What a Summer! TCML Taiwan Vibes Summer Series 2026 🇹🇼

This summer, we experienced Taiwan through food, crafts, language, and culture at our Taiwan Vibes Summer Series!

From discovering traditional Taiwanese Hakka indigo dyeing and making pineapple cakes, red tortoise cakes, and herbal rice cakes, to creating taro and sweet potato balls for Taiwanese shaved ice, we learned about Taiwanese culture and Mandarin through hands-on activities and cultural stories.

  Exploring traditional Taiwanese indigo dyeing

 Freshly made pineapple cakes in Taiwan-inspired shapes

Making red tortoise cakes and herbal rice cakes.

 Enjoying our personalized homemade shaved ice

We wrapped up the summer with a Taiwan Night Market experience — making tanghulu, tasting classic night market foods, playing traditional games, and learning about Taiwanese temple and night market culture. 🏮🍡🎯

Making classic Taiwanese tomato dried plum tanghulu.

Along the way, we also picked up useful Mandarin words and expressions while learning, making, tasting, and playing together.

💬 Want to keep exploring Taiwan and learn even more Mandarin?

Our Fall 2026 Mandarin classes are now open for registration! Whether you’re completely new to Mandarin or ready to continue learning, we’d love to have you join us.

✨ Learn Mandarin
🇹🇼 Explore Taiwanese culture
🤝 Meet new friends and connect with our community

Come learn with us this fall at TCML!

Fall 2026: September 12 – December 12
👉 Check out our Courses & Registration pages to find the class that’s right for you.

Program Information: https://nytaiwancenter.org/mandarin

Register Now: https://forms.gle/Git4JfBFMAxyyGnn6

See you in class!