GuoxingNuomi (Sticky Rice) Bridge

A bridge bound with sticky rice, still standing after eighty years.

Address｜Beigang Village, Guoxing Township, Nantou County

Illustration of Guoxing · Nuomi (Sticky Rice) Bridge

The Tea

Longan Blossom Scented Jin Xuan

Longan blossom, delicate and softly sweet, over a smooth Jin Xuan base with a light creaminess; the finish leaves a faint honeyed sweetness and no roasted notes. The longan blossoms are hand-picked before the Qingming Festival for a light, pure fragrance, and the Jin Xuan comes from our own friendly farmland, grown without pesticides. Scented naturally with freshly picked blossoms, then dried in traditional bamboo roasting baskets.

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Brewing

Tea bagTea bag · 3 g · 300 ml

Water95°C

Steep2.5min

Tea bag1 bag · 3 g

Hot water300 ml

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

The Story

Nuomi (Sticky Rice) Bridge

Built in 1940 over the Beigang River, Nuomi Bridge is a stone bridge with four arches. Cement was scarce during the war, so the builders bound the stones with a mortar of sticky rice, brown sugar and lime. It is now a county-designated historic site.

Sticky rice, brown sugar and lime held the stones together into a bridge; longan blossom and Jin Xuan, too, need time to become one. Good things are built slowly.

The Neighbour

Wildlife around Guoxing

Taiwan Blue MagpieUrocissa caeruleaEndemic to Taiwan, with very long tail feathers, and fond of moving in flocks. It has been photographed in the Jiujiufeng Nature Reserve in Guoxing.

A gentle noteIn the breeding season magpies defend their nests. Keep your distance and don’t tease them.

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