The Taiwanese growers in the mainland can't match it either--they run high-volume operations that produce a tea that is much "cruder" than the refined teas raised by local growers on their generally small plantations.
謝東慶坦言，台灣木柵山區鐵觀音的品種不如原產地安溪，且福建鐵觀音多是小戶小規模在經營，品質非常細緻，台灣人來做都是大規模栽植，品質較「粗」。