Yilan Rural Tea Picking Experience from Taipei City

Discover the beauty of the small town of Yilan with this slow travel experience! You will meet local tea farmers who embody the spirit of Taiwanese tea, and experience a hands-on experience roasting, rolling tea leaves and sample various types of tea like oolong and green tea. In the afternoon, we will head to pottery house. At there, you will learn the ancient art of decorating blue and white China in a DIY class.

Itinerary

Experience firsthand how organic Taiwanese tea is grown and produced at a real operating tea farm in Yilan that still uses traditional tea processing methods passed down by generations. Pick leaves with a local tea farmer at the plantation and learn how they are harvested (without modern machines) and prepared to become tasty cups of Oolong. Then, experience a rare, hands-on experience learning how to roll and roast tea leaves. After a lunch of traditional Yilan cuisine, head to a quaint pottery house and coffee shop for some therapeutic ceramics painting. There, you will learn the ancient art of decorating blue and white China in a DIY class and will even take home your very own souvenir!(*) Discover the beauty of the small town of Yilan with this slow travel experience!

(*)Guests can decide to join the DIY class or purchase a piece of China with a NTD500 deduction. Additional costs and wait time of China (approximately two months by mail) apply to those wishing to purchase their self-decorated masterpieces.