavors are in circulation: rose oolong tea, ruby black, jin xuan oolong and oriental beauty. All of them have an interesting backstory.

By Emily Feng Published July 2, 2025 at 9:44 AM EDT Jackie Lay/NPR ...

Greetings from Alishan, Taiwan, whose red cypress forests offer timeless beauty By Emily Feng Jul 02, 2025 9:44am (NPR) Image: Jackie Lay/NPR/ ...

In November, during one of the last weeks of my posting in Taiwan, I went to my favorite place there: the red cypress forests of Alishan, a region renowned for its misty mountains and excellent ...