北臺灣早期的植茶簡史──兼論淡水及其周邊的茶業發展

臺灣本島在17世紀時即有飲茶紀錄，但使用的茶葉可能來自進口。不過，同一時間也已經被發現有野生茶株。至於人工栽種茶樹的起源，至少可以回溯到18世紀末。臺北盆地周邊的深坑、南港與木柵大約從那個時候開始產茶。至於其他地方如坪林一帶茶園的出現，也早於1862年淡水開港。至於淡水當地，雖然係因為蘇格蘭商人陶德在當地製茶而出名，實際上淡水附近的茶葉生產也不會晚於1820年代。後來因為淡水成為北臺灣的主要出口港，因此周邊也新增了頗為不少的茶園。

關鍵字

植茶；萬順寮；倒照湖；淡水；陶德

並列摘要

Tea drinking in Taiwan was recorded as early as the seventeenth century. The tea, however, was more likely imported from abroad. In the same time, indigenous tea plant was also reported. Nevertheless, tea plantation could be traced back to late eighteenth century. Shengkeng, Nangang, and Muzha took the lead in producing tea leaves. Other places, such as Pinglin, had also started to produce tea before the opening of Tamsui as a treaty port in 1862. Although John Dodd’s promotion of tea processing in Tamsui brought fame to that place, it did in fact grow tea plants no later than the 1820s. After the 1860s, tea gardens increased to some scale, thanks to the export trade.

並列關鍵字

Tea plantation ； Wanshunliao ； Daozhaohu ； Tamsui ； John Dodd

參考文獻

François Caron & Joost Schouten, A True Description of the Mighty Kingdoms of Japan & Siam; reprinted from the English edition of 1663 with introduction, notes and appendixes by C. R. Boxer(London: The Argonaut Press, 1935), p. lxxxix