Happy Birthday to Taiwan!

Penghu Island: "The world’s best secret islands"

↑ photo: The China Post
The Twin Hearts Stone Weir in Chimei, the Penghu Islands, is piled with stones in the shape of two hearts. It was built to catch fish by the local residents as the fish would be stranded in the hearts when the high tide recedes. (CNA)


Penghu Island is selected to be "The world’s best secret islands" by Lonely Planet! You won't be able to find the tea trees on the island, but you absolutely can enjoy a different life style and great vacation on this beautiful island.
Welcome to Taiwan!

More report: The China Post

Frohe Weinachten

Flying to Dresden, Germany tomorrow

↑ Most of things from Formosa T-house are hand-made including writing the cards for customers/senders. It shows the sincerity from the sender and from Formosa T-house.

Hurry, hurry! These presents are flying to Dresden, Germany tomorrow early morning. These presents are dressed very well for the holidays and even not afraid of the long trip from east to west.  

Have a nice trip, finest Taiwan Teas and lovely T-Cups! 

Tea of Today: Muzha Tieguanyin Tea

How's the weather in your city today?


We had a rainy and cold day in Taipei and actually it's the typical weather we have in winter. To drink tea in such a cold day, the tea with the mild to heavy fermented will be very matched, therefore, black tea and Puerh could be the choices. What about Oolong? There are so many different kinds of Oolong, which one can be a better choice? We would like to suggest the heavy fermented and roasted Tieguanyin Tea for the day. But here we are not talking about the Tieguanyin Tea with the very light fermented which is very popular in Fujian, Guangdong and some areas of China, that is tasted like Baozhong Tea or High Mountain Oolong Tea won't be the one we say for the cold day here.


The Muzha Tieguanyin Tea we had today was harvested in November 2006 and since then it was roasted by the tea farmer every year with the traditional method (used electricy to roast instead of "charcoal" for a better control on temperature) before we ordered in. It's a kind of tea going to be the "Aged Tea" and should be roasted every year if we'd like to store it well.


This Muzha Tieguanyin Tea was made of the sort of tea tree of Tieguanyin, we call it the "Real or/and Right Tieguanyin Tea" as there are many Tieguanyin teas made of other types of tea trees.

The liguid of tea looked darker than the tea liquid of High Mountain Oolong Tea because it has been roasted for many times, so the color of tea liguid shouldn't be looked like green or honey. The taste of the tea certainly was stronger than light fermented Oolong tea, that was also the reason we chosed it for today.

How to keep the dried tea well? To vacuum it in an aluminum foil bag and avoid the air and wet is the best way, or seal the tea bag well in a good way and put it into a ziplock can also be a good choice at home.


The Tieguanyin Tea which has been deep-roasted by charcoal will be introduced next time, in the cold day like today.



More info: Muzha Tieguanyin Tea

The Xmas tea packages to Tokyo

↑ This kind of red is so Christmas ... :)


↓ The copies for the sender.

All the Xmas tea packages ordered by Ms. L. have been sent out to Tokyo this afternoon, from Taipei, by EMS.


We are the familiar customers to the staffs in the post office we usually go to. When they saw us brought the packages and stepped into post office carefully again, they stood up right away and helped us to carry the packages.  This post office is very close to us, thank God.


We'd like to take some photos with our packed prodcuts in post office for Ms. L. (actually she didn't reqire us to do that), but at the end, we all forgot about it as we concentrated on what we were doing - writing & posting - so much.  But we believe that the receivers in Tokyo will be very surprised by receiving the presents from Ms. L., we think that will be a touching and exciting moment when they are opening the presents!


We hope the receivers enjoy the teas from Taiwan and have a Merry Christmas!

Delivery Services to the United Kingdom

According to the notice from the administration of the United Kingdom, due to heavy snow, all the delivery services including Express Service in the country, especially for the areas listed below, are subject to delay until further notice.


We all care the heavy snow in Europe and some parts of US, the futher notice will be updated here.


