Qualla: Gukeng https://qualla.com/gukeng en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:38 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Gukeng https://qualla.com/gukeng Gukeng: Introduction https://qualla.com/gukeng/ Taiwan grows coffee. That fact still surprises people who associate the island with tea, and doubly surprises those who haven't visited Gukeng — a township in the eastern hills of Yunlin County where the coffee plantations sit between groves of bamboo and orange orchards, at elevations that produce a morning mist thick enough to slow the day down. Gukeng didn't set out to become a coffee destination. It grew into one, the way agricultural communities sometimes do: slowly, through the particular qualities of its land, and then all at once when people started paying attention.

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/j/w/gukeng-wp/wsjw-gukeng-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Gukeng: The Largest Township in Yunlin https://qualla.com/gukeng/ At approximately 166 square kilometers, Gukeng is the largest of Yunlin County's townships by area, yet one of its more sparsely populated — home to around 30,000 people spread across twenty villages with names like Tianxin (Sky Heart), Huashan (Flower Mountain), and Caoling. The...

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/j/w/gukeng-wp/wsjw-gukeng-the-largest-township-in-yunlin.mp3 0:06 2 full Gukeng: Coffee in the Foothills https://qualla.com/gukeng/ Gukeng's coffee culture is the township's most talked-about feature, and it earned that attention by producing something genuinely distinctive. The combination of elevation, humidity, and volcanic-influenced soil in Gukeng's hills creates growing conditions that Taiwanese coffee ...

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/j/w/gukeng-wp/wsjw-gukeng-coffee-in-the-foothills.mp3 0:06 3 full Gukeng: What the Land Has Made https://qualla.com/gukeng/ The 921 earthquake of 1999 — which struck central Taiwan with devastating force — left visible marks in Gukeng's landscape. The 921 Feishan Viewing Platform memorializes the landslide triggered by the quake, a geological wound that reshaped part of the hillside and remains a sobe...

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/s/j/w/gukeng-wp/wsjw-gukeng-what-the-land-has-made.mp3 0:06 4 full Gukeng: Into the Hills https://qualla.com/gukeng/ Reaching Gukeng from the west — from the flat coastal plain where Yunlin County's urban centers sit — involves a climb that announces itself gradually. The road rises through sugarcane and rice, then into orchards, then into the denser green of bamboo forests. The air changes not...

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