He mentions that when he was in the Tao-yuan, Miaoli, and Hsin-chu area in mid-July judging Oriental Beauty, top-grade tea was going for NT $ 88,000 per catty, superior tea for NT $ 30,000 per catty, second-prize tea for NT $ 12,000 per catty, and third-prize tea for just NT $ 8,000 per catty.
以 7 月中陳國任在桃竹苗地區評鑑的「東方美人茶」為例，「特等」一台斤價格為 8 萬 8,000 元台幣；略遜一籌的「頭等」便立即降為 3 萬元，「二等」1 萬 2,000 元，「三等」只有 8,000 元。