Where to buy Taiwanese beans without overpaying
Farm gates, roasteries, and the souvenir shops to walk past.
Buy at the farm
Farm-gate prices are the lowest and the provenance is certain. Bring cash; card readers work about half the time.
Ask for the roast date, or buy green and have it roasted at home.
If the bag does not name a farm, it is not a field guide recommendation.
Buy at a roastery
A good roastery will tell you the farm, the process, and the date. A bad one will tell you the altitude and nothing else.
Expect NT$600–1,300 for 200 g of estate coffee. Below that, ask what is in the bag.
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