An overview of the most well-known TRES tea cultivars from Taiwan

The Taiwan Tea Research and Extension Station (TRES), formerly known as the Taiwan Tea Experiment Station (TTES), is a Taiwanese government organization respected by farmers. This supports the tea farmers in their work with the development of modern processing technology and offers, among other things, further training opportunities with the aim of increasing yields while at the same time improving environmental protection.

With the support of the TRES, Taiwanese tea has established itself as a high-quality product worldwide. This is partly due to the government's drive to protect the island's unique flora, fauna and wildlife, severely restricting the area of valuable mountain areas for tea plantations. Instead of flooding the world market with cheap mass-produced products, tea farmers instead focus on producing high quality tea in smaller quantities. This helps maintain the independence and livelihoods of thousands of small farmers and related businesses.

Taiwan Tea Research and Extension Station has been making great efforts since 1969 to further improve the tea cultivars used. New hybrids are researched in experimental cultivation and, depending on their success, they are then cultivated in the tea gardens.

 This table shows a summary of all teas developed by the TRES.

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