Owner Hsu Lung-pao says that business was great a decade ago--he never had a moment's rest from when he opened his shop at 8 a.m. till he closed it at 11 p.m. Chen Chih-jen originally distributed Taiwanese tea in the Shantou and Pearl River Delta areas. Noting which way the wind was blowing, he moved to Fangcun five years ago, opening Tang Ming Huang Tea Company to trade in Taiwanese tea.
人稱「開拓教主」的老闆許龍寶說，十多年前生意真的很好做，早上 8 點開門到晚上 11 點關門，客人絡繹不絕。早期在珠三角汕頭賣台灣茶的陳志任，5 年前也隨著趨勢轉移到了芳村，開設「台灣唐明皇茶葉公司」，賣的依舊是台灣茶。