Taiwan a mecca for coffee drinkers

Taipei: Many foreigners know that Taiwan has delicious Chinese food, makes cheap export goods and has the world's tallest building, the 508-metre Taipei 101 building. But few realise that Taiwan is also a mecca for coffee drinkers.

The island's centuries-old coffee culture is now experiencing something of a renaissance, spreading from the cities to take root in tourist resorts along its coastline and in the mountains.

Taiwan's coffee culture dates back to its colonial past. When the Dutch colonised Taiwan from 1642 to 1662, they brought coffee beans to Taiwan and planted coffee trees.

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