Instead of dealing with the hardship of competing with high-mountain tea, many Ming-jian tea farmers decided to switch to pineapples and Chinese yams. Lan thought back to the intention of those Japanese researchers in developing Jin-xuan black tea, and spent three years studying ways to try to force up the price range of Ming-jian Township tea.
眼看拚不過高山茶，許多名間茶農乾脆改種鳳梨、山藥，藍芳仁於是想起了當年日本人研發金萱做紅茶的本意，花了 3 年時間研究，試圖讓名間鄉的茶價位可以往上提高。