60 minSeason 1 • Episode 12
LatestIn 1949, the only daughter of the largest tea factory in Taiwan was supposed to marry a man to take over her life and her father’s huge business. After she divorced, who was her own master became a question. To prove her worth, she intervenes in the family business that was in high debt. In an era when there was no "businesswoman", she led the crumbling tea factory to the world in the "tea wars”.
Production
Meticulous 1940s Taiwan recreation—every teacup tells a story.
Costume
Qipao as armor: Yi-xin's wardrobe shifts mirror her power grabs.
Writing
Divorce not as tragedy but origin story? Revolutionary for period drama.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'tea wars' reference actual 19th-century British imperial manipulation of tea markets, reframed through Taiwanese lens.
Creator Andy Luo based Yi-xin on his grandmother, who literally ran a family factory post-WWII while men drank tea and complained.
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