Taiwan Tea Industry Culture Museum. Step into the Taiwan Tea Industry Culture Museum, and it's like opening a historical scroll carrying a century of time. Step into the Taiwan Tea Industry Culture Museum, and it's like opening a historical scroll carrying a century of time. This place has witnessed the extraordinary journey of Taiwanese black tea from its inception to its flourishing, and from a local industry to the international stage. During the Japanese colonial era, with the rise of the global black tea market, the Governor-General of Taiwan encouraged farmers in Hsinchu Prefecture (present-day Taoyuan, Hsinchu, and Miaoli areas) to actively expand their tea plantations, focusing on the production and export of black tea, quickly making Kuanhsi a major center for black tea production. During this period of thriving tea industry, the Luo family became pioneers in promoting the Kuanhsi tea industry. Supported by over 200 hectares of self-operated tea gardens, Luo family tea produced black tea renowned throughout Taiwan for its high quality and low price, and in 1935, it received the highest honor in the 'All-Island Famous Products and Specialties Popularity Poll,' becoming a representative of Taiwanese agricultural products at that time. However, the black tea industry at that time faced the challenge of insufficient refining capabilities. Large quantities of Kuanhsi black tea had to be refined by foreign firms or Japanese trading companies in Dadaocheng, Taipei, before being exported overseas. To address this bottleneck, Mr. Luo Biyu, in 1937, led his family members and local gentry to establish the 'Taiwan Tea Company Kuanhsi Finishing Factory (Shi Shang Gong Chang),' ushering in a new era of direct export for Kuanhsi black tea and laying the historical foundation for Taiwan Tea Company in Taiwan's tea industry. The birth of the Taiwan Tea Industry Culture Museum is a fusion of culture and industry.
Address: 新竹縣關西鎮中山路73號
Hours: 00:00–23:59
Hsinchu County