Taiwan's "coffee instructor" who doesn't want to just sell coffee to make money.

Taiwan Strait Network (Weibo) July 2 (Wang Wei Wen, a reporter stationed in Taiwan by the Straits Guide News) there is a unique "slightly hot hill villager bazaar" on the Bagua Mountain, which straddles Zhongzhangtou in central Taiwan. it originated from the villagers' bazaar set up by the well-known local pineapple cake merchant "Micro Hot Hill" to give back to the surrounding farmers. Lin Wenqing, a retired instructor, is one of the members of this bustling bazaar on weekends and holidays. And the guide reporter accidentally crossed the mountains, not only had the opportunity to get acquainted with him, but also tasted the unusual ancient coffee.

On the face of it, Lin Wenqing is no different from ordinary villagers-dark, healthy skin, warm and cheerful smile, but straight waist and posture reveal faint traces of military career. He is a retired instructor at Jianguo University of Science and Technology, because his hometown is in Fenyuan Township, Changhua, at the foot of Bagua Mountain, so he and his wife Lu Yuzi planted coffee and created their own brand Maple Coffee.

Lin Wenqing also has an interesting story about why he grows coffee. Seven or eight years ago, a group of Japanese old people came to Fenyuan Township. They said they wanted to find a coffee garden in their childhood memories. However, not only does Fenyuan Township in reality have no coffee garden at all, but there is no record of growing coffee here. With the idea of finding out, Lin Wenqing visited the countryside and was surprised to learn from the old farmer that there were indeed some coffee trees here, but people did not know what the use was, and most of them cut down betel nuts instead.

It turns out that as early as 100 years ago during the Japanese occupation, Baguashan District began to introduce coffee, which should be the earliest coffee producing area in Taiwan. Most of the boutique coffee harvested that year was sent to the Japanese royal family to pay tribute. But later, as the Japanese were defeated and left Taiwan, the coffee industry fell and the coffee garden was abandoned.

Fortunately, under the guidance of local farmers, Lin Wenqing actually found a century-old coffee tree in Fengkeng Village in Fenyuan Township, confirming that this should be the coffee garden that the Japanese could not find.

As a result, after retiring from teaching at the university, Lin Wenqing devoted herself to the coffee garden in her hometown. He grows one hectare himself and forms an alliance with other coffee farmers, which now has a total area of 10 hectares. With a certain amount of output, coupled with the high quality of coffee beans grown and baked by natural farming methods, Lin Wenqing began to build and manage his own brand. "Coffee instructor" is becoming more and more famous, but Lin Wenqing's greatest wish is not to make money from this, but to make betel nut trees on the mountain gradually replaced by coffee trees as more and more farmers grow coffee. Because the cultivation of betel nut is not conducive to soil and water conservation in mountainous areas, and the income is not good, if the coffee industry in my hometown can be restored, it will recreate a legend of Taiwan's agriculture.