Taiwan takes tea seriously! Buy local and by the kilo. The lady opened up some barrels for us to smell and see the leaves.

We were looking for high mountain oolong tea 高山烏龍茶 and she showed us a couple different ones at different price points, ranging from 190k to 478k sats per kg. The premium price is for the quality of leaves, method of preparation and region. The difference between the leaves is evident by the smell. More so by the taste too but she didn't bother to make any for us since we were small potato customers (buy one kilo vs multiple tens of kilos)

It was really cool to see a tea shop like this. My first time even though tea has been a part of my life for as long as I remember.

I should probably take some time to really study tea ceremony a little more.

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