Tea heads west The earliest tea in Taiwan was wild tea growing in the mountains around Puli, Nantou County. A small number of Aborigines also cultivated tea for medicinal purposes, but because under theories of Chinese medicine it was considered "cold," it was not deemed suitable as a casual drink.
最早的茶是產在南投埔里山區的高山野生茶，也有少部分原住民種植的藥用茶，但因為性寒而不適於飲用。