And because Taiwan abounds in tea leaves and has inherited the tea-drinking traditions of Southern Fukien, interest in tea here runs wide and deep. The Taiwanese connoisseur is quite sniffy about his cup of tea. As the growing use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides has caused the local stuff to fall from favor, Pu'er tea, by satisfying a yearning for the new, has suddenly become all the rage.
另一方面，台灣因為盛產茶葉，又承襲閩南的茶道，玩家眾多，基礎深厚，拚茶、鬥茶風氣很盛；偏偏台灣茶近十年來在大量施用化學肥料和農藥後已每下愈況，賞玩的價值降低；普洱在此時崛起，多少可以滿足茶迷們對新品的渴求，因此很快造成風潮。