We spent a weekend exploring a side of Taiwan that is often overlooked. This trip was full of food, shopping, and lots of ...

Tea has been grown in the mountains around Meishan since the island was part of China’s Qing dynasty in the 19th century. The industry matured and expanded under Japanese imperial rule from 1895 ...

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A sweet Taiwanese drink nicknamed in honor of a Hong Kong celebrity, bubble tea – also known as boba tea – has become an unstoppable worldwide trend since it was invented in the 1980s.

Boba’s global popularity has skyrocketed in recent years. The milk tea beverage became popular in Taiwan in the 1980’s and ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – A person who spent NT$20 (67 cents) for a black tea and a milk tea at a 7-Eleven won a NT$10 million ...

The 28th edition of FHC Shanghai Global Food Trade Show will return to the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC) from November 12–14, 2025. As Asia's premier food and beverage trade platform, ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Have you checked out Yi Fang Hawaii Taiwan Fruit Tea? This business specializes in fruit tea, green tea, black tea and more. They held their soft opening on Feb. 1 and had ...

Taiwan's tea output does not come close to matching China or India's, but what it lacks in quantity it makes up for in quality, especially the high mountain premium Oolong variety that Meishan ...

The roots of bubble tea can be traced back to the 1940s. After working as a mixologist in an izakaya in Taiwan under Japanese rule during WWII, in 1949 Chang Fan Shu opened a tea shop selling ...

Tea harvesting staff work in the high-altitude mountainside tea fields in Jiayi, Taiwan, September 7, 2021. REUTERS Her boss, senior agronomist Tsai Hsien-tsung, said they began monitoring weather ...

“Bubble tea isn’t only the root and the pride of Hanlin, it is also the highlight of Taiwan’s beverage industry,” he said. “It introduces the world to Taiwan.