In 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”.
1949年,臺灣最大茶葉公司因「四萬換一塊」一夕之間債台高築,薏心決定不顧父親吉桑反對介入茶金事業,與協助美援任務的失意戰俘KK,在一場場的茶葉商戰中萌生亦師亦友的情感,她會如何帶領臺灣茶走向世界並改寫自己的命運?
不認命的茶商千金、熱愛鄉里的茶葉大王、尋家無依的失意戰俘、力爭上游的窮學生、絕妙配茶功力的天才茶師、斡旋於冠蓋間的風華名伶、在商場上打仗的霸氣將軍,他們都在大時代洪流中扭轉著命運,也都如同從一片茶葉到一杯茶,受過傷才有獨一無二滋味。