It also helped that then-premier Chiang Ching-kuo and provincial governor Hsieh Tung-min both frequently visited Luku to have an impromptu cup of tea with local folk, and a fad for the Luku leaf swept Taiwan; this marked the beginning of the nationwide fame of the Tungting tea of Luku.
加上行政院長蔣經國、省主席謝東閔等人經常來鹿谷視察民情，喝喝凍頂茶，帶起社會上喝凍頂茶的風氣，鹿谷凍頂茶從此全國知名。