 Maokong
Taipei
Let��s go to Maokong to have some tea. It in the mountains
right on the edge of Taipei.
We��re at Sungshan Airport Station now, so we need
to hop on the brown line, or line number 1 to the
zoo, then get on the Maokong Gondola from there. And
I have an Easycard with me, so it��s going to be easy
peasy.
There are five lines in the Taipei MRT network, and
they��re labeled by color and number. The lower the
number, the older the line. The brown line being number
1, is the oldest.
If you don��t have a big fear of heights, I recommend
getting into one of these clear bottom cars. When
you look straight down at what��s beneath you, it's
really, really different. Everything looks round and
really cute. You can see how they grow in radiating
clusters. But anyway, I like to go up to Maokong during
the day, in the afternoon, and then come back down
after it gets dark because the view at night and during
the day are very, very different and both are definitely
worth looking at.
Maokong used to be Taipei��s largest tea producing
area. It's not anymore, but people still come up here
to have tea and enjoy the peace.
In Taiwanese, ��Maokong�� ��jiaokang�� means ��potholes.��
The potholes on the ground were carved out by a river
that runs through the area. There are a few trails
down there that you can hike up, but I prefer skateboarding
up.
Tieguanyin is the specialty tea in Maokong. It��s a
oolong tea that is highly fermented, almost like black
tea, so the taste is quite strong. You don't need
that many tea leaves per pot, and you can make several
pots with the same batch of leaves.
Sometimes I come up to Maokong when I want to get
away from the city but not be too far away. It��s just
a short ride from the zoo, yet it��s like another world.
It��s peaceful, it's romantic. You should come.
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