I would like to introduce my good friends Dr. Ginn S. Lee, PhD and his son Tiger Lee. These are the men who bring you Hong Kuai, Xiang Mao, and Jade Lemon essential oils.
Dr. Ginn S. Lee and his family live in Taitung, Taiwan. Taitung in the southeast corner of Taiwan. From their 3 acre farm it is just a 10 minute drive to the ocean on the east and a 10 minute drive to the towering mountains on the west. They built a partner farm, greenhouse, and distillery in 2012 – the origin of our Hong Kuai essential oil.
Dr. Lee was raised in a small farming valley north of Taitung. While growing up his family spoke both Mandarin Chinese and Japanese in the home. Their major crop was Xiang Mao aromatic grass that they grew and distilled for the Japanese market. Dr. Lee has always loved agriculture and science.
Dr. Lee received his PhD in agriculture in Japan. He began his career in agricultural research for Taiwan in the Taitung region. During his career he spent two years in Saudi Arabia consulting and training farmers on Good Agricultural Practices. He has traveled throughout the world performing projects, consulting, and training. He often speaks to me in Arabic and Spanish.
Dr. Lee discovered anti-cancer properties in a native tree growing on an isolated island off the coast of Taitung. He helped commercialize this pharmaceutical product as part of Taiwan’s pharmaceutical industry.
This is just one example of his expertise that has earned him the honor of national agricultural award for Taiwan (he’s received that honor three times). He keeps these awards in his desk drawer. Dr. Lee retired from his government research job a few years ago just before I met him.
Dr. Ginn S. Lee and his wife have two sons, Goji and Gotai. Goji works closely with his father on independent agricultural projects. Goji runs the large greenhouse on their farm, tea leaf processing operation, and the essential oil steam distillation operation.
Dr. Lee’s second son, Gotai, calls himself Tiger (that’s Gotai with the syllables switched to Taigo or Tiger). Tiger Lee has a BS degree in engineering. Tiger joined his father’s agricultural research about 6 years ago. Because Tiger also speaks English, he became my contact for all essential oils coming out of Taiwan.
They brought you Hong Kuai and Xiang Mao essential oils in 2013 and Jade Lemon essential oil in 2014.
Of all their essential oils Dr. Lee and Tiger are extremely proud of Hong Kuai. Tiger loves Hong Kuai because it helps him with confidence. He calls it his “25 years and Confidence” essential oil.
Source: Dr. Cole Woolley