Pinglin Tea Industry Museum
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The Ping-Lin Tea Museum is the world's largest museum
dedicated to tea
.
The museum is located in the hills of Ping-Lin District, a rural district
in southeastern New Taipei City, Taiwan
. It opened on January 12, 1997.
Ping-Lin is renowned for producing Pouchong
tea.
Around the end of March, the picking of the "spring tea 春茶" starts.
Museum
A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...
dedicated to tea
Tea
Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by adding cured leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant to hot water. The term also refers to the plant itself. After water, tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world...
.
The museum is located in the hills of Ping-Lin District, a rural district
District (Republic of China)
Districts refer to a type of administrative division in the Republic of China .- Municipal districts in the Republic of China:In the Republic of China, districts are the only subdivision of special municipalities and provincial cities....
in southeastern New Taipei City, Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
. It opened on January 12, 1997.
Ping-Lin is renowned for producing Pouchong
Pouchong
Pouchong or light oolong, it is a lightly fermented tea , twist shape, with floral notes, and usually not roasted, somewhere between green tea and what is usually considered Oolong tea , though often classified with the latter due to its lack of the sharper green tea flavours...
tea.
Around the end of March, the picking of the "spring tea 春茶" starts.