Sell River Delights Taiwan Hakka Pomelo Tea

Pomeloes are in season during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Hakka Pomelo tea is a fruit tea made by the Hakka villages during the autumn and winter months, when there is spare time from farming. In the past, it was a means of extra income for the Hakka after the autumn harvest. Pomelo tea is a healthy drink, and attests to the thriftiness and diligence of the Hakka.

In some Hakka village of Northern Taiwan, this 1990s' vintage oolong tea aged in pomelo skin is enjoyed as a medicinal health tonic for cough soothing or influenza preventing. The tea is often brewed with small broken pieces of the pomelo skin included and yields a dark brown liquor with clear citrus fragrance. Give it a long steep with full boiling water.