We thoroughly enjoyed our day with Martin and the visits to the noodle shop and tea plantation. I'm still smiling about our noodle making lesson and how to throw - stretch - relax. That was an unexpected fun place to stop. The 5th generation tea master and the family operations to produce award winning tea was fascinating. I knew that tea plantations were labor intensive, but the complexity of the whole process from harvest to packaged product was much more than we had imagined. Overall it was a...read more
Private 1-Day Tea Experience in Taipei




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I'm very interested in Tea and this was for me very good trip. I had only short time so this was only choice for one day, but I can recommend this trip.
We didn‘t really know what to expect at first but it turned into an incredible fun day! The tour guide Eva was super fun and friendly and took pictures the whole day for us, showed us around and told us interesting facts about different locations. We made dolls out of socks, took pictures on different locations with them, saw how noodles are made, tasted those noodles, helped planting tea trees and had a fantastic tea testing. Many thanks to Eva and Vicky who made this day unforgettable! :)
We asked for a tea tour and a visit to Shifen Old Street. Our driver was Danny. He spoke very little English, but was a good and dedicated man. Traffic was tough because of it being New Years and he took some wrong turns but we eventually got to the tea plantation. It was a truly authentic tea experience. Non-touristy. We then went to Shifen Old Street and lit the prayer lantern and shopped. My family loved this. Although Danny didn't speak much English, he took many photos and sent us a vide...read more
Thank you very much for your feedback. We will improve our guide skill and talk more. Vicky
Driver came to pick us up without knowing the programmes we paid for. This includes tea plantation visit , meeting tea master , noodle making and special tea noodle lunch. Supposed to have village walk , but driver said no car park space around to stop car. We had to contact tripadvisor coordinator to sort it out . Lunch was miserable , expected 4 of us to share a small plate of noodle. We said that the lunch were for 4 of us and not one, then only the driver ordered more noodles and chicken so...read more
I am so sorry about it. I will teach the tour guide more. Next time, I will provide you one daily tour for free when you come Taiwan again. Please let me know your coming. Regards WOW Taiwan

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