2-2Chapter 2 · Si Ji Chun & High Mountain Oolong

CaotunLiving Craft Center, NTCRI

Where a craft became something to teach.

Address｜573 Zhongzheng Rd., Caotun Township, Nantou County (National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute)

Illustration of Caotun · Living Craft Center, NTCRI

The Tea

Si Ji Chun (Four Seasons)

Open it and a bright floral fragrance rises. The liquor is clean and clear, light and refreshing, with a sweet return in the throat. Easy on the body — a tea you can drink every day.

Buy this tea →See the gift box

Brewing

Tea bagTea bag · 3 g · 300 ml

Water95°C

Steep2min

Tea bag1 bag · 3 g

Hot water300 ml

Take the bag out on time so the tea doesn’t turn bitter.

The Story

Living Craft Center, NTCRI

In 1954, Yen Shui-long helped the Nantou County Government set up the Nantou County Craft Training Class — the beginning of today’s National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute. At the Living Craft Center you can see how generations of hands have brought bamboo, wood, ceramics and lacquer into everyday life.

Good craft is something you use every day; so is tea. Fragrant and easy to brew, a cup of Si Ji Chun is a good tea for daily life.

The Neighbour

Wildlife around Caotun

Taiwan SerowCapricornis swinhoeiEcological surveys around Jiujiufeng (the Ninety-Nine Peaks) in Caotun have recorded the Taiwan serow. Endemic to Taiwan, it walks steadily across steep cliffs.

A gentle noteIf you meet one on the trail, stop, watch quietly and let it move on first.

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