The Japanese produced coffee in Taiwan for export back to Japan, and Taiwanese at the time had yet to develop a taste for coffee. After World War II, Japan handed over Taiwan to the Chinese Nationalists, and the coffee industry disappeared. Only a scattering of coffee plants remained on Mt.
由於日治時期的咖啡以銷回日本為主，當時台灣人喝咖啡的風氣也並未打開，光復後國府來台，咖啡業沒落，只留下少數凋零的老咖啡樹，散佈在荷苞山上，無人聞問。