Tea Education — Taiwanese Tea No. 18

History of Ruby Red Ruby Red (in Chinese: 红玉 Hong Yu),  also called “Taiwanese Tea No. 18”, or “Sun Moon Lake Black Tea”, is a hybrid of Burmese large-leaf tea B-729 and Taiwanese wild indigenous tea B-607, cultivated by the Tea Research and Extension Station, the Council of Agriculture (COA) in Taiwan since 1925. The center was originally established in 1903 as Tea Manufacture Experiment Station during the Japanese occupation period, to research and experiment to improve tea plantations, to develop new and better cultivars, to manufacture and educate the industry in Taiwan. The center is located in Yangmei District,...