✿ PEACE & LOVE  from Formosa T-house ✿



Affected Areas                     Postal Codes                                                          
Aberdeen                              AB

Charlton                                BR, DA, E1, E3, E14, E1W, E98, SE2-28

Edinburgh                             EH, FK, KY1-4, KY11-12, KY99, TD

Gatwick                                BN, RH

Glasgow                               G, HS9, KA, ML, PA

Inverness                              HS1-8, IV, KW1-17, PA39-40, PH30-44, PH49-50

Leeds                                   BD, HD, HX, LS, WF

Lincoln                                 DN31-41, LN, NG34, PE10-12, PE20-25

London Central                    SW5-7, W1-2, W9, WC

London North West              W10-14, WD

Medway                              CT, ME, TN23-30

Mitcham                              CR, KT, SM, SW2, SW4, SW8-9, SW11-12, SW15-20, SW99

Newcastle                           DH7-9, DH97-99, NE

North Essex                        CM, SS

Nottingham                         DE, NG

Perth                                  DD, KY5-10, KY13-16, PH1-26

Romford                            E4, E6-7, E10-13, E15-18, IG, RM

Rotherham                         DN1-22, DN55, S

Solent                                PO, SO, SP1-4, SP10-11

Tonbridge                          TN

The tea map of Taiwan

Taiwan has the special cultivation environment. Tea plantations can be found from north to south on the whole island. The growing areas of Taiwanese tea are situated along the Central Mountain Ridges and its branches, where the drop of vertical distribution from sea level is significant, with ample sun exposure and the Black Tide ocean on the east.


With an island climate, which is cold and wet in the winter and hot and rainy in the summer, coupled with the acidic to mild acidic soil with a 4 to 6.4 Ph value, those make Taiwan to be an ideal area for the cultivation of tea trees. So that there are numerous tea farms in Taiwan which have won for themselves a lasting fame as a renowned quality tea production region in the world.


(Reference of article: "Tea Research and Extension Station in Taiwan")

The performances of Cha Xi in Taiwan

"Cha Xi" is also an art in tea culture. The host/hostess expresses himself/herself by different Cha Xi. Cha Xi can be displayed and changed due to different seasons, teas and venues etc.. The host/hostess makes the tea for the guests.


There were several Cha Xi performances held by The Chinese Art Of Tea Craft Union in Taiwan, the photos were taken before the ceremonies of Cha Xi performances.

Thanks for choosing our products!

Dear friends of Formosa T-house,

Thank you for choosing Formosa T-house !

We believe that you will love our Christmas tea packages

we prepare for you for such cold winter time!

Link: Products' Page

Event of Xmas 2010 ─ Silver

Product details: Formosa T-house (Xmas Silver Package)

Event of Xmas 2010 ─ Gold

What Xmas present do you want?
Formosa T-house is bringing you a very "eastern" experience by Taiwan Tea for Xmas time!

Product details: Formosa T-house (Xmas Gold Package)

The relationships between Tea Art, Dao, Custom of Tea and Tea Culture

For most of us, drinking tea is very normal in our daily life.


If that is just what we know about tea as one kind of "liquid", maybe we have never paid enough attention on it.



Here is a simple picture "Formosa T-house" would like to share with you -- a little start before we get into the world of tea.

Über Uns

Als kleines Land, gelegen im westlichen Pazifischen Ozean, wurden Taiwans einmalige geologische Merkmale mit einer Fülle und Vielseitigkeit an Ressourcen gesegnet. Durch die einzigartige Lage und den historischen Hintergrund sind hier seltene und unterschiedliche Kulturen, gepaart mit gastfreundlichen und zuverlässigen Menschen, zu finden.


