東方美人 (芒種–大暑)
Jun 5 – Jul 23
Solar terms 芒種 to 大暑; dates are inference from those terms.
峨眉乡峨眉鄉
Emei Township
Small Hakka township next to Beipu in Hsinchu, where the summer leafhopper tea is sold mainly as 東方美人 (Oriental Beauty); tea factories dominate local industry.
- Level
- Areatownship (鄉)
- Within
- Taiwan › Hsinchu County
At a glance#
Where it lies#
Tea places nearby, plotted by their coordinates. Only physical positions are shown, no boundaries.
1711 places shown Across the view · 349 km
42 places shown Across the view · 42 km
Picking calendar#
Cultivation#
- Cultivars grown
- Qingxin DapangQingxin Wulong
- Practice
- Unsprayed gardens; leafhopper-bitten shoots; heavy oxidation.
Local words#
People#
- Hakka 客家人
- About 89% (table) to 95% (text) of residents per Wikipedia.
History#
- 1835金廣福 reclamation company formed; Hakka settlement of the area.
- 1904月眉 renamed 峨眉.
Other names and written forms 3#
Chinese variants
- 月眉YuemeiName before 1904.
Translations and trade names
- Emei
- Omei
Notes#
Wikipedia notes that in Emei the tea is usually called 東方美人茶, while neighbouring Beipu prefers 膨風茶; tea factories make up most of the township's manufacturing. The area was opened by Hakka settlers under the 金廣福 reclamation company (1835). The MOE Taiwanese dictionary names Beipu and Emei together as the source of 白毫心烏龍 (椪風茶 / 東方美人茶). See Beipu for processing, harvest and names.