In the 1980s tea plantations covered 38,000 hectares nationwide, but Assam had shown no noticeable increase, as the government had put more funding into partially-fermenting oolong teas, which were more suited to the local palate.
民國七十年代全台茶園面積達 3 萬 8 千公頃，但阿薩姆茶園並沒有顯著增加，因為政府資源多投注在推廣國人喝慣的部分發酵的烏龍茶。