Der Name Formosa, der eine Insel der Schönheit symbolisiert und benennt, ist zum Synonym Taiwans für mehrere Epochen geworden. Das moderne Taiwan wird meist mit Computertechnik und Kreativität in Verbindung gebracht. Ein anderes Produkt, das Taiwan zur Bekanntheit verhilft, ist Tee. Über einen sehr langen Zeitraum war Tee ein wesentlicher Bestandteil des täglichen Lebens in Taiwan, einfach und immer greifbar. Teesträucher werden überall in Taiwan gepflanzt. Durch die diversen Techniken, die für die verschiedenen Tees benötigt werden, werden auf diesem kleinen Inselstaat eine reichhaltige Menge an speziellen Teesorten entwickelt. Jemand braucht nur zurück zu blicken, und er kommt nicht umhin zu entdecken, dass Taiwan vor etwas mehr als hundert Jahren lange versunken war in dem Ruhm, den der Taiwan Oolong Tee hervorbrachte. Taiwan hat nicht umsonst den Spitznamen Formosa.


Wir sind ein Unternehmen mit Sitz in Nantou. Unser Büro ist in Taipei registriert. Nantou County ist in Taiwan das wichtigste Teeanbaugebiet, und wir arbeiten mit Teeplantagen und Farmen zusammen. Unser Team setzt sich zusammen aus zertifizierten Teemeistern und Teetestern, deren aufrichtige Leidenschaft für Tee und Anforderungen an Tee eindeutig an erster Stelle stehen. Nichts Geringeres als der beste Tee genügt unseren Anforderungen und wird von ihnen serviert. Außer Tees, die mit "Aged Tea" gekennzeichnet sind, besteht ein Kontingent für jedes saisonale Teeprodukt; sobald das Kontingent ausverkauft ist, muss man auf die kommende Saison warten.


Jeder Tee ist getränkt mit einer Kultur, die verblüfft, das ist unsere Überzeugung, und Tee an sich ist ein landwirtschaftliches Produkt, das idealerweise zur jeweiligen Saison konsumiert wird. Jeder Tee, der vom Formosa T-house anerkannt und beschwört wird, durchläuft einen sehr eigenen Prozess: ein Besuch bei der Plantage und beim Farmer, ein Einblick in die Besonderheiten des Managements der Teeplantagen und der Technik und Fertigkeiten der Teeherstellung; doch am wichtigsten von allen: ihre Gedanken und Ideale den Tee betreffend. Alles in allem ist es unser Ziel den bestmöglichen Tee Taiwans anzubieten, und Sie in die Welt des taiwanischen Tees zu locken, die völlig anders ist als das, was sie bisher erlebt haben könnten.

About Us

A small country as it is, located in the west of the Pacific Ocean, Taiwan´s unique geological features have blessed it with an abundance and variety of resources. With its one-of-a-kind location and historical background, here is found a rare and different culture coupled with a people full of hospitality and tenacity.


Formosa, a name that symbolizes and refers to an island of beauty, has become synonymous with Taiwan for ages. The modern-day Taiwan is mostly associated with computer technology and creativity, though. Another product that has put Taiwan on the map is tea. For eons tea has been essential to Taiwanese daily life, simple and always at hand. Tea trees are planted all over Taiwan, and with the various skills required for different teas are developed various specialty teas on this small island country. One has but to look back awhile, and he cannot help the knowledge that a little more than a century ago Taiwan was long immersed in the fame Formosa Oolong Tea had brought to bear. Taiwan is not nicknamed Formosa for nothing.


We´re a Nantou-based company. Our office is registered in Taipei. Nantou County, Taiwan, the primary tea-growing area, teeming with tea plantations and farming. Our team is composed of certified tea masters and tea tasters whose whole-hearted devotion to and demand of tea is second to none; nothing but the best tea will pass muster and be served by them. Except for teas marked Aged Tea, there is a quota for every seasonal tea product, so once the quota is sold out, one may have to wait for the coming season.


Every tea is imbued with a culture that can amaze, which is our belief, and tea itself is an agricultural product, ideal for consumption in the particular season. Every tea acknowledged and sworn by Formosa T-house goes through a very personal process: a visit with the plantation and the farmer, an insight into the details of tea plantation management and the technology and skill for tea-making; most important of all, their thoughts and ideals concerning tea. All in all we have in mind to offer the best tea possible from Taiwan, to draw you into the world of tea made in Taiwan, which is quite unlike any other you might have experienced.