An overview of the most famous TRES tea cultivars from Taiwan

Taiwan Tea Research and Extension Station (TRES), formerly known as Taiwan Tea Experiment Station (TTES), is a well-respected Taiwanese government organization among 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 but at the same time improving environmental protection.

With the support of TRES, Taiwanese tea has established itself as a high-quality product worldwide. This is partly due to the fact that the government is promoting the protection of the island's unique flora, fauna and fauna, thereby severely restricting the area of the valuable mountain areas for tea plantations. Instead of flooding the world market with cheap, mass-produced products, tea farmers are instead relying on high quality tea to be produced in smaller quantities. This helps maintain the independence and livelihoods of thousands of smallholders and affiliates.

Taiwan Tea Research and Extension Station Since 1969, it has been working very hard to further improve the tea cultivars used. New crosses are being researched in trial cultivation and, depending on their success, these are then grown in the tea gardens.

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

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