This year's winner was produced by a farmer named Chen Hsi-ching from Luyeh Township in Taitung County. He explained to the audience how the organic fertilizer he uses on his tea plantations includes bean powder to make it more nutritious, and that weeding is done by hand. These old-fashioned methods are hard work, but they've proven their worth. This is the trick to growing good tea.
今年茶王是來自台東鹿野鄉茶農陳錫卿，他介紹自己茶園都使用有機肥，會在肥料中摻入豆粉增加養分，並用人工拔草，這種古法雖然辛苦，但事實證明，這才是種出好茶的要訣。