curprev21:2621:26, 14 August 2019 104.244.66.53talk 8,851 bytes+64 Removed incorrect information. This tea is made from tea leaves bitten by insects, not from insect droppings.undoTags: Mobile editMobile web edit
curprev18:3018:30, 23 May 2018 130.64.25.60talk 8,522 bytes−48 This tea is no longer only produced in Hsinchu county. It is now produced in other parts of Taiwan as well as mainland China, Thailand, and Vietnam. Dongfang mei ren can be produced using a number of cultivars. Qing xin da mao is perhaps the 'original', but many other cultivars can be used. Farmers may use pesticides like herbicides or fungicides without harming the leafhoppers, but it is grown without insecticides. A literal translation of "dong fang" is "eastern", not "oriental"undo
curprev23:2923:29, 16 January 2018 12.25.160.29talk 8,571 bytes+18 Corrected "literal" translation; perhaps further changes on historical context of marketing term should be suppliedundoTags: Mobile editMobile web edit