When immigrants from the two provinces of Fukien and Kwangtung on the China mainland came to Taiwan, they brought tea seeds with them. From this small beginning, the vast tea plantations on the island have grown.
一六九七年間，福建、廣東兩省居民遷居到台灣來時，帶來茶種，栽培種植出茶樹，也把喝茶這項國粹在台灣傳佈開來。