Get The Japanese Vibes  in Xitun District

西屯與日本的連結

Chun Shui Tang is originally a teahouse based in Taichung City. They specialize in bubble tea, but they also serve other Taiwanese food and snacks which are very delicious. This restaurant was founded by Han Chieh Liu. She was fascinated by the Chinese Tea Culture. It is a tea culture that was established during the Qing Dynasty. Since then, tea has become a daily beverage. Then, when she went to Japan, she saw that people were serving cold coffee. So she had this idea, “Why don’t we serve cold tea? because in summer, hot tea doesn’t sell well.”

In 1987, Hsiuh Wei Lin, Chun Shui Tang’s product development manager was sitting in a meeting and she brought her typical Taiwanese dessert called fen yuan, which is sweet tapioca balls. Then she poured the tapioca balls into her Assam iced tea just for fun. Unexpectedly, it was the best combination ever. Not long after that, they developed it into bubble tea and now it has become the most popular beverage.

春水堂原是台中市的一家茶館，他們專精於泡茶但他們也提供其他美味的台灣美食和小吃。春水堂是由韓傑劉所創辦的，她對中國茶的文化十分著迷。中國茶的文化從清代就開始了，之後茶便成為了日常飲品。後來她到了日本看到有人在販賣冰咖啡，於是她突然想到，”我們為什麼不販賣冷茶呢？因為在夏天時，熱茶的銷量並不好。”

1987年，春水堂的產品開發經理林秀慧在會議上，帶來了經典的台灣甜點——粉圓，這是一種甜木薯球，一開始只是為了好玩所以她把木薯球倒進她阿薩姆紅茶裡，沒想到發現這是一個有史以​​來最好的組合。不久之後，他們將其開發成珍珠奶茶，現在珍珠奶茶已經成為最受歡迎的飲料。