The well-established tea shop called Lin Hua Tai Tea was bustling
I got off the subway at the Daqiaotou station and walked through Datong District. Unusually on this day, I had a clear destination in mind, so I headed straight down a large street toward my destination. There is an old tea store in Datong District that has been in business for over 100 years; I bought some Chinese tea at the store two years ago and was so pleased with it that I decided to revisit. After walking for a while, I found that the store was still there, in the same place as two years ago.
The history of tea is old, but the history of tea in Taiwan is not so old: tea saplings were brought from Fujian Province at the end of the 18th century, and it was not until the Treaty of Nanjing after the Opium War when Tamsui was opened as a treaty port that it came into the spotlight. The English really like tea. The Opium War itself started with the fact that the British purchased tea in large quantities from China.
In the store, large cans of tea were placed here and there, and the staff seemed to be busy taking orders. The store is a wholesaler, but they sell tea in small quantities. I bought several kinds of tea leaves and left the store satisfied. By the way, the name of the store is Lin Hua Tai Tea.
| Nov 2019 PEOPLE TAIWAN | |
| CAN CLERK SHOP TAIPEI TEA |
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PHOTO DATA
No
11292
Shooting Date
Jul 2019
Posted On
November 23, 2019
Modified On
October 1, 2023
Place
Taipei, Taiwan
Genre
Street Photography
Camera
RICOH GR III
