As the sun started to set in earnest, my wife and I made a quick stop at the local tea leaves shop called Maokong Teahouse. They do have a teahouse and have set aside a little corner to sell their own brand of tea and tea cups.
Other than the regular oo-long, jasmine and tiekuanyin teas, I had to try out their very own maokong tea. I believe that the maokong tea is being produced in a small quantity and thus, overseas sales are very limited.
All that we have purchased so far are perishables. In order to keep a part of Taiwan as a momento, I saw these lovely tea cups. I was intrigued by its colour and the label tells me that its covered in the 50s design. I so had to buy it. Anyway for keepsake, I was willing to part with my NT400.
By now, it was starting to get dark. It was the weekend, so we had expected a queue and all in, we waited for about 45 minutes. It was drizzling a little and I was praying for the rain to be kept at bay. One point to note: Always bring along a small umbrella as the eather can get quite erratic. Thank God that the drizzled stopped after about 10 minutes.
One other thing we had to note was that the Maokong Station is not opened on a Monday. There are buses up to Maokong though I think it will not offer you that lovely panoramic view.
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