The Dongshan Coffee Festival is on the stage today. Tainan Mayor Huang Weizhe said that coffee is grown in many places in Taiwan. In recent times, Dongshan Coffee is still the best, and he invites everyone to taste the coffee that has won the international evaluation.

(Photo by reporter Wang Hanping)

[Reporter Wang Hanping/Tainan Report] The Dongshan Coffee Festival is on the stage today. Tainan Mayor Huang Weizhe said that coffee is grown in many places in Taiwan. In recent times, Dongshan Coffee is still the best, and he invites everyone to taste the coffee that has won the international evaluation.

The opening ceremony of the coffee festival was held at the Dongshan Farmers Association Coffee Culture Center. There were coffee producers on the 175 Coffee Road and various agricultural specialty exhibition and sales booths. Huang Weizhe and local people from all walks of life participated in the grand event.

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Director of Agriculture Li Jianyu said that Dongshan is one of the main coffee producing areas in Taiwan. The coffee planting area in Nanshi is nearly 60 hectares, of which Dongshan is the main producing area with an area of ​​54 hectares.

Dongshan’s geology, climate, and rainfall conditions are suitable for the growth of coffee trees. There are Zengwen, Wushantou, Baihe and other reservoirs nearby to adjust the humidity, and the cultivation environment under half-sun forest trees makes Dongshan coffee contain a strong special aroma.

Since 2013, the municipal government has conducted the Nanshi coffee evaluation, and will send the coffee beans that are outstanding in the evaluation to the Coffee Quality Institute (CQI) for world-class certification.

This year, the top three in the CQI evaluation of Nanshi Coffee were Jinzan Coffee Farm with 85.33 points, Yuxiang Coffee Farm with 85.25 points, and Dahoe Huajian Ecological Farm with 84.58 points.

The opening event includes the release of new products of limited-edition Geisha coffee beans (Geisha). In addition, anyone who buys a cup of coffee and spends over 399 yuan at the event can get a limited-edition Year of the Tiger coffee commemorative cup.

The Dongshan Coffee series of activities also include a picnic table feast, which will be held at Xianhu Leisure Farm on November 19. The event will combine the elements of Dongshan's rich agricultural specialties to create new special food and beverage dishes.