"Even though Taiwanese varieties and Taiwanese talent are going abroad, you can't transplant the character of Taiwanese tea," says the Mingchien Farmers 'Association's Lan Fang-jen. He explains that Taiwan's best tea-growing areas are located near the Tropic of Cancer, at around 1,500 meters elevation in the mountains of Nantou and Chiayi Counties.
「即便是茶種外流，人才外移，台灣茶仍然有無法『移植』的特色，」南投名間鄉農會推廣股長藍芳仁指出，台灣最好的茶產區在北迴歸線附近南投嘉義一帶、海拔 1500 公尺左右的山區。