本文主要目的欲從清代台灣詠茶詩歌中追溯台人品茗風尚之源流，並探討台灣古典詠茶詩歌之內涵。 台灣原生野生茶樹產於水沙連山附近，經過漢人傳入採摘與烘製的技術，水沙連茶的功效才逐漸受到重視。同時傳入閩南一帶飲茶傳統與茶種，逐漸形成台灣文人飲茶之獨特風尚。 本文主要分三個部份，第一部份探討何以「台人品茶，異於中土」；第二部份透過台灣詠茶詩作，溯源清代台灣品茗之風尚；第三部份則針對台灣古典詩歌中詠茶詩書寫的內容與形式予以分析，歸納出清代台灣古典詠茶詩書寫之內涵。

This essay attempts to trace back the origin of Taiwanese tea tasting fashion by studying classic Taiwanese tea poetry during the Ching Dynasty. The Taiwanese wild tea trees were first found growing nearby mount Shui-sa-lien. The Shui-sa-lien tea gradually gained recognition after the Han people, immigrants from mainland China, introduced plucking and roasting techniques to improve the quality of the tea. The unique tea drinking custom amongst Taiwanese scholars gradually took shape after the introduction of tea drinking tradition and tea specimens from the southern Min region, today’s Fukien province of China. The first part of the essay is to probe into the distinctiveness of Taiwanese tea tasting fashion from that of mainland China. The second part of the essay is to retrace the origin of Taiwanese tea tasting custom by studying classic Taiwanese tea poetry during the Ching Dynasty. The third part of the essay is to analyze the contents and styles of classic Taiwanese tea tasting poetry and eventually to sum up the culture of classic Taiwanese tea tasting poetry during the Ching Dynasty.