Tea has been grown in Chiayi County for over twenty years now, and in the past, the different town farmers associations and tea-makers unions would hold tea competitions every year, with the largest tea growing area covered by the Meishan Farmers Association. Taking last year's Winter Tea Competition as an example, over 2000 different participants took part.
嘉義縣種茶已有二十多年歷史，過去各鄉鎮農會及製茶工會年年舉辦茶比賽，其中以茶區最廣闊的梅山鄉農會為大宗，以去年冬茶比賽為例，參賽者就有兩千多個點。