Mr. Wu Dang Liao
The organic tea farmer is the father of our personal friend and is named Wu Dang Liao. Mr. Liao started the tea farm at 19 years old, and has over 60 years of experience. He practices organic farming because he realized that using pesticides on tea trees caused tea quality and quantity to decline. Also, the tea farm’s soil becomes more and more acidic as chemicals build up. He tried to think about how to make harmony between humans and nature, also he found that Ruby black tea has a special flavor that keeps insects away. His thoughts and ideas were coming into being the organic Ruby Red Tea.
三十年種植烏龍茶的經驗
種植烏龍茶三十年的廖武當,回憶當時茶園裡的烏龍茶產量越來越少,品質也逐漸下降,到最後連茶樹都種不起來了。土地正式面臨耗竭、酸化,茶農們紛紛退場,廖武當也在這時暫停了茶園的栽種。休耕後他一直想著要如何與這片土地共存共榮,後來發現台茶18號紅玉紅茶品種甚好,因為茶樹本身散發出來的氣味是天然的驅蟲劑,多數蟲類不敢靠近,蟲蛀問題減少,這時興起了一個大膽的想法「不如就來做有機吧!」,於是就在這樣的想法之下開始了「武當有機茶」
要進行產學合作來推廣有機的農產品,於是廖武當與中心合作栽種有機台茶18號紅玉茶樹。以不灑農藥的方式栽種,肥料也引自日本進口的有機肥料來做為施肥,同時維護環境土地也讓栽種者避免吸入農藥的風險,一舉數得,這也讓他越做越有心得,決心要將健康的優質產品提供給消費者。有機茶園更是定期都要送樣交由驗證中心檢驗,追蹤是否有噴灑農藥等慣行農法的方式栽種,土壤與茶樹都經過層層的檢驗通過合格,這些無疑是對消費者來說是最大的信心來源。
Mr. Liao wakes up at 6 am every day and takes care of the organic tea farm.
Wu Dang Organic Tea Farm 武當生態茶園
Mr. Wu Dang Liao & Magistrate of Nantou-Ms. Shu Hua Hsu