This is no exaggeration. We went to Shin Yu's parents farm in the mountains, not far outside of Taipei, and it was like a magical paradise. They grow all kinds of vegetables, bananas, fruit, and the specialty is organic green tea. People come from all over to buy this tea directly from Shin Yu's father.
Shin Yu made the tea for us, and the dried leaves unrolled into the full leaf as they soaked in the hot water. Quite beautiful.
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Shin Yu's cup |
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Shin Yu's studio |
Shin Yu's studio is also located at her parents farm. Dreamy. The one tiny little thing that freaked me out a little was the banana spiders, named this because they are yellow and banana shaped. They are huge, and this picture doesn't really capture their size. As we were driving up the mountain, I saw one in its web just hanging there by a tree. Now normally I don't think you can just see a spider while driving. Shin Yu said they are good spiders, as they eat cockroaches. I suppose this gives them a few points in my book.
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